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Anonymous
Can I move to and function in Singapore only knowing English? Should I?
>> Anonymous
No and no.
>> Anonymous
More like yes and no.
>> Anonymous
Learning Mandarin would help a lot if you were going there to live. But given the time and difficulty for an English-speaking person to learn Mandarin, you might find it wise to learn Portuguese instead. As much as English is widely understood in Singapore, Portuguese still remains the dominant tongue of most Singaporeans (given the Portuguese inception many years ago) - so you'll find it a hell of a lot easier to find meaningful work beyond teaching English if you can speak Portuguese, or mandarin/malay.
>> Anonymous
wat?

Portuguese is not even an official language of Singapore (those would be English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil - the first two being the most widely used) and has never really had a relationship with Portugal. Prior to its Independence/brief time as Malaysia, it was British territory. Are you maybe thinking of Macau?
>> Anonymous
>>80892

Nope, Macau may have Portuguese heritage, but Cantonese is the primary language over there. I'm not sure where you got those facts from? But apart from Mandarin, Portuguese is widely used in Singapore and along with English it's the language of business there too...
>> Anonymous
>>80891
I think you're thinking of Macao
>> Anonymous
Why would you want to move there? It's completely soulless.
>> Anonymous
>>80883

Singapore is primarily English speaking still and is the interethnic lingua-franca and was often the primary teaching language in schools. You should just be fine with English (Although now the younger, Mandarin taught people prefer to speak Mandarin now b ut still can converse pretty well in English). Also wiki 'Singlish' to get used to the level of 'English' you're about to experience
>> Anonymous
>>80893

Singapore=Macao?
>> Anonymous
In my experience, Portuguese was far more widely used in Singapore than English.
>> Anonymous
>>80911
Hahaha, this is awesome. Singlish is essentially English but really vulgar, but it's actually legitimate.
"This person's Singlish
is very good." becomes "Dis guy Singlish
damn powerful one leh."
>> Anonymous
>>80891
>>80893
>>80915
troll

>>80892
>>80894
>>80912
trolled
>> Anonymous
>>80926
Trollelled
>> Anonymous
>>80911

oh man I lol'd at that wiki, dodgy english becoming an offical language.

I remember a taiwanese friend telling me that her dog 'doesn't afraid of anything' whilst explaining how hard it was to discipline the dog. This was at the hieght of the cool guy eh meme, somehow I managed to keep a straight face
>> Anonymous
* Dis country weather very hot one. – In this country, the weather is very warm.
* Dat person there cannot trust. – That person over there is not trustworthy.
* Tomorrow dun need bring camera. – You don't need to bring a camera tomorrow.
* He play soccer also very good one leh. – He's very good at playing soccer too.


fucking lol
>> Anonymous
>>80956
sounds like it's mixing chinese grammer into english.