I tell you

English Etymology 1 Phrase phr en idiomatic colloquial en I can tell you. Etymology 2 From Etymology 1, or a en nan-hbl 我共汝講 oá kā lí kóng let me tell you something; listen up 1. Alternative forms en I tell you ah en tell you ah Phrase phr en Singapore Singlish Used to draw attention to something one has to say. en Today weather damn hot I tell you. en Eleanor Wong Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities 1989 1 Luckily for us your son earns a good living. I tell you. I don’t know what we did when Jack was in school. 18–20 Usage notes This phrase collocates with the filler word en ah filler /ɑː˨˦/, which is used before a pause in speech for emphasis and provides no additional meaning. I tell you ah, no-one got time to do this kind of thing nowadays.