I tell you

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Phrase ==== I tell you (idiomatic, colloquial) Synonym of I can tell you. === Etymology 2 === From Etymology 1, or a calque of Hokkien 我共汝講 / 我共汝讲 (oá kā lí kóng, “let me tell you something; listen up”). ==== Phrase ==== I tell you (Singapore, Singlish) Used to draw attention to something one has to say. ===== Usage notes ===== This phrase often collocates with the filler word ah /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.