Singlish:
“Do you like horror movies?”
“I don’t like.”
The object is obvious, therefore there’s no need to express it.
Sometimes you even get subject dropping, too:
“Do you like horror movies?”
“Don’t like.”
English:
“Do you like horror movies?”
“No, I don’t like them.”
English (more concise alternative):
“Do you like horror movies?”
“No, I don’t.”
Here’s a rare case where English is actually more efficient than Singlish. Singlish needs at least two words, while English, arguably, only needs one:
“Do you like horror movies?”
“Nope.”
This emphasis on repeating the verb in the question comes from Chinese. There’s no universal word for ‘no’ in Chinese, though sometimes you can sensibly answer questions with “not be”, which gives the sense of “whatever you just said is not the case”.
