0ne breast wey dey for hand better pass two wey dey for bra. loose translation: Just be patient. This exposed them to different linguistic environments; now they speak between three and six languages. What this lady did is courageous indeed! / How You Dey? When you want to tell someone that you will not leave him or her. SHOW YOUR PATRIOTIC SIDE! Author Mimi Werna has put together her 20 favourite phrases in Nigerian Pidgin. It is talking about the speaker’s tiredness and the need to rest or sleep. Every mallam with em own kettle, every aboki with em own radio. How Far? Here are Funny Nigerian Pidgin Phrases that you should know; When you want to tell someone that a matter or issues does not concern you. loose translation: Big thing don’t  happen suddenly! 3. 7. Hawaiian Pidgin English, known locally as Pidgin, is spoken by many Hawaiʻi residents, and words and phrases from ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) has also become the norm here in the Islands. Although the word itself is an English word, when it is being strung along with other pidgin words, it means to sleep. Mainly used for someone who is talking too much or making noise. Nigerians often use this phrase when conversing with one another. LOUD WHISPERS: Empowered Girls = Powerful Women, UK Lawmakers Urge Action To Help 1.5 mln Women With Endometriosis, UNICEF Trains 30 Journalists From Seven Counties On Sexual Gender-Based Violence Reporting, Court Orders Dissolution Of Fraudulent Companies In Mozambique, Child Marriages Remain A Major Challenge In South African Development Community, The Girl Boss – It Is Time To Reinvent Her, Kenyan Men Take Lead In Fight Against Gender-Based Violence, Traffickers Profiting As Pandemic Makes Crime Harder To Crack, U.N. warns, Ethiopia Hunts For Children Forced To Work, Marry During Pandemic, LOUD WHISPERS: Cooking, Cleaning And Praying, LOUD WHISPERS: The First Class Citizen (Buchi Emecheta 1944-2017), LOUD WHISPERS: Feminism 101: Ten Myths About Feminists, The Rare Diamond: A Tribute To Gloria Ogunbadejo At Sixty. For instance, a person reporting an accident that happened quickly could say: 'di way wey di car tumble ern, e be like film!’ meaning ‘the way the car tumbled was just like in the movies, or incredible.’, Sometimes we switch it with ‘e be like magic.’, For example, if you're shopping for lemons you might say: ‘Dis bag na lemon green e be, abi?’, It means: 'The shade of green on this bag is lemon green, right?’. it could be substituted with the word ‘gobe’ which means the same thing. If you scratch my back , I go scratch your back. We tend to say the same word twice for that reason. Fresh perspectives on education and culture from around the world. You can simply say " You ug". You go fit decode dis proverb wey Abdul Mujeeb Usman yarn? As a result of the popularity of this slang, a Nigerian who reside in his home country would understand this. My eyes don see wetin my mouth no fit tell. When this pidgin slang is heard, the speaker is commending the dress sense of a person. Pikin wey say him mama no go sleep…na orphanage home fit am. This is the speaker’s way of asking someone to be careful and not get him or her angry. Get all latest content delivered straight to your inbox. A professor drove into a petrol station in his sleek state of the art range rover sports to buy fuel. When the Jamaican people speak their Creole, everyone loves it, they all want to speak like them. 8. Phrases only native speakers use in 17 European languages, How to encourage girls in Nigeria to study science and maths, Nigerian Pidgin – 20 useful words and phrases, Black Lives Matter Toronto founding member talks about his complex identity, One man's experience of being gay in Nigeria, Joe Hakim: 'Read things out loud as part of the writing process', Current research consultancy opportunities, Contact your local British Council office. If person too tey for party e go follow dem wash plate, loose translation: Don’t outstay your welcome. Forget about the issue, problem or matter. weda nyansh  face east or west, na still back e go dey – Hey, Hi. My maternal grandfather, Sergeant Afa, was a soldier whose family of 11 moved from barrack to barrack. 1. 16. It means: ‘This is how meat is fried, right?’ Someone could answer saying ‘na so’, meaning ‘yes’ or even say ‘ern-ern, na so?’ if they are not sure of the answer.

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