how all of una dey. she una de jolly jolly as me sef dey jolly.

' " i don laff commot teeth sef for d i s yard!

see as opata full ground!

pipol wey dey arrange pomushele(girl) and pipol wey dey arrange pous " ' abi na soup?

make me sef carry jolly ,carry ma yansh comot sef!

all of una i dey hail oh !

@ thread starter u do well sef!

everybodi, kei kene mmenu(weytin dey hapen), hope say una dey miliki(for) your side?, nna ehn how i wish

say everybody wey fit enter ibudoyibo(yankee) with me make una come enjoy weytin dey for bigbrothers,

though i be yoruba boy but at least i fit talk sumtins for ibo wey go make everybodi jigijigi(shake),

make una dey sempe(cool),

nna bia(i dey com),

I guess some people are speaking the 'real' pidgin and, I dont get some of the stuff they said .

I salute una ooo. Make I go pack my squad come jokes section, we need to cause katakata for here.

Una don tire to post? Why everybodi just dissappear like say ojuju dey come this forum. Na wah for una o

seee me hiaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ooooooo,gorund no too level na hm make me never vomit myself enter hiaaaaaaaa,how far my people?hope say d go dey go well well

o'boy, e be like say pidgin differentiate into assents and dialects

some peeps pidgin na kasala
to decode de yarns na real full time job

@darfur

I feel your yarns,

the thing about pigin be say, make e just sound like pigin, then e go make sense

Since I've been here at nairaland.com, I've tried to familiarize myself with Pidgin. Several fine people whom I've encountered here have been helpful to me in that regard. To those persons I am, and shall remain, grateful.

However, allow me to address this to everybody. I would like to learn Pidgin, so that I may more readily understand some of the postings made here (and for a possible trip to Nigeria, as well).

Is there a good method of learning it? Do I have to simply struggle through reading it and trying to approximate its pronunciations?

What do you suggest?

@ drrionelli

try learning Hawaiian pidgin English , that is the closest thing to Nigerian pidgin English, i think you will be better able to understand 9 j a pidgin then

I hail una oh.

Ah, the ever-charming ikamefa!      Certainly you know that it is you to whom I refer as one of the people who have graciously and generously assisted me in my quest to learn Pidgin (the ever-chilly iice is one of the others!).   

Is the language pronounced in a phonetic way, i.e., is it largely pronounced the way it would seem to be in proper English?

Example:  Is "sabi" pronounced sah-bee? 
                 Is "una" pronounced ooo-nah or yoo-na?

drrionelli:

Ah, the ever-charming ikamefa! Certainly you know that it is you to whom I refer as one of the people who have graciously and generously assisted me in my quest to learn Pidgin (the ever-chilly iice is one of the others!).

Is the language pronounced in a phonetic way, i.e., is it largely pronounced the way it would seem to be in proper English?

Example: Is "sabi" pronounced sah-bee?
Is "una" pronounced ooo-nah or yoo-na?

as to the second part of your question : erhmmmmmmmm i nor sabi oh " "

for real though! i grew up listening to and then being able to speak pidgin, never went to schoo to learn it ( like any other 9 j a child)
so that pronounciation thingy up there " i nor sabi"
like i once told yah get a good book on pidgin english or prolly some other folks in here can help you clarify that dear!

WHOOOOWHHHEEE! I LOVE THIS!! Yayyy! I love rapping pidgin! Wetin dey? Which kain yannings una want I get pidgin slangs wey go tumble tower of pisa once no shakement!

Shuuu! Ikamefa e be lai say da oyibo bros wan tek style dey toast u oh! Kai! Kai! Kai! Rovu wirrout Rangwayge! Abeg make una carry una transcontinental toasting go another side u hear? As me ah no dey get toasting you too must not get toasting! I go spoil una under-G runs! Eeehhhn bodi dey pepper me! Oya! 1, 2! Carry go! "The ever charming Ikamefa, " Eeeeuuuuuwww rovu nwantintin! LOL. 


Amsky, Area don land! Wey levels make I brutooth all de peeps wey dey Nairaland! I fit scatta & dismantle bomb with my Waffi pidgin!

Naija until we kpeme (delete/revert/kpai/die)!

shuo@ omoovie

why bodi dey pepper you na? you for cool-down grab one oyinbo bros too na!, mean while carry yah wahala go front small!

makaginni!

ikamefa:


shuo@ omoovie

why bodi dey pepper you na? you for cool-down grab one oyinbo bros too na!, mean while carry yah wahala go front small!

makaginni!

Make una see Ika oooohhhh, where u go since? Long time no see. If u nooo tell me where u go since u go see gbege.

ikamefa:


shuo@ omoovie

why bodi dey pepper you na? you for cool-down grab one oyinbo bros too na!, mean while carry yah wahala go front small!

makaginni!

No-oh! I no go go front lai lai! I go turn maiguard shine torchlight for una eye! All deez shidrenses of now-a-days! I for grab one but all de ones wey dey where I dey no too carry_____se you get?  _{LOL! Like sai na da one man wan chop! LOL.} E don run? Wey e dey make una continue una underGizee!

Ikomi:

Make una see Ika oooohhhh, where u go since? Long time no see. If u nooo tell me where u go since u go see gbege.

Ikomi na ur wife abi na ur sista? LOL _{I be amebo no vex! Je jeje!}

Ikomi:

Make una see Ika oooohhhh, where u go since? Long time no see. If u nooo tell me where u go since u go see gbege.

ikomi i sabi you? nor be only gbege! kwapata nko? yeye!

omoovie:


Ikomi na your wife abi na your sista? LOL _{I be amebo no vex! Je jeje!}

wetin kwonsain you ohhhhhhhh!

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ikamefa:

ikomi i sabi you? nor be only gbege! kwapata nko? yeye!

wetin kwonsain you ohhhhhhhh!

Pssshhhhewwww! What kwonshains me kwonshains u and kwonshains the whole population of Nairaland se u get? Eh-hen! Wey this yor awol toaster e don select comot, mek e kom back naaa! I dey wan see as onye ocha peeps dey perform their own "1, 2, collect d kokolet" so e go be my own practice round wey them dey toast me! Oya I don wear glass wey d bobo mek I begin take notes!

Today's Lesson:

drrrrrr*Inosabiagain*(a wandering onyeocha) vs. Ikamefa (a home-grown kokolet)
conduct a series of experiment wey fit or fitn't end fo insai shursh!

Watch kiafully to c if drrrrrr*abegwareva* manages to catch this elusive babe or if na porto porto she go rub 4 in face!


_{scribbling furiously!}

omoovie:

Pssshhhhewwww! What kwonshains me kwonshains u and kwonshains the whole population of Nairaland se u get? Eh-hen! Where is your awol toaster he should come back naaa! I dey wan see as onye ocha peeps dey perform their own 1, 2, collect d kokolet so e go be my own practice round wey them dey toast me! Oya I don wear glass wey de man mek I begin take notes!

Today's Lesson:

drrrrrr*Inosabiagain*(a wandering onyeocha) vs. Ikamefa (a home-grown kokolet)
conduct a series of experiment wey fit or fitn't end fo insai shursh!

Watch carefully to see if drrrrrr*abegwateva* manages to catch this elusive babe or if na porto porto she go rub 4 in face!


_{scribbling furiously!}

omoovie carry yah wahala go front ohhhhhhhhh!! see as persin carry head shook for another persin bixnix, i sey go find yah own onye ocha na! " "
i look like lab experiment to you hah! nairaland we hail thee !

I no need onye ocha when I get gamuchi-gamuchi-gam-gam! D gamuchi-gamuchi do me! LOL. Speaking of which I c say u sef dey gamuchi ihn land, how di place be sef? My gamuchi say e want mek we travel go dia. If man watch dia film e dey be me laik say them dey quite similar to our own peeps. Na so abi no be so? Tru talk oh, I wan kno before I carry myself enta palava or cause kasala 4 pesin.


Come to think of am, wetin dis drrrr*chai!Chineke!* guy appearance be sef? Una don torchlight am b4?

LOL @ gamuchi! gamuchi ! gam ! gam! "  "

oh you dey yarn about my desi numberi-land?  ,tell your gamuchi make hin bring you come!  of course they are similar to our own peeps 

tourchlight who? , what? "  "
i no sabi wetin you been dey yarn oh! , maybe if you talk am for sanskrit or tamil i go hear you wella "  "

ikamefa:

LOL @ gamuchi! gamuchi ! gam ! gam! "  "

oh you dey yarn about my desi numberi-land?  ,tell your gamuchi make hin bring you come!  of course they are similar to our own peeps 

tourchlight who? , what? "  "
i no sabi wetin you been dey yarn oh! , maybe if you talk am for sanskrit or tamil i go hear you wella "  "

O-oooh! Ojoro! No b lie! Make I yan kpata 4 sanskrit or tamil! No b only sanskrit! Chicken scratch nko? My bobo been b Tamil oh, lol. Even though d bobo don b past tense we still dey go ihn gamuchi land. This na one relationship wey I comot amicably and I dey very proud of how I conduct myself! Area! We no dey carry last! Me and ihn go stay good friends 4 a long while. Ihn na correct guy so man no go vex. NEways me dear, "torchlight" = see/meet. I bin think say u fit dey follow my waffi/baffi yannings. If d tin too hard, I get levels oh. I fit shift am to gear 1.  LOL.

omoovie:

O-oooh! Ojoro! No b lie! Make I yan kpata 4 sanskrit or tamil! No b only sanskrit! Chicken scratch nko? My bobo been b Tamil oh, lol. Even though d bobo don b past tense we still dey go ihn gamuchi land. This na one relationship wey I comot amicably and I dey very proud of how I conduct myself! Area! We no dey carry last! Me and ihn go stay good friends 4 a long while. Ihn na correct guy so man no go vex. NEways me dear, "torchlight" = see/meet. I bin think say u fit dey follow my waffi/baffi yannings. If d tin too hard, I get levels oh. I fit shift am to gear 1. LOL.

" " kwamputu! putu ! putu pam !

dem tell you sey i nor sabi sey to torchlight na to don see the persin before? chinekeee! see as this waffi persin just take style twist my yarns and de tin wey i been dey talk sef ! ^{( i dey takee style run you dey take style pull me back)}
back to the torchlight thing sef! i don ask you sooooo teyyy! ,grow hunch back sef if i don torchlight dis onye-ocha before nko? wetin kwosain you?
i neffa see pesrin wey hin nose long dis yah level sef!

so your ex gamuchi wan carry you come jaipur! , , so wetin your current gamuchi go dey do? siddon dey look una?

siddon dia make pant dey wear you.

Ika6 come back on YIM jo

ikamefa:

" " kwamputu! putu ! putu pam !

them tell you sey i nor sabi sey to torchlight na to don see the persin before? chinekeee! see as this waffi persin just take style twist my yarns and de tin wey i been dey talk sef ! ^{( i dey takee style run you dey take style pull me back)}
back to the torchlight thing sef! i don ask you sooooo teyyy! ,grow hunch back sef if i don torchlight this onye-ocha before nko? wetin kwosain you?
i neffa see pesrin wey hin nose long this yah level sef!

so your ex gamuchi wan carry you come jaipur! , , so wetin your current gamuchi go dey do? siddon dey look una?

This one na conc. broken. Wetin you just yan here? I'm confused.

debosky:

siddon dia make pant dey wear you.

Ika6 come back on YIM jo

stillwater:

This one na conc. broken. Wetin you just yan here? I'm confused.

me sef don gauge! " " i nor sabi ask me tomorrow by 12pm !

Please keep this thread going.  I think I'm actually learning a bit!   

(albeit very slowly)

drrionelli:

Please keep this thread going.  I think I'm actually learning a bit!   

(albeit very slowly)

My question drrionelli because I have seen your posts before and when this question has been posted to you u have either played the clever dodger, deflected by feigning you are being unduly attacked or posted an answer that isn't concrete.

Here are the questions:
Why do you want to learn pidgin? For what purpose? Are you married to a Nigerian? Are you friends with one? WHAT IS UR PURPOSE FOR WANTING TO LEARN PIDGIN? Most of the other non-Nigerians that are on this site are either married to one, have dated a few or are good friends with one. You have all these questions on our language and culture. That's all well and good. I'm flattered that an oyibo person wants to learn about us. I have only 1 question that I really need the answer to, why do you want to learn pidgin?