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Pidgin english is the only language where question and answer can be the same.
Eg:Q- Eba dey?
A- Eba dey..
Q- Mummy dey house?
A- Mummy dey house.

Please post your own if you are a nigerian,

So na here you dey?

you sabi pidgin?

i sabi pidgin

Coolval222: So na here you dey?

my broda, am just kooling off.

*speechless*

4th!

OP, na who tell una?

100th to comment
how are you dey
how do you dey

Make we chop?
Make we chop....

Q::: Na garri be dis?
A:::: na garri be dis oh..

Q::: Garri don cost for market?
A::: garri don cost for market oh...

Q::: Garri with milk dey sweet?
A::: garri with milk dey sweet oh...

yam dey? Yam dey. Op dey mad? Op dey mad. Thank you.

*speechless*

Let's ask that sexy calabar girl, BEREM!

It is also the same in Russian language to some extent. The difference is that in pidgin English we stress the last words (syllable?) to differentiate a question from a sentence, while in Russian the stress starts with the very first word of the sentence.

Nairaland go share christmas gift?

Nairaland go share christmas gift....

Na thread be dis?
Na needle oh

Dem dey fight for nairaland?
Dem dey fight for nairaland.

Dem dey abuse themselves for nairaland?
Dem dey abuse themselves for nairaland.

Nairaland na number 1?
Nairaland na number 1.

@OP cool stuff. Compliments people.

Don't agree, its almost in all languages I know. In colloquial English, if you ask, "Mum at Home?" The answer could be "Mum, at home". It depends on where you paused and the physical gesture that accompanied your response

Him go come?
Him go come.

She go hospital?
She go hospital.

Na lie you dey talk?
Na lie you dey talk

The food small?
The food small.

Na lie! It all depends on the person responding.


Example;

.....
"Eba dey?".... "Yes e dey, you want am?"
"OP dey craze?" ... "I no fit know o, but e be like sey the guy for use yaba left well" ....
Now tell me where you got your silly idea that question and answer are same in pidgin!

Na de babe be dis ?
Na de babe be dis o

oboy na new car be dis ?
Oboy na new car be dis .

Na dead body be dat ?
Na dead body be dat .

since_1914: It is also the same in Russian language to some extent. The difference is that in pidgin English we stress the last words (syllable?) to differentiate a question from a sentence, while in Russian the stress starts with the very first word of the sentence.

like what? give us an example.. Eto ne pravda voobshe

Na where I dey?

Na where i dey.

Uche, why you dey use weave and bleaching creme?

Na him dey there?
Na him dey there.

He don sleep ?
He don sleep

Q- E dey pain? Ans.-E dey pain. Q- Sure? Ans.- Sure

Kslib: Q::: Na garri be dis?
A:::: na garri be dis oh..

Q::: Garri don cost for market?
A::: garri don cost for market oh...

Q::: Garri with milk dey sweet?
A::: garri with milk dey sweet oh...

Q:::: Kslib de mad?
A:::: Kslib de mad o.

#80million:
*speechless*

Let's ask that sexy calabar girl, BEREM!

Why you dey always dey speachless?
I dey speechless

Berem na Calabar girl?
Bros abeg I no be calabar girl o!

Na frontpage this thread dey?
Na frontpage I'm dey oh.

Na mukina carry am to front page?
Na mukina carry am to front page oh.

She well at all?
She no well oh.

She go hide my post?
Na the next thing be that oh.

She go ban me?
She fit oh.

omo_to_dun: @ topic

That is not true. In English, for example, one may say, "Joshua gave the book to Tom," as a statement and also ask "Joshua gave the book to Tom?" as a way of confirming an assumption.

The difference is always in the tone of the sentence.

There's no question marker (how, where, do, did, why etc) in that "question".

That one na ghetto english?

Emeka, na which kain tura you dey use?

Na Alao Akala toothpaste.

Eze Promoe: Q: The topic e enter frontpage?
A: The topic e enter frontpage.

shey na Munika put am for front page?
Na munika put am for front page

Crazy people de Nairaland?

Crazy people de Nairaland