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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by ayusco85(m): 10:16pm On Sep 21, 2014
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by chibwike(m): 10:16pm On Sep 21, 2014
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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by merieam16(f): 10:16pm On Sep 21, 2014
Ksslib: Some of you Ajebutters might have heard people saying some of this stuff but had no idea what they meant... Well here are few i can think of...

1..You don see me finish: This is often used when someone you're much older than doesnt accord you proper respect.. Typical scenario:
Person; Hmmmmn! Who mess this kain thing na?
Small boy:: Na Brother luke
Br Luke::: I no blame you. You don see me finish

2..I dey H:: I dey H is a coded way we use to express hunger. The H there stands for Hunger and its pretty popular and very much used by quite a hadful.
E.g:: guy,you never cook cos me dey H badly o.

3..E go be na: This might sound strange hearing it for the first time cos its just a phrase that doesnt make sense.. But its a way saying later, till we meet again..e..t..c
Guy1:-Ok ma dey reach house.
Guy2:- Ok my guy.. E go be na.

4..Park well: Not only the security man can tell you to park well. Even those without cars in Naija do park well. Park well is used to dare someone..
Guy 1:- see, i go leave this bottle for your head oo
Guy2: bone that thing.. Guy i say park well.

5..Bone that thing: Yea! Bone right?. But it has nothing to do with the skeletal system. Bone that thing can be used as another form of park well in some cases, but its mostly used as just forget it..
Guy1: If i see rukewe, i swear me go land ha slap
Guy2: You big pass that one na. just bone the babe.
2nd case:
Man; young man i'l deal with you. You know who i am?
Boy: Oga dis one na just grammar. Bone that thing

6. I wan crash: Nope! It has nothing to do with plane crash so keep calm. I wan crash is the pidgin version of i'm feeling sleepy or off to bed.
Guy: you fit help me type this document?
Guy2: tomorrow abeg. Cos i wan crash so

7..I dey high table: Owanbe party freaks and those of you who love eating burial rice can easily identify with High table. But in this case, i dey high table is used when you're eating.
Guy: walks in and see's his guy eating**
Guy2: My guy i dey high table o. Con join me.

8..I go treat f.f.uck-up: has nothing to do with sex. Its used when you're planning to get back at someone who betrayed,wronged or annoyed you.
Guy: skippo no gree pay me my money oo
Guy 2: guy no worry. We go treat him f.f.uck-up

9..I go enter you o: Its logically/anatomically cheesy impossible for a human being to enter another human being but in pidgin it is. This is used to warn someone off an iminent attack from your part.
Guy: **Slaps him**.. You dey kolo. Who you be?
Guy2: **pulls shirt** you dey mad? Guy if you try am again, i swear i go enter you..

10. I don moose: But pronounced as Murze .. Star,Heinekein(spell check) ,Gulder and harp lovers use this line to express their drunken state.
Guy: why you dey behave like this na?
Guy; My guy i don moose.

11.Make brain: God is the giver of life alright. The brain is by far one of, if not the most outstanding organ. But we don dey make brain for pidgin tey tey.
Guy: ooh boy..See that mami water
guy2: oh boy.. see shape. She make brain die.

Happy new month..
Add yours..
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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by Adyrin(m): 10:17pm On Sep 21, 2014
itsIYKE: ghg


Ozunamor


Useless space booker
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by amakufrancis(m): 10:17pm On Sep 21, 2014
Ksslib: Some of you Ajebutters might have heard people saying some of this stuff but had no idea what they meant... Well here are few i can think of...

1..You don see me finish: This is often used when someone you're much older than doesnt accord you proper respect.. Typical scenario:
Person; Hmmmmn! Who mess this kain thing na?
Small boy:: Na Brother luke
Br Luke::: I no blame you. You don see me finish

2..I dey H:: I dey H is a coded way we use to express hunger. The H there stands for Hunger and its pretty popular and very much used by quite a hadful.
E.g:: guy,you never cook cos me dey H badly o.

3..E go be na: This might sound strange hearing it for the first time cos its just a phrase that doesnt make sense.. But its a way saying later, till we meet again..e..t..c
Guy1:-Ok ma dey reach house.
Guy2:- Ok my guy.. E go be na.

4..Park well: Not only the security man can tell you to park well. Even those without cars in Naija do park well. Park well is used to dare someone..
Guy 1:- see, i go leave this bottle for your head oo
Guy2: bone that thing.. Guy i say park well.

5..Bone that thing: Yea! Bone right?. But it has nothing to do with the skeletal system. Bone that thing can be used as another form of park well in some cases, but its mostly used as just forget it..
Guy1: If i see rukewe, i swear me go land ha slap
Guy2: You big pass that one na. just bone the babe.
2nd case:
Man; young man i'l deal with you. You know who i am?
Boy: Oga dis one na just grammar. Bone that thing

6. I wan crash: Nope! It has nothing to do with plane crash so keep calm. I wan crash is the pidgin version of i'm feeling sleepy or off to bed.
Guy: you fit help me type this document?
Guy2: tomorrow abeg. Cos i wan crash so

7..I dey high table: Owanbe party freaks and those of you who love eating burial rice can easily identify with High table. But in this case, i dey high table is used when you're eating.
Guy: walks in and see's his guy eating**
Guy2: My guy i dey high table o. Con join me.

8..I go treat f.f.uck-up: has nothing to do with sex. Its used when you're planning to get back at someone who betrayed,wronged or annoyed you.
Guy: skippo no gree pay me my money oo
Guy 2: guy no worry. We go treat him f.f.uck-up

9..I go enter you o: Its logically/anatomically cheesy impossible for a human being to enter another human being but in pidgin it is. This is used to warn someone off an iminent attack from your part.
Guy: **Slaps him**.. You dey kolo. Who you be?
Guy2: **pulls shirt** you dey mad? Guy if you try am again, i swear i go enter you..

10. I don moose: But pronounced as Murze .. Star,Heinekein(spell check) ,Gulder and harp lovers use this line to express their drunken state.
Guy: why you dey behave like this na?
Guy; My guy i don moose.

11.Make brain: God is the giver of life alright. The brain is by far one of, if not the most outstanding organ. But we don dey make brain for pidgin tey tey.
Guy: ooh boy..See that mami water
guy2: oh boy.. see shape. She make brain die.

Happy new month..
Add yours..
Warri dy fall dez line's 1,2
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by Elusive9(f): 10:18pm On Sep 21, 2014
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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by Adyrin(m): 10:18pm On Sep 21, 2014
merieam16: .


Desperate space booker.....


Yur household have this generational fowl spirit! grin
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by adeoladrg(m): 10:20pm On Sep 21, 2014
gift01: FP tins Pilot & Condor
Adyrin: I D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ com
yuzjet: Hmmmmm
DGKN: Bam
kennyonthrone: R
Emmysteve: Hhhhfscs
ayusco85: Go
Emmysteve: Hhhhfscs
Excelgalaxy: What
Emmysteve: Hhhhfscs
Smh

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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by creamy1990(f): 10:20pm On Sep 21, 2014
U see soldier u slap am aboy na die u dey
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by Idrismusty97(m): 10:20pm On Sep 21, 2014
merieam16: .
Ehya! See as you missed first page tongue.

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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by Evathyst(f): 10:21pm On Sep 21, 2014
1st guy: Baba, abeg staunch me somtin. (meaning plz give me money).
2nd guy: I no fresh. (meaning I'm broke). Or I dey see my period.


Proudly A.J City wink

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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by mstik(f): 10:24pm On Sep 21, 2014
I thought park well meant swerve, or like shift?

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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by Nobody: 10:24pm On Sep 21, 2014
ROGER DAT......dnt even tink of it
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by Adyrin(m): 10:25pm On Sep 21, 2014
Yur daddy


adeoladrg: Smh
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by merieam16(f): 10:25pm On Sep 21, 2014
Adyrin:


Ozunamor


Useless space booker
grin grin grin
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by itsIYKE(m): 10:27pm On Sep 21, 2014
Adyrin:


Ozunamor


Useless space booker
ozunamor to u too undecided,..nd may ur phone xplode in ur face anytime u book space

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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by justitiaomnibus(m): 10:28pm On Sep 21, 2014
Omo, Pigin no be one way traffic like Oyibo English.
Any ebglish y no correct na pidgin and as such, e no beed interpretation and understanding as per se anywhich way na way for pidgin.

You can understand pidgin and not understand English but if you understand English in Nigeria, you definitely will understand pidgin.

Make una forget all those oyibo wey dey use nose talk.. Out pidgin na correct and e dey sweet for mouth.

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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by itsIYKE(m): 10:28pm On Sep 21, 2014
Adyrin:


Ozunamor


Useless space booker
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by majalisa(m): 10:28pm On Sep 21, 2014
okpolo»»frog.....example• see ur eye lyk okpolo own
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by tswagg007(m): 10:29pm On Sep 21, 2014
Oh boy,this wan no be sere kambia
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by merieam16(f): 10:29pm On Sep 21, 2014
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Idrismusty97: Ehya! See as you missed first page tongue.
grin cry
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by nickz(m): 10:30pm On Sep 21, 2014
Bomb dey your head:-you're crazy

Your head dey there:-you're on point

I go tidy you/I go treat your fu ck up:-you'll pay severely

I don dey x:-I'm leaving

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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by merieam16(f): 10:30pm On Sep 21, 2014
Idrismusty97: Ehya! See as you missed first page tongue.
grin cry
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by quintessnc05(m): 10:31pm On Sep 21, 2014
Fall hand : Used to express gross disappointment. E.g;

1st guy - guy, dat chick wey I bin gist u about. na she u bin see me wit yest.

2nd guy - ehn! Dat one wey be like pepper seller!!!! Guy, u don fall my hand!
grin

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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by merieam16(f): 10:33pm On Sep 21, 2014
Adyrin:


Desperate space booker.....


Yur household have this generational fowl spirit! grin
u nt serious,if I can't u eeh grin

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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by Prechy2836(m): 10:34pm On Sep 21, 2014
"You tink Say na beans"; you think its easy
How e dey be; Whats up, How u doing etc
Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by NaLaugh: 10:35pm On Sep 21, 2014
lildrop: ROGER DAT......dnt even tink of it

umm.. my pidgin might be a little stale, but i no sure say this ur translation dey for book o!

i've never heard anyone use "roger dat" or "roger that'" in that sense.

It's always been to affirm an order or request. AND there is nothing inherently pidgin about it... as far as i know. i could be wrong.

e,g

Guyman 1 cool- "Guy, you take the babe on the left, i take the one on the right with big nyash"

Guyman 2 cool- "Roger that"

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Re: Phrases In Pidgin and Meaning! by olaeffect(m): 10:36pm On Sep 21, 2014
na today!!!?

meaning: its not new/old story

boy1: dem say iPhone6 don commot
boy2: na today?

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