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Do You Know That There's No Space For 'ING' In Pidgin English? by Udozeal(m): 2:13pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
Do you know that 'there is no space for 'ING' in pidgin english?' examples: i bin dey sleepING. I bin dey singING. It doesn't make sense. I dare you to prove me wrong. |
Re: Do You Know That There's No Space For 'ING' In Pidgin English? by Kimmo(f): 2:17pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
Now that I think about it. . . You're correct. Can't think of a single sentence with an 'ing' in it. 1 Like |
Re: Do You Know That There's No Space For 'ING' In Pidgin English? by amani337(m): 2:45pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
op,waiting dey worry u,I |
Re: Do You Know That There's No Space For 'ING' In Pidgin English? by Udozeal(m): 2:51pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
amani337:its not 'waiting dey worry u' it's 'wetin dey worry u'... :-D |
Re: Do You Know That There's No Space For 'ING' In Pidgin English? by kestolove95(m): 3:05pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
chopping to much don dey make me fat!!!how abt dat op? |
Re: Do You Know That There's No Space For 'ING' In Pidgin English? by Udozeal(m): 3:17pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
kestolove95:that's not even pidgin english... 'I don dey fat becos ah dey chop too much' is d correct pidgin sentence. |
Re: Do You Know That There's No Space For 'ING' In Pidgin English? by Thewhizzkid1(m): 3:28pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
Hehe. Guy, pidgin get e own rules o. No space for is, was and are for pidgin o. "Dey" replaces them all. In fact, if u listen to pidgin carefully, u'll recognize that it's complicated. It has as many rules as English. 1 Like |
Re: Do You Know That There's No Space For 'ING' In Pidgin English? by kestolove95(m): 3:44pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
Udozeal:I don. surrender!!! 1 Like |
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