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Re: Is Pidgin English From Portuguese? by Sltp: 5:56am On Feb 07, 2023
B2mario:
Nigerian and some part of Cameroun spoken pidgin English is 70% coined from Igbo language mainly the Igbo dialects in Niger delta. Example using pure Igbo, Aba anglicized Igbo and pidgin English.
English: it is there
Igbo: O di ebe ahu
Aba anglicised Igbo: O di there
Pidgin: e dey there

English: what is inside?
Igbo: gini di n'ime ya?
Aba anglicised Igbo: gini di inside?
Pidgin: wetin dey inside?

English: I am fine
Igbo: a dim mma
Aba anglicised Igbo: a dim OK
Pidgin: I dey OK

English: where are you going?
Igbo: ebe ka I na aga?
Aba ngwa Igbo: ebe ka I di ga?
Pidgin: where you dey go?

English: it's been long
Igbo: Otego aka
Aba Igbo: Otee laka
Pidgin: I don tee

English: men
Igbo: nnaa
Aba anglicised Igbo: nna men
Pidgin: nna men

English: you people
Igbo: unu
Aba anglicised Igbo: unu
Pidgin: una

English: I am coming
Igbo: anam abia
Aba ngwa Igbo: a dim ibia
Pidgin: I dey come

English: what is your name?
Igbo: kee ihe/gini bu aha gi?
Aba ngwa Igbo: o bu gini bu aha gi?
Pidgin: wetin be your name?

English: who's there?
Igbo: onye no ebe ahu?
Aba ngwa Igbo: onye di ebe ahu?
Pidgin: who dey there?

English: greed
Igbo: anya ukwu (eye = anya, ukwu = big)
Aba ngwa Igbo: anya ukwu
Pidgin: big eye

English: --------
Igbo: akpiri ogologo (akpiri = throat, ogologo= longer)
Aba ngwa Igbo: akpiri ogologo
Pidgin: longer throat

English: what is it/that?
Igbo: O bu gini?
Aba ngwa Igbo: O bu gini/ gini bu Ihe ahu?
Pidgin: wetin be that?

English: boss/rich man
Igbo: Oganaya (short form: oga)
Aba ngwa Igbo: oga
Pidgin: oga

English: servant
Igbo: odibo (short form: boi)
Aba anglicised Igbo: boyi or boyi-boyi
Pidgin: boyi-boyi

English: he is serving
Igbo: o na emee odibo or o na agba odibo
Aba ngwa Igbo: o di imee boyi
Pidgin: e dey do boyi-boyi

English: I don't do it
Igbo: muwa anaghi eme ya
Aba ngwa Igbo: muwa adi imee ya
Pidgin: me, I no dey do am (y'am)

English: I don't know him
Igbo: amaghim ya
Aba ngwa Igbo: amam ya
Pidgin: I no know y'am (am)

English: what is happening?
Igbo: o gini na eme?
Aba ngwa Igbo: o gini di ime?
Pidgin: wetin dey happen?

English: he is going to Lagos
Igbo: o na aga Lagos
Aba ngwa Igbo: o di iga Lagos
Pidgin: e dey go Lagos

English: the water is on
Igbo: mmiri na agba (agba = run or rush)
Igbo ngwa Igbo: mmiri di igba
Pidgin: the water dey rush.

English: I am
Igbo: a bum
Aba ngwa Igbo: a bum
Pidgin: I be

English: it is (as in, it is my friend)
Igbo: o bu
Aba ngwa Igbo: o bu
Pidgin: e be

English: it is (as in, it is there)
Igbo: o di
Aba ngwa Igbo: o di
Pidgin: e dey

English: stay quiet
Igbo: no di jim or wayo
Igbo ngwa Igbo: no di Jim
Pidgin: dey jim (Niger delta pidgin) etc.

English: she is pregnant
Igbo: o di ime
Aba ngwa Igbo: o di ime
Pidgin: e dey pregnant/get belle
Are you OK
Re: Is Pidgin English From Portuguese? by B2mario(m): 10:11pm On Feb 07, 2023
Sltp:
Are you OK

Oga or madam go and do the research and don't ask me childish question. I am not a small child and I did my research and study up to 10years before coming up with that you considered a chap. What's your academic qualification or are you just being beclouded with sentiment and ignorance?

Do your study and criticise my work with fact not considering what you read as an object of childish display.

What I wrote there, is there no relationship between the two languages and the comparison of the two languages not in order?
Pls tell me the origin of:
1. Una ----- people
2. E don tee ----- it's been long
3. Nna men ----- men
4. E dey ----- it is
5. Oyibo ----- fair person.

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