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Rhodalyn (f)
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it's Often Used by Rascals and ill-mannered people
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Kendra (f)
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haha. like ebonics?
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retro (f)
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haha. like ebonics?
I hate Ebonics. Sometimes I don't understand. |
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Kadeejah (f)
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i don't fully understand pidgin  |
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retro (f)
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i don't fully understand pidgin Me too! I understand practically nothing. |
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Kadeejah (f)
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Me too! I understand practically nothing.
the little i kno i learnt on niaraland. lol!  |
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Kendra (f)
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i don't know what pidgin is
but ebonics is easier if u surround yourself wit afrrican americans
i'm used to it
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aloib (f)
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it's Often Used by Rascals and ill-mannered people
make i just shut up sha  |
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aloib (f)
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LOL sis, me i go wait small time sha before i go talk because i no get energy halla right now LOL, All i fit say now na say thank God 4 naija we still dey talk am, na our linggo and we suppose dey proud, if una wan dey form big gals, na una sabi, if u dey feel say una betta, na una sabi, i knw say me i dey ghetto sha  exactly, even if i mary white, he most learn that pidgin, me to i dey ghetto oo |
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mamaput (f)
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i don't know what pidgin is
but ebonics is easier if u surround yourself wit afrrican americans
i'm used to it
Its broken English for example come and eat =come chop. |
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mamaput (f)
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I never speak that launage to my parents.
My kids do not understand it.
But if i speak real nigerian english english ,my daughter understands it her friends not
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oah333 (m)
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exactly, even if i mary white, he most learn that pidgin, me to i dey ghetto oo Or else, ? |
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oah333 (m)
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Almost forgot: there is a basic rule of communication etiquette: When more than two people are speaking together, it is polite to use the language they all understand. So, but I am sure some pidgin lovers will disagree and say :' na u sabi'  , it is rude to speak pidgin English (or any other lingo) that excludes someone else especially when you are ALL engaged in the same conversation . Breeds suspicion, my fellow 9jan kicked out his Ghanian friend on Friday because he suspected he had been backstabbing him in Twi. Are you honestly going to tell me that it doesn't get on your nerves too? E get when man pikin dey fire pidgin and im suppose know when and where to stop am. Becos you be ghetto mama or papa no mean say every 9jan wey dey Nigeria fit blow pidgin. No always think say them dey form. You don hear typical Hausa person dey yarn pidgin wey laugh no go wan kill you? I know say until I graduate from university, I dey hardly yarn am, and I bin come from Edo, even dey school for UNIBEN! My paddy them know, and them take am like that, come even dey defend me when another person say i dey form. Now I switch back and forth with ease but, I only engage when the other person or people start speaking in it. Living in Germany makes me fiercely protective of the English I know, because I have started THINKING in German. Nein, Englisch über alles! Can't let any street lingo corrupt my English database. As for the pidgin, I know say if I stroll go Nigeria, the one wey I don forget, I go learn am again. By the way, if any of you ladies are thinking of using the word ' must' when describing how you feel you want your spouses, bfs or kids to learn pidgin i.e MUST learn pidgin, forget it. It doesn't work like that. After all, your teachers said you must learn English, and you ended up preferring pidgin instead. WTF!? I just wrote a text in pidgin!  |
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iice (f)
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Righttttt, like common sense no go tell u say when u dey with group of people wey no dey hear u, u suppose dey talk pidgin still, na if u no wan make them know wetin u talk, me sha when i'm with such diverse group, when i speak pidgin, i always explain what i said to those who don't understand, Or u go dey with your naija peeps all go dey feel high 2 dey yan pidgin.nehow no b my problem because nobody dey live ma life 4 me, wetin been jack me up na when pesin go con dey talk say na ill mannered people and rascals, well na una sabi wey una get betta upbringing than other people  Those of us wey dey try keep whatever little we can of our land, we dey try because i always believe say wether u get another citizenship or whateva u go always b nigerian, anyhow aloib me don retire lol, i just dey wake ma, i no get energy do anything lol,
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aloib (f)
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lmao sis, abeg forget am jare, na them sabi, i talked wid my husband kanina, na so he disappear , lol, abi u no dey do your job as pa sis-in -law again, sis no let me treat your mess up, sabi sey i get one fine dude for u
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iice (f)
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Chaii sis, i dey try with that guy oh, na so hin dey disappear anyhow, now ma hin commot with that bading ani, i no sabi 4 them,
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kimba (m)
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hey, fifols, wetin dey happen!!
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aloib (f)
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lmao, kimba where ave u been?, sis u might know kimba o, abeg kimba blast tagalog, lol sis no wahala bout my husband,
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iice (f)
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Hmmmm who b Kimba? 
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aloib (f)
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hmmm na one fili in naija man vody, lol, he lived here, him papa na former diplomat, the guy dey blast tagalog like craseeeee i bow oo lmao at calling ani bading bwhahahaha
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aloib (f)
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Or else, ?
[/quohe has to learn o, thats what u call love, ma mum speaks pidgin, yoruba ike crase, pupsi speaks tagalog even more than me, |
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iice (f)
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hmmm na one fili in naija man vody, lol, he lived here, him papa na former diplomat, the guy dey blast tagalog like craseeeee i bow oo lmao at calling ani bading bwhahahaha
Aha! got it, hmmm since when hin been dey this end? I bin alrdy dy here when hin dy this end? Na wow oh, u dey laff, u no believe say ani dey bading somehow lol j/k lng, na him na my ate bwhahahaha |
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aloib (f)
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he don leave phils sha, but be like sey na that kain 1990s and upward the bobo don dey here, lol, i don't know sha, i don forget when he left, but the bobo dey blast tagalog like shit, about ani, bwhahah he get the traits sef, hahahaha.
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osmanbello (m)
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Its not difficult to find a translator on the net Ok, lets try it out and see if it works. ___________________________________________ English : It is a good day to be on the beach Pidgin : na di guud day fo bi on di beach . Igbo: ya na mma otu ubochi na na na onu mmiri . ______________________________________________ I ony speak english and use this little translator to understand some of your posts a little better How did it do ? |
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aloib (f)
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tsk tsk tsk, abeg commot ji, hiss, lol, u tried sha |
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iice (f)
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tsk tsk tsk, abeg commot ji, hiss, lol, u tried sha |
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kellorah (f)
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i enjoy pidgin. i learnt it in PH but my mom didn't let us speak it. i only get to use pidgin when i'm chatting with nigerian people. i don't speak it when i'm on the phone or when i'm talking with people. maybe i use stuff like 'shaa' but that's not pidgin. i also use 'nna men' but that's igbo and english. i enjoy pidgin, especially when warri people speak it. i still don't speak pidgin to my mom and i won't even bother speaking it to my dad coa he'll just be like lol. but if i do get married to a nigerian guy and i have kids, i'll definitely take them to nigeria and they'll like to speak/understand my language, hopefully.SO PLEASE SEUN UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE TO FLAUNT MY 'TALENT' LOL. BECAUSE IF I DON'T EXERCISE MY KNOWLEDGE OF PIDGIN THEN,  I MIGHT END UP FORGETTING IT. |
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oah333 (m)
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he has to learn o, thats what u call love, ma mum speaks pidgin, yoruba ike crase, pupsi speaks tagalog even more than me Once again: or else wetin go happen? |
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oah333 (m)
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Its not difficult to find a translator on the net
Ok, lets try it out and see if it works.
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English : It is a good day to be on the beach
Pidgin : na di guud day fo bi on di beach .
Igbo: ya na mma otu ubochi na na na onu mmiri .
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I ony speak english and use this little translator to understand some of your posts a little better
How did it do ?
Actuallly, not too good. That reads like Creole, not Nigerian Pidgin. Many ethnic groups in Nigeria would translate that sentence in different ways, but the way in which you put it is, to me, not the way a Nigrian would put it. 'Today too bam. Make we waka go beach'. Or, with a little science twist: 'Today jus jel. Make we evaporate, come condense for beach.' are some of the ways in which that stuff of yours can be put. |
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