ikamefa:

" " kwamputu! putu ! putu pam !

them tell you sey i nor sabi sey to torchlight na to don see the persin before? chinekeee! see as this waffi persin just take style twist my yarns and de tin wey i been dey talk sef ! ^{( i dey takee style run you dey take style pull me back)}
back to the torchlight thing sef! i don ask you sooooo teyyy! ,grow hunch back sef if i don torchlight this onye-ocha before nko? wetin kwosain you?
i neffa see pesrin wey hin nose long this yah level sef!

so your ex gamuchi wan carry you come jaipur! , , so wetin your current gamuchi go dey do? siddon dey look una?

omoovie:

My question drrionelli because I have seen your posts before and when this question has been posted to you u have either played the clever dodger, deflected by feigning you are being unduly attacked or posted an answer that isn't concrete.

Here are the questions:
Why do you want to learn pidgin? For what purpose? Are you married to a Nigerian? Are you friends with one? WHAT IS UR PURPOSE FOR WANTING TO LEARN PIDGIN? Most of the other non-Nigerians that are on this site are either married to one, have dated a few or are good friends with one. You have all these questions on our language and culture. That's all well and good. I'm flattered that an oyibo person wants to learn about us. I have only 1 question that I really need the answer to, why do you want to learn pidgin?

omoovie:

I no bin kno say my amebo strong reach so!

omoovie:

From now on I dey proclaim say I b d Okwaputu reversal 1 of Amebo!

!

omoovie:

! I go mek sure say I dry ihn pocket! LOL. No, ah no wicked reach as that!

drrionelli:

@omoovie:
Thank you for your questions.  I'll be more than happy to try to explain.

I seek to expand my familiarization with Pidgin for several reasons.  One of which is that I perceive it, rightly or wrongly,  to be a common communicative connection among the peoples of Nigeria.  Yes, I am aware that English is an official language of the country, and it is a language which I, too, speak and write.   Pidgin seems to be a language which has enough similarities to languages with which I am familiar that I feel that it would be reasonably straightforward to learn.  

As I have posted earlier in this very thread, I feel that a conversancy, if not a fluency, in Pidgin would benefit my better understanding the cultures of Nigeria.   No, I am not married to a Nigerian lady (perhaps someday, though!), although I have known (and hope to know more) Nigerian people.  I also--again, as posted earlier--would at some time like to visit Nigeria and feel it would be respectful of its citizens to at least attempt to use a language that is indigenous to and comfortable with it's people.

Now, if I may ask you (and I do so with no antagonism and with no intent to be confrontational):  How is it that you feel that I have played the "clever dodger" with respect to answering the questions you pose?   And, please know that I have in the time I've spent here at nairaland.com, I have never felt the need to feel, let alone feign, that I was being unduly attacked.   Far from it.  Even those with whom I might disagree have afforded me respect of my opinions, which, I assure you, is categorically reciprocal.  

That being said,  you can see that an ability to communicate in Pidgin very well might serve me well when I spend time on this site (something I enjoy doing).  Ikamefa--among others--can vouch for me on that!   

(Incidentally, I don't know if the term "oyibo" refers to a person of Caucasian ancestry or if it is used to refer to non-Africans in general.  Just so it might be known, though it is surely of no consequence, I am black.)

drrionelli:

@omoovie:
Thank you for your questions. I'll be more than happy to try to explain.

I seek to expand my familiarization with Pidgin for several reasons. One of which is that I perceive it, rightly or wrongly, to be a common communicative connection among the peoples of Nigeria. Yes, I am aware that English is an official language of the country, and it is a language which I, too, speak and write. Pidgin seems to be a language which has enough similarities to languages with which I am familiar that I feel that it would be reasonably straightforward to learn.

As I have posted earlier in this very thread, I feel that a conversancy, if not a fluency, in Pidgin would benefit my better understanding the cultures of Nigeria. No, I am not married to a Nigerian lady (perhaps someday, though!), although I have known (and hope to know more) Nigerian people. I also--again, as posted earlier--would at some time like to visit Nigeria and feel it would be respectful of its citizens to at least attempt to use a language that is indigenous to and comfortable with it's people.

Now, if I may ask you (and I do so with no antagonism and with no intent to be confrontational): How is it that you feel that I have played the "clever dodger" with respect to answering the questions you pose? And, please know that I have in the time I've spent here at nairaland.com, I have never felt the need to feel, let alone feign, that I was being unduly attacked. Far from it. Even those with whom I might disagree have afforded me respect of my opinions, which, I assure you, is categorically reciprocal.

That being said, you can see that an ability to communicate in Pidgin very well might serve me well when I spend time on this site (something I enjoy doing). Ikamefa--among others--can vouch for me on that!

(Incidentally, I don't know if the term "oyibo" refers to a person of Caucasian ancestry or if it is used to refer to non-Africans in general. Just so it might be known, though it is surely of no consequence, I am black.)

ikamefa:


na wah! wah! @omooovie wetin d i s onye-ocha do you na?

hahahahaha you just turn CSI or FBI for onye-ocha !

Of course! Not to my country? I dey veli veli conversant with mopo so I don learn dia raz tactics dey apply am to any pesin wey I wan apply am to!

na today?

Gbam! okwamputu reversal 1 of Nairaland!

Hahahahah!

!

Negro_Ntns:

Omoovie,

ah ah, na u i see so? How u dey manage? Soon as i step foot for ground see ya name i say Oritshe me bee o, last time i run jam this girl i laff so tey i lock jaw.

Omo, e no go tire u, [s]Yar Adua no go come look for u unless to propose marriage[/s], when d'em discuss contract for Abuja ya name no go comot for list, if Obama become president na you go be im right hand pesin for Africa & Middle East, efrytime politicians and wayo piple dey distribute and share money if them no give you ya portion of the millions d'em own go baje. ehn e go better, e remain small mah sista

Take sofly sofly do. We go eyeball again nah.

stillwater:

This one na conc. broken. Wetin you just yan here? I'm confused.

drrionelli:

@omoovie:
I trust that my most recent posting in this thread has satisfactorily answered the questions you raised. For that I am pleased.

However, I note that you did not answer the questions that I raised. Certainly, this is your prerogative, but it still leaves things unanswered. Might I prevail upon you (with all due punctiliousness) to address those that I have raised?

By the way, thank you for "freeing" me!

omoovie:

Dear drr--I jus tire--

What I posted is called a "jazzman tactic" in my inner encyclopaedia! It was meant to incite you enough to answer the questions in a straightforward manner without mincing words. As you have answered my questions so thoroughly u don't have any worries again. Feel free to learn Pidgin! Who knows, maybe u will get a homegirl to gree for you with enough struggle eh?

*wink* *wink* *blink* *blink*

Ikomi:

Na jazzman u carry enter here agannn? Air comodore. your own too musssh, na soso question with big grammar u go dey ask onye ocha, u be satellite? shhhheeeeewwwwww.

Na wetin u do sooteeeeey wey make Negro Lock Jaw. I pray make Yaradua con find u carry u comot 4 Nairaground. LOL

I hope am down.

Mustay:

na wa for this nairaland o!

if u no quick participate for thread, them go turn am to one clique thread wey you no go fit participate in

drrionelli:

@omoovie:
"Jazzman tactic"?
"Inner encyclopaedia"?

Negro_Ntns:

Omoovie,

Belle sweet me as I take eyeball u again so

You yasef know say mah tongue no go efa make that mistake lai lai come misspoke about mah Urhobo pipl. If u comot Urhobo for de equation na hin be say no more trade an comace for obodo Nigeria, de tresury go dry, budget papa go get hunchback.

Abeg, no send Yar'adua go Mecca oo. E be like u forget de time Idiagbon go Mecca Babangida come capsize hin administration. Sometime sef I wonder if no be for Warri them born IBB, hin calculation for opotunity no dey efer miss. Abi I lie? Ikomi make u tell ya sista oo.

E go better o, u no go sleep jam Abacha for dream lai lai, the oiel well wey dey ya backyad no go dry.  Sofly sofly for the Japanese, make u no begin wakabout wrapper no fit ya body simply for the consequence say you dey yarn hanashite kudasai.

smile4kenn:

na wa oo, this tread don go far oo

Negro_Ntns:

Omoovie,

Your aggregate for backside na TKO. I dey behind you last time u reach down grab something for floor. Lord haf mercy, this woman go make me passout! The flashing wey u flash me still dey my head since nefer comot. Na God save me sey I no dey on top ladder de time, na so i for loose balance fell off. Efen sef sey my two foot dey ground i still catch wobble for my waka.

e consain me say u go begin yarn "hanashite kudasai" all that ikebe come turn flat and ya eye begin squint nah.

omoovie

that one na e-corruiption

ole! 

i nefa tell u say na efcc i dey work for 

Omoovie,

Your aggregate for backside na TKO. I dey behind you last time u reach down grab something for floor.  Lord haf mercy, this woman go make me passout! The flashing wey u flash me still dey my head since nefer comot. Na God save me sey I no dey on top ladder de time, na so i for loose balance fell off.  Efen sef sey my two foot dey ground i still catch wobble for my waka.

e consain me say u go begin yarn "hanashite kudasai" all that ikebe come turn flat and ya eye begin squint nah.

Holy Moses. Now thats way beyond me.

Negro_Ntns:

Omo,

On mah behalf spik tell ya husband hin get lucky boku well well for to get woman laik u for hin right hand o. God forbid I go look for another man treasure. You make my jaw begin ache after I read "otapiapia" but I take jeje release de ache before e go enter lock position Otapiapia dey bring memory wey i no fit narrate for this room for sake of sey I don put hand for Bible swear I no go efer tell de joke again.

Comot joke put for side. Tell me 'bout de nunyabizness thing. Na true?

Mustay:

hmm I dey suspect somethin - \negro and Omo

Hmm

hmm

hmm

I be investigator o!

Negro_Ntns:

Omo,

Efrytime u step foot for door, e be like new moon appear for sky, na so de place bright like say u carry lantern for hand shine ya way enter. "Come hither with Thine oil burning lamp, blind I am, but in Thou I sense a glorious spirit"

ehn, de business ting, e for better make i whisper you for letter. Our elders, when diem split kolanut, if hin get too many eyes diem dey postpone consultation of the ancestors till another day, hehm, too many eyes dey here.

I felldown yesterday, I no know if na cause of palmy or somebody spill oiel for ground, I nak skull for rubber plastic wey dey for side, now I don loss memory. ehn nah, i no fit remember de otapiapia tory again ooo. ehn no vex mah sista. mi ni wado.