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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.

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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:
op,waiting dey worry u,I
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:
chopping to much don dey make me fat!!!how abt dat op?
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.

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Re: Do You Know That There's No Space For 'ING' In Pidgin English? by kestolove95(m): 3:44pm On Dec 31, 2014
Udozeal:
that's not even pidgin english... 'I don dey fat becos ah dey chop too much' is d correct pidgin sentence.
I don. surrender!!!

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