donnypool:


na so na, we taking over very soon



seun: be very afraid

Okpe wadooo!

staymore:


Yes na!

But man wey carry double of him papa thing

Yoruba version of this : you may claim your prick big reach ur papa own, the skin of his is tougher than yours.

Ariel20:

I am from Okpe.. how about you?

Okpara...

MizTyna:

No

I am also from DELTA state but have never been there before.

MizTyna:


Yes,i speak too. I'm Lagos born and bred tho

good to know. What's ur name (Urhobo)?

drnairalov:


am urhobo too, but that language is hard to speak expecially if u grew outside Delta!!

plus pidgin is the norm now

infact na only miguor, mavo, doh, omagare I sabi

oghenetega100 ===> God is my strength

I beg to disagree. I think it all comes down to parenting. I could remember mom would tell us folk tales strictly in Urhobo way back... In Lagos ooo. It is challenging and interesting at the same time. She would ask us to suggest morals learnt ONLY in Urhobo language and we (my baby sis and I) would babble, mix up the words with some English words, add Yoruba and back to the mother tongue. At the long run, I acquired and perfected the thing, even better than most grown Urhobo people.

Today, I move freely, interact with Urhobo folks when the need arises and most people find it hard to believe I've never travelled there before. My problem, however, is the pidgin accent. I don't have it at all and I admire people who eat it like rice.

Urhobo language is actually a beauty!

A ria k' ômô erhivwê kê ê.-
You can chew food for a baby but you cannot swallow it for him.

Ômôrh' ohwo ton ogodê r' osio hweri i.-
He is a great man he who is able to roast a sheep drenched by rain.

Dem no help we

kuuljay:
one old man actually dropped this in benin

na serious kolobi them dey take kill mosquito wey kack for blokos or else your generation go perish...I almost ran mad of laffter

Hahahahaha! I'm laughing my heart out

MizTyna:
Hi everyone,i'm Urhobo and my Urhobo friend on Facebook shares these proverbs on his wall,i loved them and thought to share with everyone,you dont need to be Urhobo to understand them though since they are in English. Enjoy!

*I no wan die naim make person dey drink medicine wey bitter

*Pikin and papa nor dey measure size of penis

*Head wey big,na neck dey suffer the consequence

*Na only look fowl dey look groundnut wey dey inside bottle

*Husband nor dey go in-law farm go by mistake go cut penis

*Instead make bad tin happen,make rain fall

*Person no dey drink ogogoro dey smile

*Friendship no fit rabbit and hare

*Before person go roast plantain,roast yam finish,e hand must to black

*Man wey dey dance hard dance,na hin brokos e dey wahala

*Who yansh pepper no dey eat richman money

*Na wetin hoe dey do for farmer naim make am dey always carry am for shoulder

*Person wey show ripe palm fruit(banga) give old man naim dey help am harvest am

*Pikin wey witch/wizard send message no dey fear

*I no go fit climb,na for ground person dey talk am

*Person no dey straff(have s.ex) dey hiss

*Money dey sweet but e nr dey bring out oil

*If e better for hawk for up, e for no come down dey come carry small fowl

*Animal wey oba wan kill,na so so neck e dey for fat

*Who dey owe you money dey use style dey help you dey save am

*When you dash person goat,you go comot hand from the rope wey you take tie the goat

*Na hunger dey make person eat wizard food

*Mature woman nor dey fear penis

*Na see i see am pick naim small pikin dey take enter stealing

*Animal wey get pikin no dey hard to catch

*If madman no harsh,small children go dey use stone stone am

*E never better for people wey dem pray for finish,na come be the ones wey dem swear for?

*No be small thing woman breast see before e begin look down

*If who dey front no lost,who dey follow am no dey lost

*Who call you human being naim you dey call human being

*Wetin dey find blood,even if them give am palm oil,e nor go take

*Wetin pursue madman from inside hut for farm strong pass the madman

*I no gree naim dey tear cloth

*Na another person head fit to break coconut

*Who bend down dey look another person yansh,somebody else stand jeje for im back dey look im yansh

*No be small thing night see before day break

*Who dey beg for something na hin hand dey long pass

*Where person dey go and e wan sleep there,e no dey hurry

*Na short goat legs just short,if not goat na big animal

*Who dem carry for back nor dey carry another person

*Who wan born pikin must to naked

*When your person dey on top of orange,you no dey lick unripe one

*Na early morning person dey hurry

Feel free to add yours,which is your favourite?

These Urobo people foolish no be small abi na wayo destroy una brain? Just read this one:
*Mature woman nor dey fear joystick
She never see correct joystick; she go pick race. Nonsense.

Ejaisky:
A ria k' ômô erhivwê kê ê.-
You can chew food for a baby but you cannot swallow it for him.

Ômôrh' ohwo ton ogodê r' osio hweri i.-
He is a great man he who is able to roast a sheep drenched by rain.

This is a beauty! I can't write at all. The Yoruba orthography (Akotan) has soiled my hands. However, I can read them; I used to read Urhobo newspapers and 'Ekugbe' magazines way back. So hard to believe someone can write as good as this though.

MizTyna:

Ughelli North. You?

Hi, I'm Ughelli North too. can I send you an email?

Ariel20:


I am from Okpe.. how about you?

Nice
I am also from Okpe. Orerokpe town. Nice to meet an Okpe lady on nairaland. do you speak Okpe?

Sanchez01:

Hahahahaha! I'm laughing my heart out

after dropping the quote people were like...papa you don start again... very fun people to be with

Who dey sell pepper no carry the hand scratch him prick.. sun too hot no mean say fowl go lay boiled eggs.... the girl yansh too flat, naso akpos dey single till 60yrs

Raiders:
Nice
I am also from Okpe. Orerokpe town. Nice to meet an Okpe lady on nairaland. do you speak Okpe?

Not fluently, I wish I could though

MizTyna:

Uwheru

8-)

Welrez:
Malevolent proverb!

any one u said

Am urhobo but these proverbs don't seat well with me.

Crab!!!

Sanchez01:

I beg to disagree. I think it all comes down to parenting. I could remember mom would tell us folk tales strictly in Urhobo way back... In Lagos ooo. It is challenging and interesting at the same time. She would ask us to suggest morals learnt ONLY in Urhobo language and we (my baby sis and I) would babble, mix up the words with some English words, add Yoruba and back to the mother tongue. At the long run, I acquired and perfected the thing, even better than most grown Urhobo people.
Today, I move freely, interact with Urhobo folks when the need arises and most people find it hard to believe I've never travelled there before. My problem, however, is the pidgin accent. I don't have it at all and I admire people who eat it like rice.
Urhobo language is actually a beauty!

There is nothing to admire in the pidgin accent. Pidgin English is one of the reason the urhobo language is dying today. So just stick to the Urhobo and English language.

ALKARULEZZ:
good to know. What's ur name (Urhobo)?

Eruwvuoghene

Ameboperoo:

Yoruba version of this : you may claim your prick big reach ur papa own, the skin of his is tougher than yours.

Pikin wey wan compare him thing with him papa forget say him na the product of him papa thing.

No matter how big a palm fruit it can not be bigger than the palm tree carrying it.

MizTyna:


Eruwvuoghene

wow! Rily thick

I'm EJIROGHENE..

ojeota:




There is nothing to admire in the pidgin accent. Pidgin English is one of the reason the urhobo language is dying today. So just stick to the Urhobo and English language.

nothing to admire rily? Nor let guyz wear u slap for street o

Ariel20:


Not fluently, I wish I could though

Too bad. I guess you are lagos born and raise.

Sanchez01:

This is a beauty! I can't write at all. The Yoruba orthography (Akotan) has soiled my hands. However, I can read them; I used to read Urhobo newspapers and 'Ekugbe' magazines way back. So hard to believe someone can write as good as this though.

Thanks.

Raiders:
Too bad. I guess you are lagos born and raise.

Yes I was..that's not a tenable excuse though

Ariel20:


Yes I was..that's not a tenable excuse though

Its a good excuse. Environment matters in learning a language. you will be more fluent in yoruba because you grew up in lagos. If you were raised in Delta state then you would have been more fluent in Urhobo or Okpe.

Raiders:
Its a good excuse. Environment matters in learning a language. you will be more fluent in yoruba because you grew up in lagos. If you were raised in Delta state then you would have been more fluent in Urhobo or Okpe.

You do have a point

*pikin wey chop till him sick must fast till him
*Na de same rain wey beat bitter leaf wey e bitter na him beat sugar cane wey e sweet

very funny

bigfrancis21:

Hey, can you translate these proverbs directly into Urhobo?

Na I'm make u quote the whole post? Pls learn d rules of quoting someone in nairaland oo