₦airaland Forum

Nicoswit:
Grains

Free State, North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces are great for that.

TMKsouth:
Dude, you've lost me. I don't understand pidgin. What does your last part mean?

Come pay school fees ma teach u d langua well... I go give u certificate sef.. u fit go for nysc too

saintruky:
Come pay school fees ma teach u d langua well... I go give u certificate sef.. u fit go for nysc too

LMAO I already speak 9 languages dude, u wanna make it 10 now?

I'll call on your services when I move to West Africa.

TMKsouth:
Yes, to live in. But there are no farms in the suburbs - unless you wanna start a small backyard operation.

Suburbs have a lot of rules though (by-laws) so others might object to a backyard farming operation.

So how big is your operation gonna be?

Yea, I won't mind living in a safer place while the farm is being run elsewhere.
For the operation: starting from medium to grow with time

TMKsouth:
Free State, North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces are great for that.

Are these downtown or township?

Nicoswit:
Yea, I won't mind living in a safer place while the farm is being run elsewhere.
For the operation: starting from medium to grow with time

That's cool actually . Have u started looking for land, coz I think there are limitations to foreign ownership or leasing of land in SA. Have u researched that well?

TMKsouth:
That's cool actually . Have u started looking for land, coz I think there are limitations to foreign ownership or leasing of land in SA. Have u researched that well?

Yea, I saw something like that, I think that's another issue on it's own

Nicoswit:
Are these downtown or township?

They are provinces (states) with their own townships, downtowns and suburbs. But they specialise in farming.

Nicoswit:
Grains

Bear in mind also we grow different crops in SA than West Africa, for cultural and climatic reasons. So some Nigerian crops won't flourish in SA.

TMKsouth:
Bear in mind also we grow different crops in SA than West Africa, for cultural and climatic reasons. So some Nigerian crops won't flourish in SA.

Noted. Thanks

TMKsouth:
LMAO I already speak 9 languages dude, u wanna make it 10 now?

I'll call on your services when I move to West Africa.

Ibabooooo omizu.... 9 languages soso... I duff my papas cap for u braaaaaaaa.... Na Chinese i wan learn

saintruky:
Ibabooooo omizu.... 9 languages soso... I duff my papas cap for u braaaaaaaa.... Na Chinese i wan learn

Thanks bro. I'm still on South African languages, don't think I'll ever get to Chinese (too complex). If u think u can crack it and are still young enough then go for it!

TMKsouth:
I mean there's usually a flood of media and tourists who post pics and videos online, and so theres more variety to choose from. I'm not particularly happy with the picture quality of my pics coz they were sourced from one outlet and their quality sucks.

What did u think I meant?

"Quality".... I dont no why am in love with that word on this subject

TMKsouth:
LMAO I already speak 9 languages dude, u wanna make it 10 now?

I'll call on your services when I move to West Africa.

9 languages?
that's crazy
are you fluent in all?

theTranscriber:
9 languages?
that's crazy
are you fluent in all?

It's no biggie, most black South Africans can hold a decent conversation in atleast 6 languages excluding English coz many are related (like Spanish and Portuguese are).

So I can go to:
1. Namibia and speak Afrikaans (5 out of 10)
2. Botswana - Tswana (8/10)
3. Zimbabwe - Ndebele (5/10)
4. Mozambique - Tsonga (3/10)
5. Swaziland - Swati (5/10)
6. Lesotho - Sotho (9/10)

And the rest are South African (Sepedi, Zulu, Xhosa). Tsonga and Venda are pretty tricky - thats why I said I can speak 9 out of our 11 languages, I was excluding them.

How bout you - apart from Yoruba and English?

lexy2014:
"Quality".... I dont no why am in love with that word on this subject

Yeah it's a quality word . Maybe for this thread you're sexualising it.

TMKsouth:
Yeah it's a quality word . Maybe for this thread you're sexualising it.

at all...am only appreciating d good and "quality" things on display which u decided to share with d world

TMKsouth:
It's no biggie, most black South Africans can hold a decent conversation in atleast 6 languages excluding English coz many are related (like Spanish and Portuguese are).

So I can go to:
1. Namibia and speak Afrikaans (5 out of 10)
2. Botswana - Tswana (8/10)
3. Zimbabwe - Ndebele (5/10)
4. Mozambique - Tsonga (3/10)
5. Swaziland - Swati (5/10)
6. Lesotho - Sotho (9/10)

And the rest are South African (Sepedi, Zulu, Xhosa). Tsonga and Venda are pretty tricky - thats why I said I can speak 9 out of our 11 languages, I was excluding them.

How bout you - apart from Yoruba and English?

1.Yoruba the language of my ancestors (6/10) it's really complex and has many dialects I wanna learn about 15 dialects actually
2.Pidgin (9/10) of course
3.Spanish(3/10)
4.French (3/10)
5.English(8/10)
so I can go through west Africa
Yoruba is spoken in Togo, Benin
pidgin is spoken all over west Africa
pidgin is all i need

it's very easy to learn most European languages if you understand English
they are basically the same

Burna boy sang in Mozambique recently
Yaba buluku
can you translate?

theTranscriber:
1.Yoruba the language of my ancestors (6/10) it's really complex and has many dialects I wanna learn about 15 dialects actually
2.Pidgin (9/10) of course
3.Spanish(3/10)
4.French (3/10)
5.English(8/10)
so I can go through west Africa
Yoruba is spoken in Togo, Benin
pidgin is spoken all over west Africa
pidgin is all i need

it's very easy to learn most European languages if you understand English
they are basically the same

Burna boy sang in Mozambique recently
Yaba buluku
can you translate?

1. Whoa , Yoruba is that complex? I hear on YouTube most of u guys in Nigeria can't speak your mother tongues fluently. Is it true? Nigerian YouTubers in SA are often amazed South Africans speak African languages 100% of the time.

4. I did french fir a semester actually, but it was basic stuff and have forgotten most of it. Like what is one gonna do with French in Southern Africa, makes sense for u over there sandwiched by black France

5. Actually, i'd give u 4/10 for English

If Yoruba is spoken in Benin and Togo does that mean Nigerian Yorubas are concentrated in the West of the country?

As for Burnas Mozambique trip, I have no idea what Yaba Buluku means (haven't heard it either). Moz also has dozens of its own languages, I'm familiar with Tsonga. But I googled the song and here are the English translations.

https://afrikalyrics.com/dj-tarico-yaba-buluku-translation

TMKsouth:
1. Whoa , Yoruba is that complex? I hear on YouTube most of u guys in Nigeria can't speak your mother tongues fluently. Is it true? Nigerian YouTubers in SA are often amazed South Africans speak African languages 100% of the time.

4. I did french fir a semester actually, but it was basic stuff and have forgotten most of it. Like what is one gonna do with French in Southern Africa, makes sense for u over there sandwiched by black France

5. Actually, i'd give u 4/10 for English

If Yoruba is spoken in Benin and Togo does that mean Nigerian Yorubas are concentrated in the West of the country?

As for Burnas Mozambique trip, I have no idea what Yaba Buluku means (haven't heard it either). Moz also has dozens of its own languages, I'm familiar with Tsonga. But I googled the song and here are the English translations.

https://afrikalyrics.com/dj-tarico-yaba-buluku-translation

yeah
it's really complex
you see
Yoruba is just like a blanket term for about 22 sub ethnic groups that are related
so we all have our dialects and use the central standard Yoruba as a lingua franca

that's false
we speak out languages amongst ourselves
you see, since there are so many languages
we use the pidgin for everyday lives instead
but we still speak our languages
pidgin is a unity language

probably those YouTubers are "Omo butty"
posh people that their parents were all about the ₦$

French is taught here and is cumpulsory till high school(senior secondary)
I didn't listen in class though
I felt it was a waste of time

my English is actually very very good
I was one of the best in my class
I read two dictionaries in my middle school time
I studied English till it started affecting my Yoruba
besides it's a foreign language
I read and understood Wole Ṣoyinka's verbose vocabulary books as little as 10
so
I don't care
the reason you think my English is bad is because I argue a lot
and I don't really like typing
that's why I barely punctuate
and I write sentence by sentence
I'm used to it
it's one of the characteristics you use to know that I am the authentic thetranslator

yeah
we are in the west of Nigeria

thanks though
actually that's the real song
I'm talking of the one with Burna

theTranscriber:
yeah
it's really complex
you see
Yoruba is just like a blanket term for about 22 sub ethnic groups that are related
so we all have our dialects and use the central standard Yoruba as a lingua franca

that's false
we speak out languages amongst ourselves
you see, since there are so many languages
we use the pidgin for everyday lives instead
but we still speak our languages
pidgin is a unity language

probably those YouTubers are "Omo butty"
posh people that their parents were all about the ₦$

French is taught here and is cumpulsory till high school(senior secondary)
I didn't listen in class though
I felt it was a waste of time

my English is actually very very good
I was one of the best in my class
I read two dictionaries in my middle school time
I studied English till it started affecting my Yoruba
besides it's a foreign language
I read and understood Wole Ṣoyinka's verbose vocabulary books as little as 10
so
I don't care
the reason you think my English is bad is because I argue a lot
and I don't really like typing
that's why I barely punctuate
and I write sentence by sentence
I'm used to it
it's one of the characteristics you use to know that I am the authentic thetranslator

yeah
we are in the west of Nigeria

thanks though
actually that's the real song
I'm talking of the one with Burna

Oh, I sent the wrong one?! I don't listen to afrobeats though - it doesn't appeal to me (nothing personal).

I was just pulling your leg with the bad English thing - why u crying now?

Whoa, didn't know French is compulsory in Nigerian schools . Are u for real - in all public schools throughout the country?

I get what Yoruba is now - it's like the Nguni and Sotho language groups in SA.

Sotho = Sepedi (Northern Sotho), Tswana, Sotho (Southern Sotho)

Nguni = Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Swati

TMKsouth:
Thanks bro. I'm still on South African languages, don't think I'll ever get to Chinese (too complex). If u think u can crack it and are still young enough then go for it!

How u take dey learn d Southy language? Via app?

saintruky:
How u take dey learn d Southy language? Via app?

Do u mean how can YOU learn? Yeah, try apps. The most popular languages in SA are Zulu, Afrikaans, Xhosa and Sotho. But it depends on the province you wanna visit or live in. Certain languages won't help much in specific provinces. But anyone of these are understood in Gauteng province (Johannesburg).

TMKsouth:
Oh, I sent the wrong one?! I don't listen to afrobeats though - it doesn't appeal to me (nothing personal).

I was just pulling your leg with the bad English thing - why u crying now?

Whoa, didn't know French is compulsory in Nigerian schools . Are u for real - in all public schools throughout the country?

I get what Yoruba is now - it's like the Nguni and Sotho language groups in SA.

Sotho = Sepedi (Northern Sotho), Tswana, Sotho (Southern Sotho)

Nguni = Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Swati

it's actually not afrobeats
it's a type of amapiano
we also make nice amapiano
check out southy love by fireboy and peruzzi(yeah you guessed right, it's about a south African girl)
check out KPK by mohbad
and as usual
the Nigerian amapiano singer niniola

many people have made fun of my typing style
maybe that's why I'm on a defensive

not really
'cause unlike there
we all speak Yoruba
but different types
just like American and British English are different

saintruky:
How u take dey learn d Southy language? Via app?

n southy e be so en no use any app

theTranscriber:
it's actually not afrobeats
it's a type of amapiano
we also make nice amapiano
check out southy love by fireboy and peruzzi(yeah you guessed right, it's about a south African girl)
check out KPK by mohbad
and as usual
the Nigerian amapiano singer niniola

many people have made fun of my typing style
maybe that's why I'm on a defensive

not really
'cause unlike there
we all speak Yoruba
but different types
just like American and British English are different

Dude, I'm not even into amapiano (can't even name one artist in SA) but some of the songs are catchy, I must admit. I salute our boys and gals for coming up with a unique sound anyway and not copying afrobeats like the rest of Africa following Nigeria like sheep - that's how we roll in SA... trendsetting Anyway, i listen to western and afro pop most of the time but i'll check out Southy Love just now.

theTranscriber:
it's actually not afrobeats
it's a type of amapiano
we also make nice amapiano
check out southy love by fireboy and peruzzi(yeah you guessed right, it's about a south African girl)

Not bad hearing it for the first time - very catchy beat at times but not iconic. It's got that one afrobeats element I hate the most though... AUTOTUNE . How do u guys cope at concerts when your artists have to use their real voices ? I get a sense they don't have good voices and they use autotune to mask that. Plus i was expecting effortless SA type dancing.

Anyway, I guess it's much nicer in Naija where u understand the words and undertones.