₦airaland Forum

Kiddler:
Because Sanusi is a mini-Messiah or what? I can't seem to understand why people outside Kano love glorifying Sanusi. I can't even start to list where he got it all wrong. Everyone, especially the Southerners have been enchanted by his intelligence and smooth talking.

no one is glorifying him: he was punished for speaking for d ppl!

My concern is dt, must there ever be a new index case after a discharge?

Abaman001:
Lagos discharged 22.

This is to create space for Ikorudu result that will be announced later this Night by INEC (NCDC)

I fear when ever I hear this discharged of a thing

no more Dts d end to new index case! Its my prophecy!

Arrewa:
Rip to the Emir of Rano Tafida Abubakar!!

This is trying times to my kano people!

We've really lost great men this year more than ever before!!

I plead on Nigerians to continue praying for my dear state kano!!

This isn't about Covid19 cos most of these death has test negative for covid19! I think there's something going on!!

This lockdown is also preventing sick people from going to the hospital for treatment!!

They're number of sick people in Kano who no longer have access to the hospital and I think kano state government should do something about that!

People are also calling radio stations complaining that their love ones with malaria, diabetes, typhoid don't have access to drugs!

Ganduje should act like a doctor that he is!!

way I see here is dt Malllam sanusi's god is angry, I pray gandollar won't b d next

I Dnt want to believe Sanusi's God is fighting his battles, Gandollar shud reinstate dt Man! Dnt quote if u Dnt know d tins of d spirit!

And one Nigerian artist 39 from Delta is there unmarried, mention his name na u sabi!

Wat a below average player, from loan to loan, I av one word for u: Loaningloanianology! Well hbd!!!

CalabarPikin:
They've just opened a new workshop for our criminals called police/taskforce


Meanwhile....how fr d Chinese doctors..
Dem never start work..??



In another news

they came to open aso rock, they av gone back long ago!

helinues:
After locking us up without providing reasonable relief materials, face mask is now compulsory?

Time for Nigeria security officials to cash out..

Dts wat they shud av done abinitio as against locking down d nation!

Covid-19 has been buried, ask me Ao if u so care!

Dreiwizzy:
Force him to miss you; start conversating with him as if he's still seeking for your contact. It will hurt, but continue; this singular act will bring out his real intention towards you. Let nobody waste your time.

God bless u

Veebliz:
Some grammatical mistakes you make and things you say wrong.


Hello, everyone. Before I shoot, I’d like you to read this:

After learning some Spanish and having to correct a lot of English in WhatsApp groups, I’ve discovered that some of us say some things wrong. Some like saying things like “English is not our language”, “Who English epp? (Who does English help?)” “Does it add money to my account?” especially when you correct them. But most of these are said out of ignorance. English is not your language, but why do you use it? English has helped a lot of people, YES! It has. Why else do we use English to teach at school? In fact, more research has been done in English than in any other language, 98% of scientific materials published today are in English, I’m not saying that other languages are inferior, but the truth is that, some people do need to stop being ignorant and face it – English really DOES matter…and YES – it can add money to your account in so many ways; you think about it.

Yeah, I feel like it’s important for me to add this: I’ve come across some Nigerians who speak English as their first tongue; I do as well, so the idea of saying English is not our language doesn’t make any sense at all. I have no problem with anybody speaking any indigenous language.

The English language is not a foreign language to Nigeria, it has mixed with our cultures in a unique way, and therefore has become ours – one of our languages, even though I don’t speak the language of my indigenous tribe, I still have some of their cultural values instilled in me, I cherish and respect them.

Aha! I must not skip this; I've interacted with Brits and Americans on the internet, so I see them make silly mistakes as well, but the ones I've written here are some of the mistakes I see my country people make often. Let’s see some of the grammatical mistakes people make and things they say wrong.

1) The verb – to make;

Of course, you would have definitely seen some people make mistakes with this verb, it’s common to hear people say things like:
“This picture makes me TO remember my past.”
“Eating all the time will make you TO be fat.”
“If you use this medicine, it will make you TO sleep.”
I am sure you’ve already spotted the mistake, right? – Yeah, I made it obvious. The verb – to make doesn’t take “to” after it, so the correct thing to say in each sentence above is: “This picture makes me remember my past.”
“Eating all the time will make you (be) fat” – in this kind of sentence, it’s more common and therefore more natural to skip the verb – “be”.
“If you use this medicine, it will make you sleep.”
The only time it’s fine to use “TO” after the verb – to make is when it is in the passive; for example, “I was made TO kneel down yesterday at school.” NOT I was made kneel down yesterday at school.”


2) The verb – to enable;

This verb requires “to” after it, but it is so amusing that some people would leave out “to” using this verb but would use it with the verb “to make”.
Here is an example: “This software will enable you TO work on your computer efficiently.” NOT “This software will enable you work on your computer efficiently.”


3) The verb – to allow;

This verb also requires “to” after it.
Here is an example: “My parents will not allow me TO go out today.” NOT “My parents will not allow me go out today.”


4) The verb – to reply;

The mistakes made with this verb are pretty common, this verb is intransitive, which means it cannot go with a direct object, therefore, it needs a preposition for it to make sense, and therefore, you reply TO somebody or TO something. NOT reply somebody or something.
“Why didn’t you reply my messages?” is WRONG. The correct thing is: “Why didn’t you reply TO my messages?”


5) The idiom – to be about to do something;

Hahahaha , I remember hearing someone say: “I was just about asking same thing.” Well, the correct thing is: “I was just about TO ask you THE same thing.”


6) The noun – stuff;

Yeah! This particular noun is such a pain in the ass for some people, it is uncountable, so, it cannot take an S after it and an indefinite article can’t be used with it either.
“Please give me five minutes – I want to get my STUFF” NOT “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my stuffs”.
“Where did you get all this stuff?” NOT “Where did you get all these stuffs?”
“Where IS all my stuff?” NOT “Where are all my stuffs?”
“This is good stuff.” NOT “This is a good stuff.”
The only context where stuff can take an S is if it’s used as a verb: “Ade always stuffs himself with so much junk food.”


7) The nouns – slang and jargon;

English is weird, yeah…but it’s not hard. So many people make mistakes with these nouns - These nouns are uncountable – yeah you read it right; UNCOUNTABLE.
I remember reading an article sometime ago, it had: “20 slangs you will hear in Nigeria” as its title: If you’ve been reading this article carefully, you will have known what is wrong with the sentence.
Numbers can’t be used with uncountable nouns, so the correct thing is: “20 SLANG WORDS/EXPRESSIONS/TERMS you will hear in Nigeria”. Or simply put: “Some slang you will hear in Nigeria.” – So you can use “some” with uncountable nouns and countable nouns as well.
“That is internet slang.” NOT “That is an internet slang.”
“Too much slang was used in the movie.” NOT “Too many slangs were used in the movie.”
“His messages were full of jargon.” NOT “His messages were full of jargons.”


8 ) The noun – information;

I don’t need to explain this, just keep it in mind that it is UNCOUNTABLE.
“Thank you for that information.” NOT “Thank you for those informations”
“What a wonderful piece of information!” NOT “What a wonderful information!”
“I want to share some information with you.” NOT “I want to share you an information.”


9) The noun – advice;

This is uncountable as well: make sure you do not mistake it for the verb: advise. The noun is spelt with a C and the verb with an S.
“I need (some) advice from you.” NOT “I need some advices from you.” NOT “I need an advice from you.”


10) All what;

If you’ve been saying this, then you need to STOP saying it! This is WRONG! It should be either: “All (that)” or “All OF what”.
“All (that) I’ve been saying is that….” NOT “All what I’ve been saying is that…”


11) The noun – headache;

Just as people make mistakes with uncountable nouns, they also do the same thing with countable nouns – it’s very common to hear “I am having headache”. This sentence is wrong. It should be: “I have a headache.”


12) The noun – news;

This is an uncountable noun.
“This is good news!” NOT “This is a good news!”


13) The expression – in the twinkling of an eye;

I’ve heard and seen people say: “In the twinkle of an eye.” – This is wrong of course: it should be: “In the twinkling of an eye.”


14) The famous – “I don’t get”.

Okay, I don’t want to be too annoying because I KNOW that some will get angry reading this article, but guess what? Learning never ends. We are used to saying this, but you should know that the verb – to get in this case is transitive, so it needs an object to sound okay.
So I recommend that you start saying: “I don’t get IT.”
Saying “I don’t get” has always sounded weird to me, I’ve asked some foreigners just to be sure it's not just me but they said it sounded weird to them as well.


15) The noun – furniture;

I usually see furniture makers put up a sign like “ABC furnitures.”
This doesn’t work in English; it’s an uncountable noun, so you already know the drill.
“They like playing with furniture.” NOT “They like playing with furnitures.”


I am Nigerian, so I speak more Nigerian English, I don’t hate it, I just like when people make good use of it because I know what it feels like when you murder someone's language. When I was in junior secondary school, I remember saying something wrong in Yoruba while I was playing with my friends, you needed to have seen how three of them were throwing corrections at me. (
There are so many people who care about mistakes – especially in English.
These are just a few of the mistakes. I could keep on writing and writing, but I will leave it here.
So, I hope this helps your English if you’ve been saying it wrong.




Ermmmm, one last thing before the final full stop: This is for people who can’t do without starting a sentence with or using “Am”; What exactly is wrong? Please stop making this horrible mistake, if you can’t use the contraction: “I’m…” then use: “I am…”
It’s not hard work. The pronoun I is just one letter.

Thanks for reading.

Veebliz.

nice piece, but this isn't d problem now!

This industry (telecommunications) and security industry are actually doz flexing now, no mistakes Abt dt!

Y nt also give Kano ur recent #850b Cash out! Northern Nizooria president! Naija wud be great again!!!

Dis case index must go down from tomorrow, in Jesus name!

ignis:
This lockdown should be completely relaxed, people are tired and dying of hunger. It is getting tougher by the day.

Even Yahoo boys are affected with the Economic Lockdown!

All sectors are negatively impacted except one and that is the Nigerian Political class, which currently lives on the COVID-19 Economy since the oil wealth has failed!l

police force is enjoying too, cox they now charge #500 on roadblocks, b4 u abuse me check Benin to Onitsha!

It's heartbreaking, I pray God condole their parents.

stevmatt15:
Just allow him and his brothers and sisters including Mbaka and Ebube Muonso
Let's see how many can be healed
At least, from there, Nigerian churches can now become tourist centres

Has mbaka said anything so far on d pandemic? pls I want to follow him!

wat is truly d problem with dis over populated States for xt sake!

The lock down achieved nothing, so business cn continue!

Karma must nt escape u if u av slept with her, on anoda note, let d divorced women marry divorce men, Dnt ask me y!

No sensible comment so far, good day every one

Its nt funny over there. Wen we told dem to decongest lag by extending similar infrastructure to others regions, they called us wailers. This is jux d beginning in Lagos!

fecundility:
I need a bus to help pick garri from osun state to Lagos just about 26bags

in naira land

I told a lady dt I saw *real* hunger after d lockdown, she called me names, Wer are we today? D more d number soars d more d lockdown thus hardship! Lord pls here d prayer of d saint. Jeremiah 32:17

My First time to read in between lines. Rip sir

See how rich his CV is, God pls take my call!

RIP to d dead, let d dead bury d dead!

Medical Director, Las Vegas Pain Institute, Dr Godwin Maduka has through his Foundation, commenced cash transfer to hundreds of widows in Anambra and beyond as part of measures to stem the biting hardship occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. God bless u Sir

Read d story again n pls tell me hu committed d crime ikeokwu or hu? Poor reporter!

Awoist:
My friend if your own money or food finish for this lockdown feel free to go and rob ...these guys are known robbers, they maim, snatch phones, pick pockets and raid streets. The only difference now is that people don't go out again so they decided to come and meet them at homes...the real hand to mouth guys are on the street mounting road blocks and begging for food.

Fg hasn't done d needful, let dem do dt first b4 they wud deploy security agencies!