7 COMMON NIGERIAN PIDGIN English Phrases You NEED to SURVIVE in Lagos, Nigeria | Sassy Funke
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Phrases mentioned:
1. How Far? = How are you?
2. I wan chop = I want to eat
3. E too cost = It's too expensive / It's expensive
4. Abi = Right? /Isn't it?
5. Abeg = Please
6. Go slow = Traffic Jam
7. Wahala = Trouble / Problem
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How you dey (How are you)
A - I dey Kampe (I am fine)
How body (How are you)
A - Body dey inside cloth (I am fine)!
1) how far
a day
2) i wan chop
3) ee too cost a beg
4) abi?
5) abeg
6) go slow hold me as i dey come
7) wahala dey o - there is a problem
no wahala - no problem
Yes! I love this! My family is Jamaican and when I here Nigerians speak I feel like that is where we come from. That is original patois. And I admit Funke looks very much like my cousin so feel an affinity to her. Nigeria is definitely on my bucket list. I just know I come from there.
Thank you for sharing Steven. 😊🙏🏾
Well talking about using the word chop this is a good one: "Oga u sabi chop life" meaning you know how to enjoi life! Abi?
@@francescalombardo8839 in Jamaica we say chop but it means “to scam” 😂
I recently discovered I’m partly Nigerian through 23andMe. :)
Jamaica's are just displaced Africans my sister. We accept you with open arms 😢-Sage Bidnisss
My Nigerian brother and sisters, PLEASE DROP BELOW other pidgin phrases you believe would be useful for those traveling to lagos! ❤️
Nigeria pidgin : I don carry belle, meaning : I'm pregnant 😂
I used some of these on my Nigerian colleagues and it blew their mind!
I'm from Zim and we also use "How far" as an informal greeting thats so cool I always thought it was just us
Love this video, I’m not Nigerian, I’m Colombian (big difference I know) but I live in London and know a lot of Nigerian people who use this, and although they don’t use it with me I thought I’d watch a video and educate myself on it out of curiosity… this is so informative, thank you
I grew up in Nigeria. Swam in the azumini river, or sakoba river. I went to school in port harcourt, lived in sapele , or aba and warri. I've seen relics from the war of Biafra. I consider it my home, the most beautiful people , I ever met. I am white though. I had the most beautiful images, but also the most horrible, that beeing burning tyres among people. Wont go into that. But, I cry , when I see the waters, the green life and spicy food, that , I miss. Man, my parents , I grew up with, are long gone. God bless. All mothers and fathers, god bless.
I'm planning a trip to Lagos next year. My first time out of the country USA and I'm choosing Lagos more like Lagos chose me to come home I found out through Ancestry I'm 75 percent Nigerian so why not take my spirit home
Yes that’s wonderful. I met my fiancé in Nigeria just from FaceTime of almost 2 years I’m going to finally go to him In March. I can’t wait I miss him all the time. I’m in USA also it will be my first time out of the country, well besides Canada but I don’t think that counts. When you do go enjoy yourself it’s nice to find out who you really are I did the same thing.
I forgot to tell you that I am Lady from California♥️😊👍🏽
Horrible decision
@@yerpyaboywdym
Ehen is my favorite Nigerian 🇳🇬 pidgin slang that can mean anything from “as I was saying” 0:15 , to “no wonder”, to “continue” 😂🤣 ( extremely versatile) depending on the context. In addition Nigerian Pidgin is unique due to the mixture of tribal Nigerian languages with pidgin, Nigerian Pidgin is TOO SWEET ❤️☺️🔥.
Am from indonesia, but am in love with ur country..
I hope i can visit nigeria so on
Yes you can
One phrase we U dey use for Yankee here na ' dem no born u well'
Also its good to emphasize that Naija pidgin keeps growing, as we begin to infuse some of our common Naija languages.
I wan chop....also means I wanna enjoy, prosper, do well...(chop money) just depends on the situation/ context.
Go slow...can be used like indirectly telling someone they're moving too fast...could be positive...like go slow, wait for me oooo
My favorite Nigerian Pidgin phrases are , “Where you dey go” and “Wetin dey happen”.
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What’s means dis?
Robbin Smith “Where are u going ?”and “What happened”
@@robbinsmith1501 "Where are you going?" and "what's happening?"
Ppl from Western Jamaica, says, "weh yuh deh guh?"( where r u going?)
My girlfriend speaks pigin all the times and idk understand her so thank you for letting me know this 🙏🏽
Na wa o
I didn’t know I usually use this phrase a lot until my son born in UK used it to talk to his sibling 😆
hahaha that must have been surprising 😆 😆 😆
I Wan Chop = I Want To Make Money 🤑
Sassy, these are a few I know:
You dey craze?= are you mad?
Sir, I no loss o = I'm still here. No leave, no transfer.
Our mumu don do = We are tired of getting cheated. Enough is enough.
Na true talk be dat = That is the truth.
Kata kata = chaos
Love these phrases! That first one ooo 😩😩😩 so popular
@@SassyFunke most definitely the 1st one 😂😂😂😂
me coming here to learn nigerian to speak to my gf in her language: "you know there are 500 nigerian languages" ... welp. hafa! we got a wahala
Yes ma'am.
Im not going to nigeria BUT my co'worker is from.
I am learning his language bc one day soon im gna just mess his head up & hold a whole conversation & see how long until he realizes lol.
But just from this one video, I've got enough WITH context to greet & big fair well before & after work tomorrow. Thank u for sharing 💪
I’ve been watching a lot of Nigerian fan football reactions and this helps me get a little bit better understanding, thank you!
I want to knows your languages Ilove ❤️ 😍
With "I wan chop" I get the image of like "I want to chop something (vegetables, meat)" like cooking I guess.
Is pidgin similar to Yoruba or they are completely different languages?
It is completely different from Yoruba, closer to English than any of the local languages.
You did not say...
Na wa o,
Na so,
Shebi,
Wetin dey shele?
Happily Nigerian 🇳🇬😁
Na you sabi. = You are the one that is knowledgeable. (can used in a derogatory way)
No be you do am = Are you not the one that did it.
ABEG = I beg, = please
How about na so
How for ona
Wetin ona go wak
And perhaps you should also explain for ojibo this most confusing phrase: "i done do am" "I done bring am"...etc
Oh I love Nigerian people and tradition culture
Can't wait to marry a Nigerian ooo
I m from India Goa state but residing in London so have lots of Nigerian friends speaking pidgin n I m learning small small ooo
Can't wait to visit Nigeria soon by God's grace next year. I m so happy to speak.
Thanks for sharing.
Much love n prayers.
We mount Dey wait you bro ❤
@@chukzlaqute6673 Thanks 😊
The small small you mentioned shows you’re indeed learning
@@AloryeUgar Thanks alot
I'm trying my best ooo....
Is fes first?
In the US when I was younger, it wasn't uncommon to hear teeth called "choppers".
Something like "He hit him right in the choppers". I haven't heard it in a long time though.
I'm an audiobook narrator, currently recording a story where much of the dialogue is in pidgin. Sites like this help save me from sounding like what I am: a North American white guy trying to sound Nigerian. Thanks!
Thank you, Funke. These are not only Lagos or Nigerian phrases. These encompass the West African Pidgin. Of course, Naija being the 10,000-pound Gorilla influences the language enormously. Nice job.
One of my greatest frustrations with the recent crop of Nigerian movies is the deliberate avoidance of these elegant pidgin phrases that give West African English a specific character and beauty. That's a shame.
Greetings from Cameroon.
i sabi , no yawa 😂😂😂
I have to learn pidgin so keep this up, PLEASE!!
Yes!! It’s comes easy after a while 😊
is there a simple explanation to understand dey??
In general:
dey = the verb "to be" (are am, are, is, was)
① How you dey? = How are you?
② I dey fine = I am fine
③ Body dey cloth = I am fine. (My body is still clothed)
④ Where you dey now? = Where are you presently.
⑤ You dey craze/mad? = Are you crazy?
However, note that "th" is pronounced as "d" so "they" will become "dey":
① If dey catch you, dey go kill you oo. = If they get a hold of you they will beat the hell out of you.
② No mind dem., na so dey be. = Don"t mind them (pay them no attention), that is how they are.
③ Na so dem dey. = That is how them is. [here dey = is/be].
Compare this with: Na so dey be = That is how they are. (That is how they be)
④ Dey dey here oo. (They are here.) = Dey don come (They have come).
After awhile you get to understand when dey is used as "they" or "to be"
Hi everyone! My name is Gaelle. I am looking for a native English speaker to practice the English language. I am a native French speaker from Gabon.
If it is a simplified language with the goal of condensed communication, is it really reasonable for the elderly to expect the foreigners to know the conjugation/ respect versions of phrases ?? Haha ( how far) At that point just learn the roper phrase. Politely teasing the the respected age ranges.
Does chop not refer to chopping food? Rather than chopsticks? I wouldn't imagine many people in Africa using chopsticks in the past.
I would love to become fluent in Pidgin. So is there an app, channel or book that i could become fluent. If there isn't there should be abi! Did I say it right?
My coworker grew up in Nigeria and the Uk he's like a brother I wanna trip him out and make him laugh 😂
How did it go? 😅
Hello everyone im asking this in the most respectful minded way. I need some support and reassurance please. I’m white British and unfortunately I struggle with poor mental health. Many of the mental health staff I have worked with in the past have been I think Nigerian and have extremely strong accents that I struggle to think they are able to speak English well and that they can not understand me as I try to explain my difficulties in my appointments but they must have English to a good enough level to have the jobs they do. I’m getting very upset and stressed because of an appointment I have soon with a mental health nurse who is very very very strong Nigerian or Zimbabwean I don’t know but if it’s the person I think it is she was clearly struggling to speak a clear sentence to me and yet expected me to understand and respond in a clear way too. Just this issue makes me stressed about the appointment already. So my question is can those who come as nurses truly speak English or are they faking or being lazy in talking ‘properly’ to me because I have mental health problems? What is the truth here?? I can not take anyone else to the appointment with me. Please be kind and understanding. I’m trying to ask respectfully. Thank you in advance.
a dey chop nyash
Im not even black, but this dialect is so fun to speak
Thank you Sassy! This was very informative ☺️
Chop my money: take away from the money I have. I feel like chop means to take away from something
Who else started learning pidgin from twitter 😂
Chop life!
This is like us African American ebonics/slang language we creates a lot of it is just shorten English. We blacks are the same everywhere lol.
“We blacks” is crazy
We just have a Americanized patois/pidgin… Gullah geechee
"We blacks" and "ebonics"???
As she says pidgin is a way for us from Nigeria with over 500+ different languages who were colonized by varied European countries, we use pidgin to communicate easily with each other... thanks
I wonder if I want chop is derived from “chomp” to chew.
'abi' equivalent in south africa is 'neh'
I dont date no pidgins drizzle drizzle - can you explain it
What is the meaning of 'odogwu'?
I wan chop!!!!
I want chop= I wanna eat / I'm hungry / I wanna chow down
I'm curious, can I wan chop mean I want to cook too??
I need a letter of invitation so I can visit Nigeria.Csn anyone help me please?
Love this from Zim
Hey Sassy. It’s the consistent for me. It feels refreshing watching a new vlog from you
Thank you so much. Its tough being consistent so I really appreciate this. Let me know is there is a topic you want me to touch on.
I you are so beautiful but off course I understand you are happely married lol. I have just watched your video. Brilliant 😂🤣😊👍. Dobspato Newcastle Upon Tyne England
I wan chop = I want to explore?
Asslam u Alikum wrwb
I am a student of linguistics😢
I am unable to find a channel by where i can take better understanding about Nigerian English.
Can you help??
I get a lot off support from 4 lady's from Nigeria they are in England for up to 5 year's from University. I have a mild learning disability so I pay for support. I think it's amazing for me to get support here in Newcastle Upon Tyne England from lady's from Nigeria. They all have different fuse on Nigeria. I don't know if I would be safe on my own in Lagos Nigeria. I am 61 year's old with a disability. 😊
Unfortunately she mentioned fulani, yuroba hausa and igbo forgetting where pidgin started from..... So i don't think you represent this topic
Nor stress me Abeg,😂I nor fit shout Abeg 😂
Nor stress me Abeg,😂I nor fit shout Abeg 😂
two words, in this video, hmmm
How do you say “it’s not easy”
I dey chop money! 😂😂😂😂
What does ewu mean??
That was so enjoyable to listen to and the comments are excellent. 👍
Sassy sassy... I see what you did there with the twitter one. 🤭
Wenti do you? ( wenti means what) what's wrong with you?
Wenti dey sup ( what's going on)
Wenti be this?( what's this?)
and what does Na mean
Oh he’s mad 😂
I won chop money
Still trying to find out all the meanings of "chop"😫
Chop = just means "to eat" in its simplest form. So you could have:
Make we go chop = Let's go and eat.
However, just as some regular english words can be used in other ways apart from their original meaning and so can "chop" .
Examples:
① Come and chop my money = Come and spend my money [that is say come and eat my money where "eat" means "to spend" in this case. When you eat something it is gone just like when you spend money it is gone.]
② That guy wan chop me for free. [A lady may be complaining a guy wants to get into her pants without even a date or taking care of her 😂. You get the point as to what "eat" means in this case😅.]
③ A beg, make I chop life small. = Please, let me enjoy life a bit.
Usually, enjoyment comes hand in hand with spending money to enjoy. The relationship between chop and spend was explained in my first example .
④ That 419 guy won chop my money.
If you can figure this out then you understand "chop"😂😅. [Hint: "419 guy" is a fraudster.]
So if you think of all the slight variations of what "to eat" can refer to, I think you will understand how "chop" has come to be used in various phrases..
Hope that helps.
@@TosbeLeo Wow, thank you for that very detailed and thoughtful explanation! ☺️ I'll be coming to you to explain any other Nigerian phrases I don't understand! 😂
@@MsMoneyCPA Anytime Christina. And thanks for your kind words.
No wahala Best
My bf is Igbo and I learned a lot so far like: how far, abeg, wetin be this, yes naa, oya, wahala, dey, chop, big kala 😊
I like...
ahha so funny..but tough for me....barely i understand english..😄
lmao
Thank you for sharing I am Haitian-Bahamian 🇭🇹🇧🇸 live in USA. I just started watching Nigerian movies and I hear those phases all the time. Now I'm more understanding when I hear them again. One phase and only I got right and love to use is "ABEG". I thought "I wan chop" meant I want to cut 😂 Also, what does "Oga" means?
Oga is the pidgin version of "Sir"
Suriname we say ..fa waka? ( how are you) mi dè ( i'm ok)
I wan chop I wanna make maoney
I want to eat not I want to make money
I love your accent. How have you come up with it?
In America we say chop it up and that means to talk
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Chop meaning you chop fruit
Thank you, very informative! Are there any more videos about Pidgin English on your channel?
Thank you! Learning pidgin because my Urhobo wife keeps slipping into pidgin, and I don't want to get lost!
My man is dan, and i beg me self dey also switch hahahah, until i realize 😂
Funke how far nah?
Chop = Make, take, gained/gain, eat etc.
Thanks for sharing.
The first one is not how far is how you dey
How far na? Clap for yourselves na..
I love this. I'm gonna surprise my Nigerian neighbors in Italy by using some phrases.
I learned pidgin in 1nhalf months while being in Leki
Now i wan a chop, egusi amala😂
I want shop, I want to get something from shop