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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.
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.
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
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
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 ❤️☺️🔥.
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.
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
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.
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 💪
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
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.
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.
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?
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. 😊
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?
Let me give this a shot: ① just dey embarass me oo. = continue embarrassing me / continue making a fool of me. This will usually be heard during a conversation between two people. You could hear some slight modifications like: - see how you dey embarass me = look at the way you are mocking me - make you no dey embarass me like that = do not embarass me in that manner. ② be like say na big thing = it is as if it is something big/important. - "be like say" usually translates to "it is as if" / "it looks like" / "it appears to be" / "it seems as if". - "na big thing" can mean "it is important" / "it is huge" So you may see a large crowd gathering somewhere and someone may say: "Be like say na big thing dey happen" = seems as if a large event is going on Hope that helps.
Hi late and just watching your video! Thank you for the lesson. In AAVE (African American Vernacular English) we use "Chop" to say we had a conversation or catched up with someone. Ex, I seen Marcus when I was out and we chopped it up for a bit. It was good to see him.
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
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??
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.
"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
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"
I learned pidgin in Cameroon (similar to Nigerian pidgin). Once, I went to Belize; the taxi driver and I talked easily in pidgin. It is pretty universal in former British colonies.
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! 😂
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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.
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
I used some of these on my Nigerian colleagues and it blew their mind!
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
I'm from Zim and we also use "How far" as an informal greeting thats so cool I always thought it was just us
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)!
My Nigerian brother and sisters, PLEASE DROP BELOW other pidgin phrases you believe would be useful for those traveling to lagos! ❤️
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
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
Nigeria pidgin : I don carry belle, meaning : I'm pregnant 😂
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
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
I’ve been watching a lot of Nigerian fan football reactions and this helps me get a little bit better understanding, thank you!
My girlfriend speaks pigin all the times and idk understand her so thank you for letting me know this 🙏🏽
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?
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 💪
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 😆 😆 😆
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?)
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 😂😂😂😂
I have to learn pidgin so keep this up, PLEASE!!
Yes!! It’s comes easy after a while 😊
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 😊
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.
Love this from Zim
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!
Chop can also mean to ounish. I've seen it in Nollywood movies. I'm from SA
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.
Thank you Sassy! This was very informative ☺️
With "I wan chop" I get the image of like "I want to chop something (vegetables, meat)" like cooking I guess.
No no... It means "I wanna eat"
That was so enjoyable to listen to and the comments are excellent. 👍
I really love the African language especially Lagos, I love to hear MC Reality speaks
What is "the African language"?
Thankyou, I love to learn how speak the pidgin.
Thank you!
I work with loads of Nigerians so I would like to learn pidgin!
Any good recourses - I beg let me know! ❤
I love this. I'm gonna surprise my Nigerian neighbors in Italy by using some phrases.
Thanks for sharing.
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.
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.
Nor stress me Abeg,😂I nor fit shout Abeg 😂
Thank you, very informative! Are there any more videos about Pidgin English on your channel?
I love your accent. How have you come up with it?
My favorite is "Jam pas dai monki chop pepe"
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? 😅
What about catching cruise?
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
It is so good 👍
So beautiful
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 😂
the word ‘sha’
Yes!!!
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"
I like...
Wahala dey oh🤦🏽♀️🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️🇻🇺
ABEG = I beg, = please
I Wan Chop = I Want To Make Money 🤑
thanks
Sassy sassy... I see what you did there with the twitter one. 🤭
a dey chop nyash
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. 😊
I learned pidgin in 1nhalf months while being in Leki
ahha so funny..but tough for me....barely i understand english..😄
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.
I am an English speaker
I wan chop!!!!
I want to knows your languages Ilove ❤️ 😍
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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?
How about na so
In America we say chop it up and that means to talk
Im not even black, but this dialect is so fun to speak
Heey
What does "just dey embarras me O" mean and " be like say na big thing"
Let me give this a shot:
① just dey embarass me oo. = continue embarrassing me / continue making a fool of me.
This will usually be heard during a conversation between two people. You could hear some slight modifications like:
- see how you dey embarass me = look at the way you are mocking me
- make you no dey embarass me like that = do not embarass me in that manner.
② be like say na big thing = it is as if it is something big/important.
- "be like say" usually translates to "it is as if" / "it looks like" / "it appears to be" / "it seems as if".
- "na big thing" can mean "it is important" / "it is huge"
So you may see a large crowd gathering somewhere and someone may say:
"Be like say na big thing dey happen" = seems as if a large event is going on
Hope that helps.
i sabi , no yawa 😂😂😂
Hi late and just watching your video! Thank you for the lesson. In AAVE (African American Vernacular English) we use "Chop" to say we had a conversation or catched up with someone. Ex, I seen Marcus when I was out and we chopped it up for a bit. It was good to see him.
It's good 👍
Like
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Chop life!
I wonder if I want chop is derived from “chomp” to chew.
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
What is the meaning of 'odogwu'?
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??
You did not say...
Na wa o,
Na so,
Shebi,
Wetin dey shele?
Happily Nigerian 🇳🇬😁
I dont date no pidgins drizzle drizzle - can you explain it
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.
I'm curious, can I wan chop mean I want to cook too??
How do you say “it’s not easy”
E no easy
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
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"
I need a letter of invitation so I can visit Nigeria.Csn anyone help me please?
'abi' equivalent in south africa is 'neh'
I want shop, I want to get something from shop
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.
I learned pidgin in Cameroon (similar to Nigerian pidgin). Once, I went to Belize; the taxi driver and I talked easily in pidgin. It is pretty universal in former British colonies.
What does dey mean? And how to respond to how far? Tysm
I dey- I am fine
dey = to be
How far na? Clap for yourselves na..
I wan chop I wanna make maoney
I want to eat not I want to make money
I dey chop money! 😂😂😂😂
Does chop not refer to chopping food? Rather than chopsticks? I wouldn't imagine many people in Africa using chopsticks in the past.
Who else started learning pidgin from twitter 😂
is this sentence correct "dey be fine"
This is not pidgin o, this is ginpid😂
Hi, How can I say "welcome" ?
Just say that.
BOBO U TOO FINE. ..SENDING MY SHOUT OUTS IN ZIMBABWE
Lol.. Bobo is for men
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.
Funke how far nah?
Chop = Make, take, gained/gain, eat etc.
I used to struggle with how far as a english lady i was confused at was this hello or how are you lol
Hope you are now comfortable with it 😍
Very much so
My fav is Go do am haha