![]() Area boys –Street-smart young men that loiter around neighborhoods.Example – That man be wayo which means “that man is a fraud!” While English is regarded as the first language due to the influence of British colonial rule, there are several other derivatives of it including pidgin, also known as broken English or slang. Pidgin English is the lingua franca that bridges the gap between the educated elites who are fluent. Example – Abeg! No waste my time! Which means Please! Don’t waste my time! With over 520 languages including dialects, Nigeria is a country of many tongues. Nigeria has over 521 languages and dialects with English as its official language for business. Abeg – Please, but usually not a repentant plea.Nwanne be proud to speak your pidgin whether it is the simple pidgin or waffi pidgin, that doesn’t stop you from speaking good english when you want to. Example – Make you no vex me! Which means “Don’t upset me!” According to wikipedia, the official language in Nigerian is English but we all know that the common language we speak in Nigeria is Pidgin. Idiomatic Nigerian Pidgin English expressions which represent. ![]() Dem send you? – Have you been sent to torment me? The dissertation presents the analysis of Nigeria Pidgin English at various levels of the.Example – Why you dey give me wahala? Which means why are you giving me so many problems? Wetin dey happen? – What’s going on? What’s happening?.How Bodi? / How You Dey? – How are you doing today?.Here are some few Pidgin words or phrases from Nigeria for beginners. ![]() “Wazobia FM has been broadcasting entirely in Pidgin to Nigeria’s 75 million Pidgin-speakers for almost a decade.” Interestingly, BBC also caught on with Pidgin in recent times and now has a dedicated outlet for the language.
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