Example – Abeg! No waste my time! Which means Please! Don’t waste my time!ġ7. Abeg – Please, but usually not a repentant plea. Meaning: Your story sounds suspect/exaggerated.ġ6. Example – Your story get k-leg! Which means your story or gist sounds suspect or exaggerated. Dem send you? – Have you been sent to torment me?ġ3. Meaning: Why are you giving me so many problems?ġ1. 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?Ĩ. How bodi? / How you dey? – How are you doing today?Ħ. (Listen to how pronounce the first 26 Pidgin English phrases listed below here and don’t forget to add “o” at the end of sentences in Pidgin for extra emphasis, like “Thank you o!”)ġ. Here are 26 Nigerian Pidgin English phrases you need to know. Even if you don’t find yourself traveling to Nigeria in the distant future, try one of these phrases on one of your Nigerian friends, and fully bask in their glowing response.
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