DAY 098 PIDGIN not Pigeon

Pigeons with backpacks track air pollution | CNN
Superhero Pigeon
Challenges and Opportunities of Nigeria's Space Program - Aerospace Security
Nigerian Pidgin

Because Nigeria was invaded by many European countries with different languages Nigerian Pidgin was commonly spoken among the multilingual populations of the big cities. Today the language has more speakers than any other language in the country.

File:NASA Hawaiian Islands full quality.png
Hawaiian Pidgin

Hawai‘i Pidgin spoken on the playgrounds and in neighborhood conversations. It can also be heard on a few radio programs and in some advertising.

Historically, in Hawaii thousands of laborers were brought from China, Portugal, Japan, Korea, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, the Philippines and other countries. a common language was developed on the plantations. This was the beninning of Pidgin Hawaiian.

Natasha Dzhola / © Culture Trip

Nigerian Pidgin

How are you? – How far?
Thank you. – You do well.
No problem – No wahala
Stop – E don do
Delicious – This food sweet well well
I am hungry – I wan chop
Too much – E too cost abeg
Party – Shayo
please could you let me pass – abeg

broke da mout. Broke the mouth. Absolutely delicious.

buggah. A chap, fellow. Ho, lolo dat buggah, Junior.

bumbye. By and by, tomorrow, eventually.

choke. A vast amount. Ho, get choke mangoes dis yeah, brah!

cockaroach. To steal. Eh, who wen cockaroach all da manapua?

da kine. The kind. 1)Eh, you get any da kine? 2)Ho, brah, dat’s da kine. 3) She wen da kine foa get da kine foa da kine.

da cute. Oh how precious!

geev ‘um. Give them. Go for it.

One thought on “DAY 098 PIDGIN not Pigeon

Leave a comment