Example – Make you no vex me! Which means “Don’t upset me!”ġ8. 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. Typically used in quick speech when one cannot immediately remember a word. Example – Why you dey give me wahala? Which means why are you giving me so many problems? Hawaiian pidgin Term used for anything and everything. They created an easy-to-understand lingo and named it pidgin, which literally translates to. The local patois (Hawaiian slang) was originally developed by Chinese immigrants to make business transactions easier. Wetin dey happen? – What’s going on? What’s happening?Ĩ. In addition to English, Hawaiian is also spoken on the island and a more local form of the dialect is known as pidgin.

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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