Funny Nigerian Pidgin Proverbs and their loose translations
W hen the Jamaican people speak their Creole, everyone loves it, they all want to speak like them. You know why ? It’s because they ...
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When
the Jamaican people speak their Creole, everyone loves it, they all
want to speak like them. You know why ? It’s because they appreciate and
show pride when speaking the creole. But as for my fellow Naija man, he
doesn’t want to speak pidgin because he feels pidgin make people think
less of him, that he his uneducated not civilized and probably local.
According to wikipedia, the official language in Nigerian is English
but we all know that the common language we speak in Nigeria is Pidgin. 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.
Man wey naked no dey put hand for pocketloose translation:You can’t do somethings if there are no certain conditions.
Chicken wey run way from borno go Ibadan go still end up inside pot of souploose translation:You Can’t Run Away From Your Destiny
Today’s newspaper na tomorrow Suya wraploose translation:Keep calm! Nothing last forever
Cow wey dey in a hurry to go America go come back as corn beefloose translation:Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don’t rush!
Akara and moin moin get the same parent na wetin dey pass tru make dem diffrentloose translation:How you start doesn’t matter,what matters is how you finish.
Wetin consign agbero with twitter handle,or malu/cow with face cap?loose translation:Mind your business.
If life dey show you pepper,my guy make pepper soup from amloose translation:Make something good out of a bad experience
I get am before No be propertyloose translation: stop living in the past and start living in the present.
If person too tey for party e go follow dem wash plateloose translation:Don’t outstay your welcome
Rolling stone,ofcourse na person push am now!loose translation:There is always a reason for something
Craze no hard to form,na the trekking be wahalaloose translation:Easier said than done
No matter how hot your tempa be,e no fit boil beans.loose translation:Calm down,your temper won’t solve the problem
Every mallam with em own kettle,every aboki with em own radio.loose translation:Every man for himself
You no need cutlery to chop slaploose translation:You don’t need my translation to understand this,lol
Opolo eye no be open eyeloose translation: Having Big eyes doesn’t make you civilised,lol
Leave matter for Mathias and Sabi for Sabinus.loose translation:let sleeping dog lie
Bring suya, bring suya,…….na cow body dey suffer am.loose translation:Every action has a consequence
E go better na e go better,na im make ibo man still dey Kanoloose translation:When there is hope,there is Life.
Escort me, Escort me, naim slave trade take start.loose translation:Serious things sometimes start like joke
Na from play play dem dey form PLAYERloose translation:Serious things sometimes start like joke
Pikin wen use agbada take stat guy go talk wetin e go wear wen e old.loose translation:Slow and steady wins the race
The water wey dem use take make eba can never be recovered back.loose translation:Don’t cry over spilt milk
Nearly no dey kill bird.loose translation: It’s either you have it or you don’t
Fly wey no get special adviser na im dey folow dead bodi enta graveloose translation: Don’t stay ignorant
No matter how lizard dey do press up, e no go get chest like aligatorloose translation: Be proud of who you are
The cassava today fit be gari tomorrowloose translation: No condition is permanent
If mad man don beat ur mama before,if she see mechanic she go run…loose translation: once beaten twice shy
Jollof Rice wey dey for d bottom of pot 2day go dey for top of cooler 2moroloose translation: no condition is permanent
Fowl wey dey carry for head no dey know say to waka na work.loose translation: A dependant would not know the value of what he/she is enjoying.
Person wey never find space for ground no suppose dey look for mat
Person wey borrow cloth go party no dey dance too much
Who read na im serious, who pass na im know book
weda nyansh face east or west, na still back e go dey
Fly wey land on top Butter, think say im be butterfly
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