The station's newsreaders report on the impending monsoon in south-east Asia: ' Dem dey run comot for dem house' (People are fleeing their homes). Example – That man be wayo which means “that man is a fraud!”Īrea boys –Street-smart young men that loiter around neighborhoods.īutta my bread – Answered prayers.His source of news is Wazobia FM, the first radio station in Nigeria to broadcast in Pidgin and registering huge audiences as a result. Example – Make you no vex me! Which means “Don’t upset me!” Example – Abeg! No waste my time! Which means Please! Don’t waste my time! Example – Your story get k-leg! Which means your story or gist sounds suspect or exaggerated.Ībeg – Please, but usually not a repentant plea. Example – Why you dey give me wahala? Which means why are you giving me so many problems?ĭem send you? – Have you been sent to torment me?

Wetin dey happen? – What’s going on? What’s happening?

How Bodi? / How You Dey? – How are you doing today? (Also, if you click on the link you can hear who the phrases are pronounced) However, in many parts of the video the “normal” English dialect can also be recognized.Ī couple of the Pidgin phrases for beginners:

Today, it is widely used as an everyday language by many of the population. In the case of Nigeria traditional languages such as Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba are combined and words are mixed. Creole language is also a mixture between languages, yet the difference between pidgin languages and creole languages is that a creole language is more developed. Usually it is also constructed with a rudimentary grammar and vocabulary. A Pidgin language is a simplified form of speech and a mix of two or several languages. In the beginning Pidgin English was a language for the uneducated, who couldn’t learn to speak English properly and therefor mixed English words with words of the traditional languages. This video demonstrates the Pidgin English, which is extremely popular in Nigeria and the whole of West Africa.

How to speak nigerian pidgin english