Nigerian pidgin english sayings free#
Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. “I get am before no be property” it means stop living in the past and face the present.ġ6. “Life be like standing fan, e blow you small, e blow your neighbor small” it means life takes turn.Ĭontent created and supplied by: Distinquished (via Opera “Na from clap dance dey start” means big thing don’t happen suddenly.ġ5. “If person too tey for party e go follow dem wash plate” it implies don’t outstay your welcome.ġ4. “To craze no hard, na the trekking be wahala” that is things are easier said than done.ġ3. “Every mallam with him own kettle” that is, every man for himself.ġ2. “Follow who know road” means follow those who are successful to be successful.ġ0. “Who nor go nor know” means it is the person that wears the shoe that knows where it hurts the most, as experience is the best teacher.ġ1. “Temper hot, temper hot”, e nor go fit boil beans” means that no matter how angry you are, it can never solve the problem at hand, so calm down.ĩ. “Escort me, escort me na slave trade take start”, means that serious things sometimes start like joke.Ĩ. “Nor be today yansh dey back” means that there is nothing happening now that had never happened before.ħ. “Who naked nor dey put hand for pocket” that is you cannot give what you don’t have.Ħ. “Jollof rice for bottom pot go dey untop of cooler wen rice done” means that there is no condition that is permanent, Life takes turns.ĥ. Opolo eye nor be open eye” means having you having big eyes does not make you civilized.Ĥ. “Person wey dey cry dey see road”, don’t take anyone for granted “ģ. “Mosquito wey land untop blokos, na sense dem dey use kill am” it means that you approach big issues with wisdom.Ģ. Nigerian Pidgin is an English-based pidgin spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria, sometimes as "Pijin" or Broken pronounced "Brokun". Here is a collection of ten pidgin proverbs and their meanings.ġ.
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