Saturday, October 15, 2011

Nigerian Pidgin Verbs


Following the fomal inclusion of Nigerian Pidgin English into Google search
I notice that some english words used have Pidgin equivalent especially verbs
I have paistainly collated some words:

borrow borrow,
corner corner,
bend bend,
tear tear,
talk talk
jaga jaga
holy holy
moi moi
Mago mago,
yanma yanma,
chuku chuku,
hurry hurry,
sharp sharp,
wuru wuru,
patch patch,
luku luku,
begi begi
Waka waka
Mu mu
wuru wuru
kia kia
sleepy sleepy
jege jege
join join,
yahoo yahoo,
puff puff
chin chin
Wuru wuru,


gbomo gbomo - Kidnapper
copy copy.
Tolo tolo
shiti shiti
Jaga jaja,
mago mago,
talkie talkie,
pissy pissy,
craw craw
waka waka,
ye ye,
Chuku chuku,
gbamu gbamu,
fear fear,
Chop chop,
cry cry
Sand sand
blom blom - balloon
Padi padi
Scatter scatter
kabu kabu,
holy holy,
talki talki,
lie lie,
hehe, jedi jedi, kip kip, dada, la! la!, yafu yafu, fast fast, quick quick, tey tey, king king, 2day 2day, lulu
Waka waka, sleepy sleepy,eaty eaty, talkie talkie, shitty shitty
thief thief, bad bad, gra gra, gre gre, kain kain, kai kai, boy boy, Ble Ble, katy katy, coolu coolu, jolo jolo,