Phrasebook
Phrases as speakers actually say them, next to the English. These are hand-written, not machine output — useful as a check on the translator, and as a way to see where the two creoles converge and where they part company.
Market & haggling
13 phrasesEnglish
Nigerian Pidgin
How much is this?
Pidgin
How much be dis?
That is too expensive
Pidgin
E too cost
Reduce the price for me
Pidgin
Abeg last price
Add a little extra
Pidgin
Add jara
'jara' and 'braata' are the same custom — the small free extra a trader adds
I only have this much
Pidgin
Na dis one I get
I will come back
Pidgin
I go come back
Give me two, please
Pidgin
Abeg give me two
Where is the market?
Pidgin
Where market dey?
How much is it altogether?
Pidgin
How much be everything?
It is too high
Pidgin
E too cost
Last price?
Pidgin
Wetin be last price?
I do not have change
Pidgin
I no get change
Keep the change
Pidgin
Keep di change
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