![]() Auntie and Uncle are used towards females and males that are older than you in a respectable way, for example your friend’s parents or a friendly supermarket cashier or bus driver. In the islands, there is an “ohana” (family) slang towards others. Lolo means idiot and Kolohe means troublemaker. Understand the common adjectives and names towards people. Other verbs can be replaced, for example, “Braddah, you like go beach?” is pidgin for “You want to go to the beach?” Da replaces “The”, Fo’ replaces “To”, and Wen replaces “When”. Know that articles and verbs get replaced with slang. The longer you’re around it the more you’ll understand but it takes years to speak it well so don’t bother trying…just use some words here or there. It takes a certain type of intonation and not everyone can achieve the nuances without practice. The art of its use is the tough part though. The beauty of this language (it became an official language this year) is in the simplicity. These new languages were thrown into the mix and is today what many locals speak on a daily basis – Hawaiian pidgin. What developed was a blend of these languages that continued to evolve as waves of Okinawans, Puerto Ricans, Koreans and Filipinos arrived around 1900. The first waves of immigration where the Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese who needed to communicate with Haole (english speaking) bosses and Hawaiian locals. Immigrant workers came in waves from different countries to work in the sugarcane fields. ![]() Hawaiian pidgin evolved from the sugar industry which began in the mid 1850’s on Maui. If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.HAWAIIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH OctoHawaiian Pidgin Words & Meanings Pidgin quotes and sayings Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. 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. Na you be my number one babe".Ĭontent created and supplied by: Forexnews (via Opera I no know wetin I go dey talk if you no dey for my side". I dey sure sey na you go kill me with love". Na your voice dey shine light for my day"Ģ) "Your matter no fit tire me. Here are 5 ways you can say I love you in pidgin.ġ) "I no fit get myself if I no hear your voice. In fact pidgin spices up romance as it provides you with various ways of saying "I love you". ![]() The world of romance is not left out in pidgin either. Market people engage in communications with buyers who are foreigners through pidgin and their products are sold. It is very popular in Nigeria and is accepted by merchants as their ultimate language. Pidgin forms a certain bond and intimacy among its speakers. The beauty in pidgin is that it sparks up a conversation especially when Nigerians hear it from someone they didn't expect like from foreigners. Nigeria is known to have over 250 different languages and to make communications easier and bridge the gap in communication among people from different parts of the country, pidgin was developed. English language is recognized as the real official language of Nigerians but you see Pidgin, to our country people it is the real lingua franca. In this case it is a blend of English language and African language. ![]() The Nigerian pidgin is a mother tongue formed from contact with an European language.
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