# Nigerian Pidgin phrasebook

Nigerian Pidgin English (Naijá), is one of the main languages of Nigeria. It is an English-based creole, with a Niger-Congo language syntax, consisting of many loan words from different Nigerian, other West African, and European languages most notably -- Portuguese.

## Pronunciation guide
### Vowels

a, e, i, o, u

### Consonants

b, ch, d, f, g, gb, h, j, k, kp, l, m, n, ny, p, r, s, sh, t, v, w, y, z

### Common diphthongs

ai, au, ia, ie, oi, uo

## Phrase list
### Basics
#### Hello.

    Helo. ( )

#### Hello. (informal)

    How far? ( )

#### How are you?

    How yu dey? ( )

#### Fine, thank you.

    I dey fine, tank yu. ( )

#### What is your name?

    Wetin bi your name? ( )

#### My name is ______ .

    My name na ______ . ( )

#### Nice to meet you.

    I dey hapi to meet yu. ( )

#### Please.

    Abeg. ( )

#### Thank you.

    Tank yu. ( )

#### You're welcome.

    Yu dey welkom o. ( )

#### Yes.

    Yes o. ( )

#### No.

    No o. ( )

#### Excuse me. (getting attention)

    How far!/Hess! ( )

#### Excuse me. (begging pardon)

    Abeg. ( )

#### I'm sorry.

    No vex for me/dooh. ( )

#### Goodbye

    Bye-bye. ( )

#### Goodbye (informal)

    E go bi [nah]. ( )

#### I can't speak name of language [well].

    I no sabi spik "name of language" wella. ( )

#### Do you speak English?

    Yu sabi spik Oyibo? ( )

#### Is there someone here who speaks English?

    E get pesin wey dey spik Oyibo for hie? ( )

#### Help!

    Epp! ( )

#### Look out!

    Dey put eye! ( )

#### Good morning.

    Gud monin. ( )

#### Good afteroon

    Gud aftunun. ( )

#### Good evening.

    Gud evenin. ( )

#### Good night.

    Gud nite. ( )

#### Good night (to sleep)

    Til tumoro. ( )

#### I don't understand.

    I no understand. ( )

#### Where is the toilet?

    Wie di toilet dey? ( )

#### I am looking for__.

    I dey find ___ ( )

### Problems
#### Leave me alone.

    Limi. ( .)

#### Don't touch me!

    No tosh me! ( )

#### I'll call the police.

    I go call police. ( )

#### Police!

    Police! ( )

#### Stop! Thief!

    Stop dia! Tiff! ( )

#### I need your help.

    I need your epp. ( )

#### It's an emergency.

    Na emergency. ( .)

#### I'm lost.

    I don loss. ( )

#### I lost my bag.

    My bag loss. ( )

#### I lost my wallet.

    My wallet loss. ( .)

#### I'm sick.

    I no well/I dey sick. ( )

#### I've been injured.

    I don injure. ( .)

#### I need a doctor.

    I go need dokinta. ( .)

#### Can I use your phone?

    I fit use your fon? ( )

### Numbers
#### 1

    wan ( )

#### 2

    twu ( )

#### 3

    tiri ( )

#### 4

    for ( )

#### 5

    five ( )

#### 6

    six ( )

#### 7

    sevun ( )

#### 8

    eit ( )

#### 9

    nine ( )

#### 10

    ten ( )

#### 11

    elevun ( )

#### 12

    twef ( )

#### 13

    tatin ( )

#### 14

    fortin ( )

#### 15

    fiftin ( )

#### 16

    sixtin ( )

#### 17

    sevuntin ( )

#### 18

    eitin ( )

#### 19

    ninetin ( )

#### 20

    twenti ( )

#### 21

    twenti-wan ( )

#### 22

    twenti-twu ( )

#### 23

    twenti-tiri ( )

#### 30

    tati ( )

#### 40

    forti ( )

#### 50

    fifti ( )

#### 60

    sixti ( )

#### 70

    sevunti ( )

#### 80

    eiti ( )

#### 90

    nineti ( )

#### 100

    hondred ( )

#### 200

    twu hondred ( )

#### 300

    tiri hondred ( )

#### 1,000

    one tausand ( )

#### 2,000

    twu tausand ( )

#### 1,000,000

    wan mili ( )

#### 1,000,000,000

    wan bili ( )

#### 1,000,000,000,000

    wan trili ( )

#### number _____ (train, bus, etc.)

    nomba _____ (train, bos, etc.) ( )

#### half

    aff ( )

#### less

    no rish ( )

#### more

    plenty pass ( )

### Time
#### now

    nau-nau ( )

#### later

    later (leta )

#### before

    bifor ( )

#### morning

    monin/day brek ( )

#### afternoon

    aftunun ( )

#### evening

    evenin ( )

#### night

    nite ( )

#### Clock time
##### one o'clock AM

    wan o'clock for monin ( )

##### two o'clock AM

    twu o'clock for monin ( )

##### midnight
#### Duration
##### _____ year(s)
#### Days
##### today

    today ( )

##### yesterday

    yestaday ( )

##### tomorrow

    tumoro ( )

##### this week

    dis wik ( )

##### last week

    las wik ( )

##### next week

    nes wik ( )

##### Sunday

    Sonday ( )

##### Monday

    Monday ( )

##### Tuesday

    Tusday ( )

##### Wednesday

    Wensday ( )

##### Thursday

    Tosday ( )

##### Friday

    Friday ( )

##### Saturday

    Satoday ( )

#### Months
##### January

    Jenuari ( )

##### February

    Febuari ( )

##### March

    Mach ( )

##### April

    Aprel ( )

##### May

    May ( )

##### June

    June ( )

##### July

    July ( )

##### August

    Ogost ( )

##### September

    Septemba ( )

##### October

    Oktoba ( )

##### November

    Novemba ( )

##### December

    Dizemba ( )

#### Writing time and date
### Colors
#### black

    blak ( )

#### white

    wite ( )

#### grey/gray

    grey ( )

#### red

    red ( )

#### blue

    blue ( )

#### yellow

    yelo ( )

#### green

    grin ( )

#### orange

    orenj ( )

#### purple

    popul ( )

#### brown

    braun ( )

### Transportation
#### Bus and train
##### How much is a ticket to _____?

    (how much be the ticket to_______? )

##### One ticket to _____, please.

    ( one ticket to _____, abeg.)

##### Where does this train/bus go?

    (where this bus/train dey go? )

##### When does the train/bus for _____ leave?

    (when the train/bus for ____ dey comot? )

##### When will this train/bus arrive in _____?

    (when this train/bus go reach ___? )

#### Directions
##### How do I get to _____ ?

    (how I go reach ____? )

##### Where are there a lot of...

    (where i go see plenty ... )

##### downhill
#### Taxi
##### Take me to _____, please.

    ( carry me go ____, abeg.)

##### How much does it cost to get to _____?

    ( how much e go be to reach ____?)

##### Take me there, please.

    (carry me go there, abeg. )

### Lodging
#### Do you have any rooms available?

    (rooms dey available? )

#### May I see the room first?

    (I fit see am first? )

#### OK, I'll take it.

    (ok, I go collect am. or ok, I go take am. )

#### I will stay for _____ night(s).

    ( I go dey for ____ nights)

#### Can you suggest another hotel?

    (you fit tell me anoda hotel )

#### Can you wake me at _____?

    (you fit wake me for ____? )

#### I want to check out.
### Money
#### Do you accept American/Australian/Canadian dollars?

    (you dey collect American/Australian/Canadian dollars? )

#### Do you accept British pounds?

    (you dey collect British pounds? )

#### Do you accept euros?

    ( you dey collect euros?)

#### Do you accept credit cards?

    (you dey collect credit cards? )

#### Can you change money for me?

    (you fit change this money for me? )

#### Where can I get money changed?

    (where I fit go change money? )

#### What is the exchange rate?

    (wetin be exchange rate? )

#### Where is an automatic teller machine (ATM)?

    (wetin be automatic teller machine (ATM) )

### Eating
#### A table for one person/two people, please.

    (table for one/two pesin, abeg. )

#### Can I look at the menu, please?

    (I fit see the menu, abeg? )

#### Can I look in the kitchen?

    (I fit look the kitchen? )

#### I'm a vegetarian.

    (i be vegetarian. )

#### I don't eat pork.

    (I no dey chop pork )

#### I don't eat beef.

    (I no dey chop beaf. )

#### The check, please.
### Bars
#### Do you serve alcohol?

    (you dey serve alcohol? )

#### Coke (soda)

    ( mineral)

#### Cheers!
### Shopping
#### Do you have this in my size?

    ( e dey for my size?)

#### How much is this?

    ( how much be this)

#### That's too expensive.

    ( this one to expensive o)

#### Would you take _____?

    ( You go take___?)

#### I can't afford it.

    ( I no go fit buy am)

#### I don't want it.

    ( I no want am)

#### ...cold medicine.

    ( drug)

#### ...an English-English dictionary.
### Driving
#### I want to rent a car.

    ( I fit borrow motto)

#### Can I get insurance?

    ( I fit get insurance)

#### diesel
### Authority
#### I haven't done anything wrong.

    (I no do anything bad )

#### Where are you taking me?

    (where you dey carry me go? )

#### Am I under arrest?

    ( I dey unda arrest?)

#### I want to talk to a lawyer.

    (I wan talk to lawyer. )

#### Can I just pay a fine now?

    ( I fit pay money)