Friday, 1 May 2015

LOOSE TRANSLATION

-          Chicken wey run away from Borno go Ibadan go still end up inside pot of soup
Loose translation: You Can't Run Away From Your Destiny

-          Today’s newspaper na tomorrow Suya wrap
Loose translation: Keep calm! Nothing last forever excepts God’s grace.

-          Cow wey dey in a hurry to go America go come back as corn beef
Loose translation: Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush!

-          Akara and moin moin get the same parent na wetin dem pass tru make dem different
Loose translation: How you start doesn't matter, what matters is how you finish.

-          If life dey show you pepper, my guy make pepper soup from am
Loose translation: Make something good out of a bad experience

-          I get am before No be property
Loose translation: stop living in the past and start living in the present.

-          If person too tey for party e go follow dem wash plate
Loose translation: Don't outstay your welcome

-          Craze no hard to form, na the trekking be wahala
Loose translation: Easier said than done

-          No matter how hot your tempa be, e no fit boil beans.
Loose translation: Calm down, your temper won't solve the problem

-          Every mallam with im own kettle, every Northerner with im own radio.
Loose translation: Every man for himself

-          Opolo eye no be open eye
Loose translation: Having Big eyes doesn't make you civilised

-          Bring suya, bring suya,.......na cow body dey suffer am.
Loose translation: Every action has a consequence

-          E go better e go better, na im make ibo man still dey Kano.
Loose translation: When there is hope, there is Life.

-          The different between kpekere and plantain chips na packaging
Loose translation: Don't judge based on appearance alone

-          Escort me; Escort me, na im slave trade take start.
Loose translation: serious things sometimes start like joke

-          Pikin wen use agbada take stat guy go talk wetin e go wear wen e old.
Loose translation: slow and steady wins the race

-          The water wey dem use take make eba can never be recovered back.
Loose translation:  Don't cry over spilt milk.

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