Contacts & SNS

1. Wetin be your phone number?

   What is your phone number?

   Usage

   When exchanging contact details

   Grammar Note

   Wetin be ...? asks "what is ...?". (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

2. Send me message for WhatsApp.

   Send me a WhatsApp message

   Usage

   WhatsApp is one of the most used ways to stay in touch in Nigeria

   Grammar Note

   Commands start with the bare verb, with no subject. for introduces the app or place. (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

3. Wetin be your address?

   What is your address?

   Usage

   When you want to send a letter or parcel

   Grammar Note

   Wetin be ...? asks "what is ...?". (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

4. Wetin be your email address?

   What is your email address?

   Usage

   When exchanging contact details

   Grammar Note

   Wetin be ...? asks "what is ...?". (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

5. Call me wen you free.

   Call me when it is convenient

   Usage

   A considerate way to ask someone to call

   Grammar Note

   Commands start with the bare verb, with no subject. wen is the Pidgin spelling of when. (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

6. Make we meet for morning.

   Let us meet in the morning

   Usage

   Arranging to meet; for introduces the time of day

   Grammar Note

   Make we + verb expresses a suggestion. (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

7. I wan write letter.

   I want to write a letter

   Usage

   For example when looking for paper and stamps

   Grammar Note

   wan + verb expresses 'want to'. (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

8. No forget me.

   Remember me

   Usage

   At parting, to someone you have grown close to

   Grammar Note

   A negative command is no + verb. (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

9. We go meet again.

   We will meet again

   Usage

   As a parting line

   Grammar Note

   go before a verb marks the future. (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

10. Wetin be your name, sir?

    What is your name / title?

    Usage

    A polite way to ask an elder or official for their name; use ma for a woman

    Grammar Note

    Add sir / ma for politeness; Pidgin has no honorific verb forms. (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

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