Convenience Store

1. Wetin you wan buy?

   What would you like to buy?

   Usage

   What a shop assistant says to a customer

   Grammar Note

   wan + verb expresses "want to". (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

2. Shop dey near here?

   Is there a shop nearby?

   Usage

   Looking for a shop to buy things

   Grammar Note

   dey expresses 'there is'. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

3. I wan dis one.

   I would like this one.

   Usage

   Pointing to what you want to buy

   Grammar Note

   wan can also take a noun directly, meaning 'want'. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

4. Abeg, give me one.

   Give me one, please.

   Usage

   Asking for a single item

   Grammar Note

   Commands start with the bare verb, with no subject. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

5. You wan bag?

   Do you want a bag?

   Usage

   What a cashier asks about a bag

   Grammar Note

   A question keeps statement word order; only the intonation rises. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

6. Bag, abeg.

   A bag, please.

   Usage

   When you need a bag

   Grammar Note

   An English-derived word used unchanged; it does not inflect.

7. I no get small change.

   I don't have small change.

   Usage

   When you only have large notes

   Grammar Note

   no is the negator placed before the verb. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

8. POS dey for here?

   Is there a POS machine here?

   Usage

   Checking whether card payment or cash withdrawal is possible

   Grammar Note

   dey expresses 'there is'; for is the locative preposition. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

9. Thank you well-well.

   Thank you very much.

   Usage

   Thanking the seller after a purchase

   Grammar Note

   well-well, a doubled adverb, means 'very much'.

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