Cooking & Markets

1. How you dey chop pounded yam?

   How do you eat pounded yam?

   Usage

   A 'swallow' food, torn by right hand and eaten with soup

   Grammar Note

   dey + verb marks an ongoing action or state. chop means "eat". (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

2. I wan learn how to cook Yoruba food.

   I want to learn how to cook Yoruba food

   Usage

   At a cooking class or in a home

   Grammar Note

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

3. Abeg, teach me how to make egusi soup.

   Please teach me how to make egusi (melon seed stew)

   Usage

   A soup loved all over Nigeria

   Grammar Note

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

4. Wetin be di name of di ingredients?

   What are the names of the ingredients?

   Usage

   Checking ingredients in a market or kitchen

   Grammar Note

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

5. Dem dey use plantain for pepper soup.

   Plantain is often used for pepper soup

   Usage

   Pepper soup is a hot, peppery soup

   Grammar Note

   dey + verb marks an ongoing action or state. (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

6. Beans and groundnut na popular food.

   Beans and peanuts are popular foods

   Usage

   In food conversation

   Grammar Note

   Na links a noun phrase as the predicate. (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

7. Abeg, wash di food well.

   Please wash the food properly

   Usage

   In the kitchen; wash here means literally to wash

   Grammar Note

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

8. Dis food dey hot. Wait make e cool before you chop am.

   This food is hot — eat it after it cools

   Usage

   When serving a hot dish

   Grammar Note

   make + subject + verb means 'so that ...'; before links clauses. (composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; the whole sentence itself is not attested)

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