Dietary & Allergies

1. Pork

   Usage

   Naming a food when stating dietary needs

   Grammar Note

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

2. Beef

   Usage

   Naming a food when stating dietary needs

   Grammar Note

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

3. Chicken

   Usage

   Naming a food when stating dietary needs

   Grammar Note

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

4. Fish

   Usage

   Naming a food when stating dietary needs

   Grammar Note

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

5. Egg

   Usage

   Naming a food when stating dietary needs

   Grammar Note

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

6. Milk

   Usage

   Naming a food when stating dietary needs

   Grammar Note

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

7. Groundnut

   Peanut (groundnut)

   Usage

   Naming a food when stating dietary needs

   Grammar Note

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

8. I no dey chop meat.

   I don't eat meat

   Usage

   Stating a dietary choice

   Grammar Note

   Negate with no before dey; chop means 'eat'. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

9. I be Muslim, I no dey chop pork.

   I'm Muslim and don't eat pork

   Usage

   Giving a religious reason

   Grammar Note

   be links a noun predicate; negate with no before dey. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

10. I no fit drink milk.

    I cannot drink milk

    Usage

    Explaining a body reaction or lactose intolerance

    Grammar Note

    no fit means 'cannot'. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

11. Wetin dey inside dis food?

    What's in this food?

    Usage

    Checking when you have allergies or restrictions

    Grammar Note

    Wetin dey ...? asks what is in or at a place. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

12. I get allergy for egg.

    I have an egg allergy

    Usage

    Always state allergies; allergy is the English noun

    Grammar Note

    get means 'have'. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

13. I get allergy for groundnut.

    I have a peanut allergy

    Usage

    Groundnut is widely used in Nigerian cooking

    Grammar Note

    get means 'have'. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

14. My allergy fit kill me.

    My allergy can kill me

    Usage

    A serious statement for severe allergies

    Grammar Note

    fit expresses possibility. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

15. Oil or pepper dey inside?

    Is there oil or pepper inside?

    Usage

    pepper means chilli; useful if you cannot take spicy food

    Grammar Note

    dey + verb marks an ongoing action or state. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

16. I no fit chop beef.

    I cannot eat beef

    Usage

    For religious or health reasons

    Grammar Note

    no fit means 'cannot'; chop means 'eat'. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

17. Thank you well-well for your care.

    Thank you very much for your care

    Usage

    To a cook or host who accommodated you

    Grammar Note

    well-well, by repetition, means 'very much'. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

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