Money & Exchange

1. How much e cost?

   How much does it cost?

   Usage

   The basic way to ask a price

   Grammar Note

   Word order stays as in a statement. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

2. E cost too much.

   It is too expensive

   Usage

   An opener before asking for a lower price

   Grammar Note

   cost is the adjective 'expensive'. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

3. Abeg, reduce di price.

   Please reduce the price

   Usage

   Haggling in a market

   Grammar Note

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

4. I wan change money.

   I want to exchange money

   Usage

   At a bank or bureau de change; official counters are safer than street changers

   Grammar Note

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

5. Una dey accept card?

   Do you accept cards?

   Usage

   Before paying; many places take cash only, so ask first

   Grammar Note

   una is plural 'you' and fits addressing the shop staff. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

6. Wia ATM dey?

   Where is the ATM?

   Usage

   When you need cash; avoid night use and prefer machines inside a bank

   Grammar Note

   The question word comes first and dey expresses location. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

7. Abeg, give me my change.

   Please give me my change

   Usage

   To check your change after paying

   Grammar Note

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

8. Abeg, give me receipt.

   Give me a receipt

   Usage

   After paying

   Grammar Note

   An English-derived word used unchanged; it does not inflect. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

9. Di price good.

   The price is fair

   Usage

   When you agree with the price

   Grammar Note

   An adjective serves directly as the predicate, with no copula. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

10. I don pay.

    I have paid

    Usage

    When someone asks you to pay twice

    Grammar Note

    don marks a completed action. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

11. Card.

    Card

    Usage

    A one-word payment label

    Grammar Note

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

12. Make we split di bill.

    Please split the bill

    Usage

    After a meal with several people

    Grammar Note

    Make we + verb expresses a suggestion. (Composed from common words by regular grammar; not a fixed phrase.)

13. Abeg, put evritin for one bill.

    Please put it all on one bill

    Usage

    When one person pays for all

    Grammar Note

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

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