Novel & Cerita Funny Nigerian Sayings

he could see through her face that another round of laughter was coming afterwards and oh yes it did. "Oh heavens. Phil i've told you this before, vernacular is not for you. You sound like a cartoon character " "Abi?" He grinned. People always made fun of him whenever he spoke in the typical naija language. Was it that bad? "Hey! Whats making the lovey dovey couple laugh" that familiar voice echoed from the Garden, Phil and Laura turned to the direction of the voice. And that was Kay and Chuks.

Groans left the mouths of almost all the students in the classroom. ( *abi* is a type of Nigerian slangs used In place of the English word 'Right'- I will be using it a lot, so it would be nice if you could take note of it, thanks) Mr Lekan only laughed then dismissed us all. Immediately I started packing my books in my bag and hug my bagpack on my back. I'm sure you're wondering why I was bothering to carry my school bag while I could just save myself the stress and leave it in the classroom. Well I've tried that before and let's just say I had to get a completely new school bag the next day. My classmates weren't exactly really the nicest.

"Retiring, huh? From what exactly?” "There's this cool tradition where people celebrate with their age group," you explained. "It's like a big birthday bash or thanksgiving, but for everyone who's the same age. To participate fully, especially for the guys, there are these challenges they have to complete. First, they hunt a bird called 'Igba Nnunu,' then 'Izari Efa,' 'Igwa Mang,' and finally 'Ime Uche.'”

You know it was my Nigerian Sim Card and I could not use it so I could not communicate with you , but then my mum's boss bought two IPhone 11's for us and even registered numbers for us and now here we are talking). "Mad ooo, mad ooo, you dun blow oo for this life wey we dey, ah just dey miss you for here walahi, ah no fit use your name lie again. He complained bitterly at the latter words (Translation: That is very nice, You have made it in this life we are in,I really miss you honestly, I cannot lie to my parents that I am coming to house so I could go for my outings, because they know you have traveled)

Mia teased further. "Get off my phone Mia" Kaylar laughed as she ended the call. *Glossary* Breakfast is a Nigerian slang which means break up/heartbreak (depending on context). Once someone says “he/she don chop breakfast” or “he/she has been served breakfast”, it simply means the individual's heart has been broken.

he said putting the burnt bacon on the plate. “No o, na who you wan kill with burnt offering as food early in the morning. Thank God say, I don chop already” I said in a Nigerian pidgin language which simply meant ‘No, who do you think you’re going to kill with burnt offerings as food. Thank God, I’ve eaten already’ “Not sure what she meant but I think she meant, no,” Ethan replied from my side while chuckling a little at the sight of his best friend. Funke entered the kitchen and laughed at Joel's pouted lips.

He asked I didn't know how to reply him, I looked at Anna's face but I couldn't read those emotions in her face. As soon as I wanted to speak, I heard dad's voice. "Kenneth, Kenneth," Dad greeted while doing their brotherly hug "Gbenga, the engineer, how are you?" Uncle Ken asked dad "Am okay o. See as you kon fresh like ripe tomatoes(Look at how fresh you are, like ripe tomatoes), you have finish Nigeria money," Dad said which caused everyone to laugh

“What is it?” “What do you mean by that? I should be asking you that.. what the fuck is it? Why is that girl here.” He ranted. His face expressed disgust when he said ‘that girl’ “First of all. You need to talk about Ama with more respect from now on. I won’t tolerate that nonsense from you Kola. Kí ni ó ṣe sí ọ rí?(what did she ever do to you?)” I spoke in my native language of Yoruba. Any time my head was full, it alway came through.

“You can’t touch me anymore, I am bigger than your evil.” “No matter how tall the okro tree is, it can still be bent by the owner.” Uncle Tony reminded me of the popular Nigerian proverb. “You are not my owner and you can never be. It is time you face the consequences of your actions…” Uncle Tony laughs at my face. “Who is going to make me face them? You? You are nothing and no one will look for you if anything happens to you.” “Are you threatening me?” “What can you do if I am?”

I ask the man. He smirks, "20,000..." I raise an eyebrow at him, "Wait, 20,000 naira?" He stares at me with a disbelief expression before bursting into a loud laughter. "Hey, old man, you have a funny daughter, she thinks the money you owe is 20,000 naira, how stupid." He continues laughing and I stare at him in puzzle. What's funny? He said 20,000, didn't he? "Hey darling, it's 20,000 dollars. You can do the little math to know the amount in naira."