Difference between revisions of "enhen"
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# Na word wey person dey use if e wan say 'and so what?' | # Na word wey person dey use if e wan say 'and so what?' | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? |(Egbokhare_2020. So what?)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? |(Egbokhare_2020. So what?)}} | ||
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', wetin you fit do me? |(NSC_LEgbeti_2021. So what can you do to me by the way?)}} | |
# Na Word wey person dey use if someting shock am. | # Na Word wey person dey use if someting shock am. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', I shock o. So, Papa fit dash mama dat im new jeep?! |(NSC_LEgbeti_2021. Unbelievable! So Dad can really give mum his new jeep?)}} |
| − | # Na Word wey person dey use if person no too | + | # Na Word wey person dey use if person no too believe wetin im dey hear |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? I no | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? I no believe you joor. which day fowl begin bite?!|(NSC_LEgbeti_2021. Really? I dont believe. Hen dont bite, they peck!)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''?, you mean | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''?, you mean as you small so, you fit marry my sister now?! |(NSC_LEgbeti_2021. Really? you mean at this young age, you can marry my sister now!)}} |
| − | # Na Word wey person dey use if someting look one kind to am | + | # Na Word wey person dey use if someting no good or look one kind to am |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', me and you don become mate for dis house sotey I dey talk, you dey | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', Chichi, so me and you don become mate for dis house sotey I dey talk, you dey hiss? |(NSC_LEgbeti_2021. So Chichi, you no longer respect me, you now hiss while im talking, really?)}} |
| + | # Na Word wey person dey use if someting no good or look one kind to am. | ||
| + | #:* {{ux|dv|Ten million Naira for me? '''Enhen''', my in-law, Na now you talk wetin I wan hear. |(NSC_LEgbeti_2021. I will get Ten million nira? Now you are doing the right thing my in law!.)}} | ||
====Derived forms==== | ====Derived forms==== | ||
====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[na wah!]], |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: Exclimation for - ''disregard'', ''surprise'', ''amusement'', ''disbelief'' | + | * English: Exclimation for - ''disregard'', ''surprise'', ''amusement'', ''disbelief'', ''agreement'' |
Revision as of 20:48, 26 August 2021
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English enhen
Pronunciation
- ɛ̀hɛ̂n
Interjection
- Na word wey person dey use if e wan say 'and so what?'
- Enhen? — (Egbokhare_2020. So what?)
- Enhen, wetin you fit do me? — (NSC_LEgbeti_2021. So what can you do to me by the way?)
- Na Word wey person dey use if someting shock am.
- Enhen, I shock o. So, Papa fit dash mama dat im new jeep?! — (NSC_LEgbeti_2021. Unbelievable! So Dad can really give mum his new jeep?)
- Na Word wey person dey use if person no too believe wetin im dey hear
- Enhen? I no believe you joor. which day fowl begin bite?! — (NSC_LEgbeti_2021. Really? I dont believe. Hen dont bite, they peck!)
- Enhen?, you mean as you small so, you fit marry my sister now?! — (NSC_LEgbeti_2021. Really? you mean at this young age, you can marry my sister now!)
- Na Word wey person dey use if someting no good or look one kind to am
- Enhen, Chichi, so me and you don become mate for dis house sotey I dey talk, you dey hiss? — (NSC_LEgbeti_2021. So Chichi, you no longer respect me, you now hiss while im talking, really?)
- Na Word wey person dey use if someting no good or look one kind to am.
- Ten million Naira for me? Enhen, my in-law, Na now you talk wetin I wan hear. — (NSC_LEgbeti_2021. I will get Ten million nira? Now you are doing the right thing my in law!.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
Translations
- English: Exclimation for - disregard, surprise, amusement, disbelief, agreement