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==Naija== | ==Naija== | ||
===Alternative forms=== | ===Alternative forms=== | ||
| − | * | + | * [[ehen]] |
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
| − | + | *From: ''unknown'' | |
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
| − | * | + | * ɛ̀hɛ̃ |
| − | <sm2>Pcm-ng- | + | <sm2>Pcm-ng-ehen.f.ogg</sm2> |
| − | <sm2>Pcm-ng- | + | <sm2>Pcm-ng-ehen.m.ogg</sm2> |
===Interjection=== | ===Interjection=== | ||
| − | # | + | # Word wey person dey use if e wan say person no fit do am anyting. |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? |So what?)}} |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', wetin you fit do me? |(So what can you do to me by the way?)}} | |
| − | # | + | # Word wey person dey use if someting shock am. |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', So, Papa fit dash mama dat im new jeep?! I shock o. |(Unbelievable! So Dad could actually give his new SUV to mum? I'm stunned.)}} |
| − | # | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? Jesu! |(Really?! dear Lord!)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? I no | + | # Word wey person dey use if person no too believe wetin im hear. |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''?, you mean | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? I no believe. So, dat stingy man fit ever dash person money like dat?|(Really? Its hard to believe that stingy man can releases a dime to anyone!)}} |
| − | # | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''?, you mean am [[true true]] say na that small Olise na im get all dis [[fine fine]] house dem?! |(Really? you mean its dat young Olise that really owns this estate?!)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', me and you don become mate for dis house sotey I dey talk, you dey | + | # Word wey person dey take show sey person no like wetin don or dey happen. |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? Na so we go dey look, everyting go dey spoil dey go for dis country?! |(Really? so we are helpless over the state of things in dis country?)}} | |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', Chichi, so me and you don become mate for dis house sotey I dey talk, you dey hiss? |(So Chichi, you no longer respect me, you now hiss while i'm talking, really?)}} | |
| − | + | # Word wey person dey use if someting sweet am. | |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen'''? Na so life dey sweet if person sabi book? see me, see London?! |(Oh dear Lord! Never knew life could be this easy if one is academically brilliant. Now im on my way to London!)}} | |
| − | * | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Ten million Naira for me? '''Enhen''', my in-law, Na now you talk wetin I wan hear. |(I will get Ten million nira? Now you are doing the right thing my in law!)}} |
| − | + | # Word wey person dey use if person wan talk say 'na im good for you'. | |
| + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', God don catch am! |(Good for him!)}} | ||
| + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Enhen''', my head don catch am! |(Good! my God has dealt with him since I can't!)}} | ||
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: | + | * English: Exclamation for - ''disregard'', ''surprise'', ''amusement'', ''disbelief'', ''agreement'' |
Latest revision as of 11:39, 5 May 2023
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
- From: unknown
Pronunciation
- ɛ̀hɛ̃
Interjection
- Word wey person dey use if e wan say person no fit do am anyting.
- Enhen? — So what?)
- Enhen, wetin you fit do me? — (So what can you do to me by the way?)
- Word wey person dey use if someting shock am.
- Enhen, So, Papa fit dash mama dat im new jeep?! I shock o. — (Unbelievable! So Dad could actually give his new SUV to mum? I'm stunned.)
- Enhen? Jesu! — (Really?! dear Lord!)
- Word wey person dey use if person no too believe wetin im hear.
- Enhen? I no believe. So, dat stingy man fit ever dash person money like dat? — (Really? Its hard to believe that stingy man can releases a dime to anyone!)
- Enhen?, you mean am true true say na that small Olise na im get all dis fine fine house dem?! — (Really? you mean its dat young Olise that really owns this estate?!)
- Word wey person dey take show sey person no like wetin don or dey happen.
- Enhen? Na so we go dey look, everyting go dey spoil dey go for dis country?! — (Really? so we are helpless over the state of things in dis country?)
- Enhen, Chichi, so me and you don become mate for dis house sotey I dey talk, you dey hiss? — (So Chichi, you no longer respect me, you now hiss while i'm talking, really?)
- Word wey person dey use if someting sweet am.
- Enhen? Na so life dey sweet if person sabi book? see me, see London?! — (Oh dear Lord! Never knew life could be this easy if one is academically brilliant. Now im on my way to London!)
- Ten million Naira for me? Enhen, my in-law, Na now you talk wetin I wan hear. — (I will get Ten million nira? Now you are doing the right thing my in law!)
- Word wey person dey use if person wan talk say 'na im good for you'.
- Enhen, God don catch am! — (Good for him!)
- Enhen, my head don catch am! — (Good! my God has dealt with him since I can't!)
Translations
- English: Exclamation for - disregard, surprise, amusement, disbelief, agreement