Difference between revisions of "jagajaga"
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− | * Wetin no [[make sense]] | + | * Wetin no [[make sense]]. |
− | :* {{ux|dv| Instead make una behave normal like people wey dey normal, una do '''jagajaga''' like fowl wey dey find food.|(NSC_2021, You lot should have behaved like you were expected to, instead you behave nonsensically like | + | :* {{ux|dv| Instead make una behave normal like people wey dey normal, una do '''jagajaga''' like fowl wey dey find food.|(NSC_2021, You lot should have behaved like you were expected to, instead you behave nonsensically like chickens trying to claw for some food.)}} |
− | :* {{ux|dv| Wetin your pikin dey write? ABCD or '''jagajaga'''? |(NSC_2021, What is your child writing? The alphabet or nonsense?)}} | + | :* {{ux|dv| Wetin your pikin dey write? ABCD or '''jagajaga'''?|(NSC_2021, What is your child writing? The alphabet or nonsense?)}} |
====Translation==== | ====Translation==== | ||
English: ''nonsense'' | English: ''nonsense'' |
Revision as of 21:57, 2 October 2022
Naija
Etymology
From: unknown
Pronunciation
d͡ʒàgàd͡ʒágá
Noun
- Wetin no make sense.
- Instead make una behave normal like people wey dey normal, una do jagajaga like fowl wey dey find food. — (NSC_2021, You lot should have behaved like you were expected to, instead you behave nonsensically like chickens trying to claw for some food.)
- Wetin your pikin dey write? ABCD or jagajaga? — (NSC_2021, What is your child writing? The alphabet or nonsense?)
Translation
English: nonsense
Adjective
- Make someting no make sense
- If person show imsef sey e be jagajaga person, discharge comot for di place. — (NSC_2021, If a person shows himself or herself to be nonsensical, leave the place.)
- Di road don jagajaga. Wetin supppose be one hour journey don turn four hours, if rain use style fall, e fit reach six hours. — (NSC_2021, The road has become very bad. What should have been a one hour journey now takes four hours. If it rains, it could take six hours.)
Translation
- English: nonsense, bad