Difference between revisions of "life"
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From English: ''life'' | From English: ''life'' | ||
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| − | + | #As e be sey everybody dey di world and tings dey happen. | |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Dis '''life''' wey we dey so, as you see am, manage am.|(In our collective existence, make do with your circumstances.)}} | |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Nobody want come dis '''life''' come suffer o.|(No one wants to come to this life and suffer.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Animal no fit choose wetin dem want, na how dem see '''life''' dem dey live am.|(jw__2452, Animals can not choose what they want, they live each day as it comes.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Dis '''life''' wey we come so, na once. You do your own, you comot. Anoder person do im own.|(This life, we only come once. You do yours, you leave. Another will do theirs.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #As person dey wey be sey e dey di world, e never die and e dey do tings. |
| − | # | + | #:* {{ux|dv| See make I tell you, na your '''life''' be dis, no let person live am for you. |(Listen, let me tell you, this is your life. Don’t let another person live it for you.)}} |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Na di '''life''' wey she live we dey celebrate so. You, when your reach, shey we go celebrate you abi we go just do like sey noting happen?|(It’s the life she lived that we celebrating. When it’s your turn, will we celebrate you or will we just pretend like nothing happened?)}} | |
| − | + | #Something wey be sey e really happen wey person use e eye see. | |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Na wetin person tell you you dey talk so , abi you see am '''life'''? |(Is what you are saying hearsay or did you see it yourself?)}} |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Bros, come outside con use your eye see am '''life'''. Your goat dey chop meat!|(Sir, come and see it yourself. Your goat is eating meat!)}} | |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | # One kind way wey person dey live. |
| − | # | + | #:* {{ux|dv| No be just sey I dey play football now, I don dey play am since primary school. I tell you sey I don dey dis '''life''' since.|(It’s not just that I play football now, I have been playing since primary school. I told you that I have been on this path since.)}} |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv| When de dey tell people make de no join cult de dey tink sey de dey stop dem make dem no enjoy. Na help de dey help dem because dat '''life''' no dey ever pay. Na had I known dey end am.|(When they tell people not to join cults they think they are stopping them from enjoying. They are being helped because it does not have any benefits. It always ends in regret.)}} | |
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| − | + | : [[beta life]], [[city life]], [[life tori]], [[man life]] | |
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: | + | * English: ''existence, reality, world, life'' |
Latest revision as of 15:12, 6 March 2024
Naija
Etymology
From English: life
Pronunciation
- láɪ̀f
Noun
- As e be sey everybody dey di world and tings dey happen.
- Dis life wey we dey so, as you see am, manage am. — (In our collective existence, make do with your circumstances.)
- Nobody want come dis life come suffer o. — (No one wants to come to this life and suffer.)
- Animal no fit choose wetin dem want, na how dem see life dem dey live am. — (jw__2452, Animals can not choose what they want, they live each day as it comes.)
- Dis life wey we come so, na once. You do your own, you comot. Anoder person do im own. — (This life, we only come once. You do yours, you leave. Another will do theirs.)
- As person dey wey be sey e dey di world, e never die and e dey do tings.
- See make I tell you, na your life be dis, no let person live am for you. — (Listen, let me tell you, this is your life. Don’t let another person live it for you.)
- Na di life wey she live we dey celebrate so. You, when your reach, shey we go celebrate you abi we go just do like sey noting happen? — (It’s the life she lived that we celebrating. When it’s your turn, will we celebrate you or will we just pretend like nothing happened?)
- Something wey be sey e really happen wey person use e eye see.
- Na wetin person tell you you dey talk so , abi you see am life? — (Is what you are saying hearsay or did you see it yourself?)
- Bros, come outside con use your eye see am life. Your goat dey chop meat! — (Sir, come and see it yourself. Your goat is eating meat!)
- One kind way wey person dey live.
- No be just sey I dey play football now, I don dey play am since primary school. I tell you sey I don dey dis life since. — (It’s not just that I play football now, I have been playing since primary school. I told you that I have been on this path since.)
- When de dey tell people make de no join cult de dey tink sey de dey stop dem make dem no enjoy. Na help de dey help dem because dat life no dey ever pay. Na had I known dey end am. — (When they tell people not to join cults they think they are stopping them from enjoying. They are being helped because it does not have any benefits. It always ends in regret.)
Related forms
Translations
- English: existence, reality, world, life