pieces

Naija

From: English pieces

Someting wey de cut small small.
- Dis meat small o, how many pieces you see buy? — (This meat is rather small, how many pieces did you buy?)
Cloth wey remain when e be sey tailor don cut wetin e want use take sew cloth.
- Shey you know sey you fit collect pieces for tailor shop use am take do one kind ghenghen pattern? — (You know that you collect pieces of cloth from the tailor's shop and make a really nice pattern from them, right? )
- Tailor shop wey no get pieces shey di tailor sabi im work at all at all? — (If you don't find pieces of cloth in a tailor's shop, does the tailor even know their job at all?)
Small small wood wey dey when carpenter don cut di one wey e want use take do someting.
- No dey pack pieces dey comot for carpenter shop like dat. E fit get wetin im want use am do. — (Don't just throw away pieces of wood in a carpenter's shop, they could come in handy for something.)
- When we small, we dey go find pieces for carpenter shop, take am dey do small small car. — (When we were kids, we go to pick pieces of wood from the carpenter's shop to make small cars.)

Make person cut cut someting smallsmall.
- No cook dat cow leg like dat o, pieces am. — (Don't cook the beef whole, chop it into pieces.)
- Different diiferent style dey how people dey like cook deir yam. Some people dey cut am like bread, de go slice am, round round. Some people dey pieces am. — (People like to cook their yam differently. Some like to slice it, while others like to cut it into chunks.)
Make person use mouth take yab yab person.
- Some people mouth sharp, die! De go use mouth pieces you. — (some people really have a sharp mouth, they can make very derogatory remarks and hurt you.)
- Dose people wey dey sell market no go follow dem drag, de go use mouth pieces you. — (Don't exchange words with people at the market, they'll hurt you with their words.)
Make person do someting wellwell.
- Di way dat guy take pieces di course eh, even lecturer bow. — (The young man performed so well, even the lecturer was impressed.)
- Una still dey ask how dat babe take run dat debate; e pieces am. — (You are still asking how the lady performed at the debate? She did a great job.)
Make dem shoot person.
- If you see how police take pieces people wey go tief for di bank eh, you go vomit. — (If you see how the police riddled the bank robbers with bullets, you'll throw up.)
- No go dey claim odeshi o, de go too pieces you o. — (Don't go about claiming to be invulnerable to bullets.)