pieces

Naija

From: English pieces

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Someting wey de cut small small
- Dis meat small o, how many pieces you see buy? — (NSC_2021, 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? — (NSC_2021, 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? — (NSC_2021, 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. — (NSC_2021, 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. — (NSC_2021, 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. — (NSC_2021, 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. — (NSC_2021, 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. — (NSC_2021, 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. — (NSC_2021, Don't exchange words with people at the market, they'll hurt you with their words.)