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| − | # | + | # Make person tell anoder person someting wey no be true. |
| − | #:*{{ux|dv| Abeg, no '''scope''' me. Give me di [[money]].|( | + | #:*{{ux|dv| Abeg, no '''scope''' me. Give me di [[money]].|(Please do not lie to me. Let me have the money.)}} |
# Make man dey try tell woman wetin go make di woman gree make two of dem dey [[like like]] deirsef. | # Make man dey try tell woman wetin go make di woman gree make two of dem dey [[like like]] deirsef. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| After you don '''scope''' di babe finish now, she gree? |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| After you don '''scope''' di babe finish now, she gree? |(After you've wooed the lady, did she say yes?)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| How many babes you don '''scope''' dis week? De go gader beat you o. No go '''scope''' person wife. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| How many babes you don '''scope''' dis week? De go gader beat you o. No go '''scope''' person wife. |( How many ladies have you wooed this week? They'll all come around to give you a beating. Make sure you don't woo someone's wife.)}} |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''lie'', ''woo'' | * English: ''lie'', ''woo'' | ||
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===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
* Wetin person tell anoder person wey no be true. | * Wetin person tell anoder person wey no be true. | ||
| − | :* {{ux|dv| You just dey talk [[supri supri]] dey give dem '''scope'''|( | + | :* {{ux|dv| You just dey talk [[supri supri]] dey give dem '''scope'''.|(You were speaking to them like a foreigner, and you were lying.)}} |
| − | :* {{ux|dv| No give me '''scope'''. Just tell me. Wetin really happen? |( | + | :* {{ux|dv| No give me '''scope'''. Just tell me. Wetin really happen? |(Don't lie to me. Just tell me. What really happened?)}} |
====Translation==== | ====Translation==== | ||
* English: ''lie'' | * English: ''lie'' | ||
Latest revision as of 12:12, 5 June 2023
Naija
Etymology
From: English scope
Pronunciation
- skôp
Verb
- Make person tell anoder person someting wey no be true.
- Abeg, no scope me. Give me di money. — (Please do not lie to me. Let me have the money.)
- Make man dey try tell woman wetin go make di woman gree make two of dem dey like like deirsef.
- After you don scope di babe finish now, she gree? — (After you've wooed the lady, did she say yes?)
- How many babes you don scope dis week? De go gader beat you o. No go scope person wife. — ( How many ladies have you wooed this week? They'll all come around to give you a beating. Make sure you don't woo someone's wife.)
Translations
- English: lie, woo
Noun
- Wetin person tell anoder person wey no be true.
- You just dey talk supri supri dey give dem scope. — (You were speaking to them like a foreigner, and you were lying.)
- No give me scope. Just tell me. Wetin really happen? — (Don't lie to me. Just tell me. What really happened?)
Translation
- English: lie