Saturday, July 10, 2010

Pidgin English 101

Ho cuz, mahalos yeah fo checking out dis place. Go click on da link to da right fo go to da page. Shoots den!

Did any of you understand the sentence above? Well, if you grew up in Hawaii, you probably understand what it said. That is pidgin English. A lot of people in Hawaii speak like this, so if you have trouble understanding what people are saying, don't worry! Your English is not bad! They are speaking pidgin to you so you cannot understand.
Here is an example of pidgin English and "normal" English.

Pidgin: What you wen do last night during da game? I hope you wen suck um up good brah!

English: So what did you end up doing last night during the game? I really hope that you were able to drink a few beers my friend.

Stay tuned next time for another lesson in pidgin English. Shoots den cuz! Take it easy!

2 comments:

  1. Whoa Yoshi that's insane English!! I can't understand it! haha

    - Rachel

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  2. hehe you can learn so that next time u go hawaii, u undahstahnd wat da peepo say and so u can talk like dat too

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