Universal Dependencies - Naija - NSC

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# but na eh vex

But it is uh... anger.

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you go just dey vex = you go just dey beat di woman everytime

You will just be angry, you will just be beating the woman everytime.

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# sometime < de go just even carry knife { dey || even dey } as in # chuku di woman everytime

Sometimes, they will even just take a knife, and like stab the woman everytime.

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# I no just understand o

I just don’t understand.

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# wait na because woman no fit fight or anything

Wait, is it because women can't fight or do anything

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# and for even Nigeria sef < I no even know wheda de dey even dey look into dis matter

And even in Nigeria, I don’t even know whether they, they really look into this matter.

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# I no just understand eh

I just don’t understand.

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I no just know

I just don’t know.

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# dis matter < { e just || e don } dey high = e don dey high = e don dey increase everyday + # everyday by day

This matter, it is just, it is becoming serious, it is happening more and more every day.

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# I no just know wetin dey happen

I just don’t know what is happening.

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# di thing < de con even # lead to eh eh human eh eh eh trafficking # wey person go just see woman &

The thing, it even leads to uh... uh... human uh... uh... uh... trafficking where a person will see a woman...

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# { even de || even de } notice all dis human { traffi~ || eh trafficking } < # wey de dey ehn carry ehn women

Even the, even we notice all this human traffi-, uh... trafficking, where they uh... carry uh...women.

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de go dey # carry dem dey # export dem as if no dey be # rice

They will carry them, they will export them like rice.

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# de be rice

Are they rice?

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de be pencil wey de dey { export |c and import }

Are they pencils to export and import?

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# man sef < if de say [ dem want put man ] < na one over ten

Even men, if they say they want to add men, it's one in ten.

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na women >+ go { s~ || say } [ de be # come ehn ninety nine over ehn ehn ehn ehn ehn ehn ehn ehn ehn ehn ehn # hundred ]

It is women who will s-, let's say they are uh... ninety nine uh...percent.

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# women be one over ehn hundred

Women are one uh... percent.

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# why ?

Why?

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# de go just { dey use women |c dey beat dem } anyhow

They will just be using women, beating them anyhow.

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# I dey say [ make Nigeria look inside dis matter ]

I am saying Nigeria should look into this matter.

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# e no good = # e no good

It is not good, it is not good.

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# many atimes < dis thing < # e dey spoil family

A lot of the time, this thing, it destroys families.

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# if { children || small children } go dey look all dese things < # di thing go just dey increase everyday by day

If children, small children see this thing, it'll just increase every day.

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# if eh eh small pikin go just &

If a small child just...

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we dey think sey [ all dese small pikin < # de no know anything ]

We think that all these small children, they don't know anything.

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# I dey tell you sey [ small pikin < na dem >+ know someting |c but pass we wey be adult ] because < # at dat time < nothing dey inside deir brain

I'm telling you, small children, they know something, but they know more than us because, at that time, there is nothing in their brain.

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de no dey think of anything

They don't think about anything.

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# na we >+ go dey get all dese thing dey for our head

We're the ones who get all these things in our head.

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we go dey say [ ah we wan get work = # I wan go work = { ah di thing wey I dey do for work || di everything wey I dey do for dis place } # I need to go Oshodi ! ]

We will say 'ah! We want to get work, I want to go to work, ah! This thing that I do for work, everything I am doing for this place, I need to go to Oshodi!'

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# all dis thing dey for our brain |c but when e comes to small children < # de no get anyting for deir brain

All these things are in our heads, but when it comes to small children, they don't have anything in their heads.

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so anyting { wey de dey see |c # wey de dey hear } < # even if de no sabi speak anything < dose thing dey hook inside deir brain even when dey mature

So, anything that they see, that they hear, even if they cannot say anything, those things get wired in their brain even when they become adults.

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# so na wetin >+ dey con make dis thing dey continue ?

So, that's what is making this thing continue.

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# pikin wey go say [ e dey see im papa dey beat im mama ] < # if dat pikin grow < # you wan tell me sey [ dat pikin no go { be || be } wife eh eh eh eh eh beater # when e marry ] ?

A child who says he sees his daddy beat his mummy, if that child grows up, do you want to tell me that that child will not be... be a wife uh... uh... uh... uh... beater when he gets married?

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# na so >+ di thing go be now

That's how it will be now.

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e go just continue like dat |c and di thing no go fit stop

It will just continue like that, and the thing cannot stop.

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# I dey talk sey [ charity < # e begins at home ]

I say that charity begins at home.

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# make we start dis thing { for || for || for } our own sef

Let us start this thing for, for, for our own self.

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nobody go do am for us

Nobody will do it for us.

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na we >+ go do am for oursef

It's us who will do it for ourselves.

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# we go do am for oursef

We will do it for ourselves.

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# Nigerians < I dey beg una

Nigerians, I beg you.

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# make una act in a good way = # make we no dey spoil oursef = { # make || { at || at least } < make } Nigeria just good

Let's act in a good way, don't let us spoil ourselves, but make at... at least, Nigeria better.

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# when e comes to { mo || moral } civilisation # ( if na wetin I go call am ) < # make we just dey good to oursef = make we no just dey &

When it comes to mo-, moral civilisation (if that's what I want to call it), let's just be good to each other, don't let us just be...

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# as in if na our own family member < # make we no just dey # do bad to our own family members

In fact, if it's our own family members, don't let us do bad to our own family members.

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# thank you

Thank you.

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# I know sey [ now sef < de don even create ] &

I know that right now, they have even created...

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e good as de don create dis eh women empowerment ehn thing ehn # { for eh # Nigerian || # for Nigerian }

It is good that they have created this uh... women empowerment uh... thing uh... for Nigerians, for Nigerians.

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and e get one sef ( I no even remember di name sef ) # wey de don create # for all dis ehn ehn # { demoralising ehn di woman || ehn demoralisation of eh { women |c # and even children } }

And there is even one (I don't remember the exact name), which they have created for all this uh... uh... demoralisation of women, uh... demoralisation of uh... women and even children.

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# so < # when you see person < # { if na your eh eh dormot |c if na your ehn ehn ehn ehn ehn # side } >+ # you see man dey beat women ( sometime < de no dey even dey care # wheder na outside = de go even { naked di woman |c beat am { well |r well } } ) < # no just leave am say [ eh di thing no be your own business ]

So, when you see someone, if it is on your uh... uh... doorstep, if it is in your uh... uh... uh... uh... neighborhood that you see a man beating women (sometimes, they don't even care if it is outside, they will even strip a woman and beat her severely), don't just leave it saying uh... this thing is none of your business.

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na your own

It is!

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na everybody business

It's everyone's business!

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# because some people go dey go just want say [ I beg < make I no put mouth inside di matter ]

Because some people will just want to say 'please, I don't wanna interfere in this matter'.

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if dat man # kill dat woman for dat place < you no know sey [ God { go || go || go } handle you ] ?

If that man kills that woman in that place, don't you know that God will... will... will deal with you?

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# God go handle you = # God go punish you because { you dey dere |c you no stop di thing }

God will deal will you, God will punish you because you were there and you did not stop it.

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# if you fit stop di man < stop am !

If you can stop the man, stop him!

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# and if na to go report am to where de suppose to report am < pick am |c go police !

And if it means reporting to where he needs to be reported, take him to the police!

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go report to police !

Go and report him to the police!

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# because dat thing < no good = e no good

Because that thing is not good, it's not good.

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# dat's why I even like di Oyinbo country sef

That's why I even like foreign countries.

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some Oyinbo country < de no dey allow make person dey touch eh anybody

In some foreign countries, they don't allow anyone to touch uh... anyone.

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# if na to touch eh pikin < if na to touch ehn ehn ehn ehn ehn wife < # { you no su~ || you no || you no fit || you no fit try } am now = you no fit try am = # you no fit do am

If it is touching a child; if it is touching a uh... uh... uh... uh... wife, you are not su-, you don't... you cannot... you can't try it now, you can't try it, you can't do it.

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# abeg < when una see { wife || wife || women } < # when any man beat you < go report to police

Please, when you see a wife, a wife, women, when any man beats you, go and report him to the police.

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# dis one < make una go report

This, go and report it!

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# report !

Report!

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wheder na your husband < e no suppose to do dat one to you

Whether it is your husband, he's not supposed to do that to you.

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# thank you o

Thank you!

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na wetin I just wan tell una

That's what I wanted to tell you.

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me < my name na # Joseph Aseginmba

Me, my name is Joseph Aseginmba.

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# I comot from # family wey # na five of us

I come from a family of five.

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# two < # na women

Two are girls.

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# den di three na boys

Then the other three are boys.

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# but < later on < one of di female sha { wan || wan || don } die

But later on, well, one of the girls she... she... died.

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though na only one female >+ con remain here

Though only one of the girls remains here.

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# and I comot from eh Plateau State of Nigeria here # weh dey Middle Belt

And I come from uh... Plateau State in Nigeria here, which is in the Middle Belt.

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# ehn na dere >+ I comot from

Uh... that's where I come from.

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# and eh # at di long run < # { my papa con || my mama first die } = { my || my } mama con follow

And uh... in the long run, my father... my mother was the first to die, then my, my mother followed suit.

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# you understand ?

You understand?

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# so # and # { I dey || I con || I con } &

So... and I am... then I... then I...

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after my national diploma now < con get work for National Open University

After my National Diploma, I got a job at the National Open University.

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# na dere >+ person dey get hustle { dey || dey } do some sign tings

That's where you get the chance to hustle, they, they do some sign things.

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dey use am dey do school = dey use am dey help oder family sef

They use it for school, in fact, they use it to help other families.

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# na di hustling method be dat

That's the hustling method.

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# Abuja na very good place to stay

Abuja is a very good place to stay.

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# but { di || # di } level wey # people dey live for Abuja now < { na || na } high level

But the, the cost of living of the people in Abuja now, it's, it's high.

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no be low level

It's not a low standard.

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but di ghetto area dey o

But there are some ghetto areas.

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# no be sey [ di ghetto area no dey ]

It's not like there are no ghettos here.

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but < still at dat < # di ghetto area < e just dey like # di city { for my || for where } me < I comot from

But, yet, the ghetto area is just like the city in my... in the place where I come from.

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# you understand ?

You understand?

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# so but # staying in Abuja < # { na || na di best || na di best } ting to do

So... but staying in Abuja is, is the best... is the best thing to do.

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everybody wan make e dey Federal Capital

Everybody wants to be in the Federal Capital City.

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# you understand ?

You understand?

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# but life for Abuja is very expensive

But life in Abuja is very expensive.

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# { house |c transportation |c feeding } < # e dey very expensive

Housing, transportation, food are very expensive.

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# and na di dead of my papa o

And it's because of my father's death.

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{ di || m~ || my own || di || my } mama own sef < e no even pain me because dat one < { she || she || she } sick for long time

The m-... my own... the... my mother's death is not painful to me because in her case, she, she, she was sick for a long time.

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# { she co~ || she con } die

She co-... then she died.

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# but my papa own < e no sick

But in my father's case, he was not sick.

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e no do anyting

Nothing was wrong with him.