Universal Dependencies - Naija - NSC

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e just comot for morning

He just went out in the morning.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__34

# just come back

He just came back.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__35

# e no dey feel well

He was not feeling well.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__36

carry am go hospital

We took him to the hospital.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__37

before you know < e don die

Before you knew it, he was dead.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__38

so e con dey very suprising for me

So I was really surprised.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__39

mtschew I con see sey [ anyting < even di ting I dey do < I go con remember di ting sey # [ noting dey dis life ] ]

Mstchew then I realised that anything, even what I was doing... I will just remember that this life is vain.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__40

# if you comot come back # say [ { you no sick |c # noting do you } ] < # you really thank God for that

If you go out and come back without coming down with an illness and nothing is wrong with you, you should really thank God for that.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__41

# Pidgin no be language wey person go sabi finish now |c but # di little one wen I sabi < I go talk am

Pidgin is not a language that one can master completely now, but the little ones I know, I will say it.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__42

# ehen

Ehen.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__43

# me < # ah na from ghetto >+ I comot from

Myself, uh... I come from a ghetto.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__44

so Pidgin at least < na wetin we don grow wit

So Pidgin, at least, that's what we grew up with.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__45

you understand ?

You understand?

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__46

na wetin we don dey do # since from childhood

It's something we have been into since our childhood.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__47

# { di || di } correct English sef < na when we go school >+ we start to dey learn di English

The, the Queen's English, we started learning it when we went to school.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__48

so # na normal ting > to # speak Pidgin for life

So it's a normal thing to speak Pidgin throughout life.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__49

# pertaining dis government < # den de really dey try sha for Nigeria

As for the current government, they are really doing their best for Nigeria.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__50

# de really dey try # base on corruption issue

They are doing their best on the issue of corruption.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__51

# definitely < wetin de dey do < { e dey || e go } really help # di masses of Nigeria |c but # di people wey go enjoy am no be now

Definitely, what they are doing is... it will really help the masses in Nigeria, but the people who will enjoy it... it's not time yet.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__52

# na { later |r later } >+ # di enjoyment go come

It's later? the enjoyment will come later.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__53

# definitely < # di government < de dey try

Definitely, the government is doing their best.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__54

# make dem keep am { up |r # up } as e dey like dat

They should keep it up, up, just as it is.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__55

# and all dis division of eh { Nigeria |c Biafra of a ting } < mtschew I no dey # kuku like am because # if you check am sey # [ { for Ea~ || for East } < # { people no || # de no || # no } any infrastructure ]

And all these divisions in uh... Nigeria, the issue of Biafra, mtschew, I don't like it because if you check it [you'll realise] that in the Ea-... in the East, people are not... [there's] no, no infrastructure.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__56

if de say now de wan divide Nigeria now < # how de wan start am ?

If they say they want to divide Nigeria now, where will they start?

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__57

# de no get where de go stay

They don't have a place to stay.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__58

everywhere < # per se < na secretariat

Everywhere, per se, is the secretariat.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__59

# e no get &

There is no...

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__60

# and de dey value land # like # sey [ na gold for dat place ]

And in that place, they place high value on landed properties as if it's gold.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__61

# ehen if you con check di North now < # { most of dem ( like for dis Abuja ) || most of dem } na # { mai ruwa |c mai barrow }

Ehen... if you take a look at the North now, most of them (for instance in this Abuja) most of them are selling water and pushing carts.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__62

# okay if de con divide now |c de con go back North < now < # who go buy deir { ruwa |c and barrow } eh ?

Okay, if they split now and they go back to the North, now, who will buy their water and barrow, huh?

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__63

# push deir barrow for dat side ?

Will they push their barrow there?

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__64

# so # moh just dey unite = moh just # unite # togeder

So let's just stay united... let's just stay together.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__65

# we go move Nigeria go forward

We will move Nigeria forward.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__66

# mtschew I no dey watch

Mstchew I don't watch...

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__67

# # highest < { wetin go make me || wetin dey make me } relax na to browse

At most, what will make me... I unwind by browsing.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__68

we don { browse |c chat |c # as in get to know # { different tings || # tings wey I no know before } # for internet }

We browse the net, chat, I mean we get to know different things on the internet, things I didn't know until now.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__69

# I go go research

I will go and research.

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__70

# ehn na just wetin di wahala wey &

Ehn, the problem is just that...

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ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__71

# if I don tire < I go go gist wit friends |c # and come back house by ten

If I get tired, I'll go and relax with friends and come back to the house by ten o' clock.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__1

I should start ?

Should I start?

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__2

# okay # at dis year twenty eighteen < omo # I dey pray make God { help me || helep me }

Okay, in this year twenty eighteen, man, I'm praying for God to help me.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__3

# helep my business = # helep { everyting I dey do |c # even my { de~ || de~ || destiny } |c # even my fader || even my papa |c # even my sister |c # even my future wife |c # even my girlfriend }

Help my business, help everything I do, even my de-, de-, destiny, even my father, even my dad, even my sister, even my future wife, even my girlfriend.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__4

# { Om~ || eh Omo God || # Baba God } < helep me in anyting I do

Oh eh, God, dear God, help me in whatever I do.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__5

# help { me + hm # |c even dis Enugu wey I dey }

Help me, hm... even in Enugu where I'm living.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__6

# help { me |c even my boss |c even { anyting I || anyting } wey I put my hand }

Help me, even my boss, even whatever, whatever I put my hands on.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__7

# omo help me = help me = # help me

God help me, help me, help me.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__8

{ dis is my || dis is my prayer }

This is my... this is my prayer.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__9

# okay

Okay.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__10

# okay from now to &

Okay, from now until...

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__11

{ from { di || dis } eh January |c till continue } < # from January < I wan &

From thi-... from this, uh... January, till after January, I want...

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__12

# { from di || from January || # from January to || # for some || from January to } February < # God < # { help my || # help my mum }

From the... from January... from January to, for some... from January to February, God, help my, help my mom.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__13

# from February till # March < help my dad = from # March to April < # help my girlfriend = from April to # till December < help my boss

From February till March, help my father, from March to April, help my girlfriend, from April till December, help my boss.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__14

# ehen for dis { our country |a Naija } < # dis Nigeria don tire me

Uhuh, in this country of ours, Nigeria, I am fed up with this Nigeria.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__15

# I wan travel out

I wanna move.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__16

# I wan go Malay

I wanna go to Malaysia.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__17

# you see { dis || all } di { Malay ga~ || Malay guy } ehn < # mtschew # I wan meet dem dere na

You see this, all the gu-... guys in Malaysia, uh... mtschew, I want to meet up with them.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__18

# dis Malay guy < de dey make am dere now

These guys in Malaysia are really making some money there.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__19

I wan go dere

I wanna go there.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__20

# na Malay guy { I wan || I wan } &

The guys in Malaysia, I want... I want...

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I wan be Malay guy now

I really want to be a Malaysia guy.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__22

# I wan make money from Malaysia

I wanna make money in Malaysia.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__23

# na Malaysia >+ I want

Malaysia's where I wanna be.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__24

# I don tire for dis country

I'm tired of this country.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__25

infact < { if I || if I || if } I travel out from dis country ehn < mtschew I no go come back again

In fact, if I... if I... if I leave this country uh... mtschew, I'm not coming back.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__26

# I go stay dere for ever

I'll stay there forever.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__27

# dis is &

This is...

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__28

infact < I go marry Oyinbo girl

In fact, I'll marry a white girl.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__29

# I go marry even # { Malay girl || Malaysia girl }

I'd even marry a Malay girl, a Malaysian girl.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__30

# { na dem || na dem fi~ || na dem || na dem } >+ fine pass ehn

They are... they're fi-... they, they, they’re fine you know.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__31

# na dem >+ { f~ || fine } pass Nigeria girls

They, they're even better looking than Nigerian girls.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__32

# even all dis hardship wey dey for our country < im don dey affect { our || our } girl

Even all this hardship in our country has started affecting our, our girls.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__33

# okay

Okay.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__34

# so # so # { Malaysia || Malaysia re~ || Malaysia } remain my option country now

So Malaysia, Malaysia re-... Malaysia remains my top option for now.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__35

# I don't have any oder country apart from Malaysia

I don't have any other country apart from Malaysia.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__36

# I want to go to Malaysia = # I need Malaysia = # I need Malaysia money = # I need { Malaysia |c everyting from Malaysia |c even Malaysia motor }

I want to go to Malaysia, I need Malaysia, I need Malaysia's money, I need Malaysia, everything from Malaysia, even a Malaysian car.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__37

# Nigeria don tire

I'm tired of Nigeria.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__38

# anyting from Nigeria is almost bad ting

Almost everything in Nigeria is bad.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__39

# I no need Nigeria anymore

I don't need Nigeria anymore.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__40

# tank you

Thank you.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__41

# I don't need Nigeria anymore yeah

Yeah, I don't need Nigeria anymore.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__42

# { Nigeria is a || Nigeria is } wowo country

Nigeria is crappy country.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__43

# wowo country

A crappy country.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__44

# Nigeria don tire me

I'm tired of Nigeria.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__45

anyting from Nigeria na wowo

Everything in Nigeria is bad.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__46

{ not~ || noting } dey good for dis country wey we dey = # noting dey good > # even di vehicle

Noth-, nothing is good in this country where we're... nothing is good, not even the cars.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__47

# if e come to festivity < we no fit { pu~ || produce } am ?

When it comes to celebrations, we can't pu-... have any?

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__48

# if e come to hospital < # oho oh !

When it comes to hospitals, oh!

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__49

dat one < { we don || hm we don } die patapata

That one, we've suffered too much.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__50

# we don &

We've...

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__51

noting good for Nigeria

Nothing is good in Nigeria.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__52

Nigeria { una || na } bad country

Nigeria is, it's a bad country.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__53

# na bad country

It's a bad country.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__54

# { better mey I go || e better mey I go } die { for || # for } China dan to stay in dis country now

I'd be better off if I went... I'd be better off if I go and die in China than stay in this country now.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__55

# yeah

Yeah.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__56

# Nigeria no dey good anymore

Nigeria's no good anymore.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__57

# dis time around < Nigeria prophet dey too hard o

This time around, Nigeria's prophets are too tough!

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__58

# e &

Uh...

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__59

{ when we || when we || when } we come to New Year ehn < # hey < Nigeria prophet < de dey too bad o

When we... when we... when we get to the New Year, yeah, Nigeria's prophets, they're way too bad.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__60

# eh all of dem dey continue dey predict

All of them will continue to predict.

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ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__61

# { all of dem |r all of dem } de continue dey predict

All of them, all of them will continue to predict.