Skip to main content
Pidgin Insights
Updated over a month ago

COMMON MISSPELLING

CORRECT SPELLING

USE IN SENTENCE

Whyne, wine, wyne, whane

Whine

Shey you dey whine me ni?

Weytin, waytin

Wetin

Wetin dey happen for here?

Way, weh, wea

Wey

Person wey come cry for here non-stop

Nah, nar, nha

Na

Na true you talk

Tok

Talk

Talk am as e be

Sote, soteh, sotay

Sotey

Nack, nak

Knack

Ajebotta

Ajebutter

Ajepako

Ajekpako

Sey,

Shey

Kain

Kind

Which kind thing be thing!

Naim

Na him

Na ein (for Ghanaians)

Na him cause am

Na ein cause am

Dea, dae, day, deh

Dey

Wetin dey happen?

Charley/chale (for Ghanaians)

Charley, do make we go

Borst, bost, bust

burst

E just dey burst my brain

Na wah oh, na waa oh

Na wa o

Adey

I dey

I dey come

Ago

I go

One day, I go blow

Worna, wanna

Una

Wonna (for Ghanaians)

Rydii, rydes

Rydee/rydis (for Ghanaians)

Omoh, omor

Omo


Please note:

  • All English Language words should remain in its original spellings

  • Don’t replace “they” with “dey” (example: they say na something dey make man dey vex)

  • Don’t misuse ‘know” and “no” (example: I know say; as e come ask, I talk am no; them no know say the man wey come here, na him be boss for here)


Double words should be written with a hyphen in-between, examples

  • Quick-quick

  • Looku-looku

  • Talk-talk

  • Corner-corner

  • Before-before

Did this answer your question?