Who can speak, and or understand pidgen?

Question

vayacondios . . . Where do you live? I had no idea pidgen was so broad . . . really interesting. I was referring to the one in hawaiian local culture, but nice bit of info. I know the one in hawaii dates back to plantationdays where you combined english, japanese, chinese, hawaiian, and all the other races that worked the plantation.

mikewonaus . . . Kors I gefum, you know dat . . . way to rock the kanak atak

Mahalo for all those who answered. . . was just wondering how many people actually were from hawaii answering questions about hawaii. Kinda funny to see some mainland person telling others whats good about our aina.

Answer 1

Once upon one time dere waz one young girl named Stacy. Stacy waz 15 years old and stay living in Salt Lake, Hawaii. One day wen we been leave school, one Green Mongoose wen jump out from behind one Samoan girl an wen trow Stacy to da ground. But just when she almost wen scream for help, Stacy had reka notice dat da Green Mongoose stay only licking her face, not going bite em off. An den, Stacy wen figurah fo keep da Green Mongoose fo one pet. Nevah have one name so she had go name her pet Green Mongoose ''Ed.'' Wen Stacy an her da kine pet had go home already, who you tink was ovah dere on do lanai? Az right, was Stacy's Muddah, Lillie. An waaped her jaw fo see da Green Mongoose in da back of Stacy right inside da yard! ''Wat iz dat?'' shouted Lillie. ''It's one Green Mongoose,'' answered Stacy. ''No dah, I can see dat, Stacy, but wat it stay doing heah?'' said Lillie. ''Dis iz my da kine new pet!'' answered Stacy. ''Hoo, dats wat you tink?'' remarked Lillie. No get your hopes up. You know Daddy no like Green Mongooses. But, well, I guess, no mattah if you keep him until you Faddah come home.'' So den Stacy wen grab Ed by the ear an wen take her new pet inside da house--even wen she had know dat her faddah no like. Inside da house, Stacy and Ed had good fun, until Stacy's favorite TV show, ''North Shore,'' had start. By dis time Stacy had forget all about Ed stay running all ovah da house. Until half way true ''North Shore,'' wen Stacy wen come back to reality she wen heah her faddah yelling, ''mad!! Stacy! Get you booty in da bed room...NOW!!'' An den Stacy had rushed insi da bed room fo see waz up. Wen she had go in da bed room, dere waz her Faddah, Eugene, pointing toward da chair. Somebody going tell me waz going on?'' asked her Faddah. Den, wen Stacy had follow her Faddah's fingah where stay pointing, she already know why her Faddah stay so upset. Dere, right in da middle of da chair, was da biggest pile of Mongoose doo-doo she eveah seen! ''I no EVEN like know how dat had got dere,'' said Eugene. ''But you bettah go clean em right now! And you bettah get rid of whateveah wen did dis!'' Well, knowing how her Faddah going aack Stacy already had know, no sense even ask her Faddah fo keep Ed fo one pet. So den, right away Stacy wen fo go look where Ed stay hiding. Afteah looking around, Stacy had find Ed undah da table dat Stacy did her fishing on. ''Come, Ed, time fo find you one new home. Eh, no look at me li-dat, you da one had make doo doo on da chair! scolded Stacy. Tanks eh, cuz of you I neveah going get my own pet Mongoose!! So den Stacy wen take Ed out-si da house and down to da local wal-mart. Dey had one pet section and Stacy had know da ownah would try find Ed one good home. So aftah dey wen say good-bye to each uddah, an say tanks to da owner of wal-mart, Stacy wen walk back home an try fo dround her sorrows by slamming down a half dozen mai tais. But Stacy's time fo feel sorry fo herself pau wen her Faddah had remind her about da doo doos she nevah did clean up. An den, right in da middle of da clean-up, Stacy came tankful dat somebody else going do da clean up from now on. DA END.

Answer 2

Yeah I do. I was born and raised there. Not everyone speaks it there but if you'd lived there for a while or grew up there you don't realize that they're not speaking English. There are very few people who speak total pidgen. But living there you'll automatically speak a few pidgen words here and there. Most people from Hawaii can turn it off and on but still have an accent, and then there are the people who can't like my dad. In some colleges it's a foreign language course.

Answer 3

Pidgin English is a dialect in itself. 100 yrs. old, a conglomeration of all the immigrants & nationalities. It is a very efficient language, limited amount of words, to the point, having a deep meaning. So is the Hawaiian Language. Some people consider it ignorant to speak pidgin, but that's because some words & phrases, ( just like in other languages ) have many different meanings in diferent contexts & they can't figure it out. That's OK but don't put it down. e.g. "Da Kine" has 1000's of meanings, depending on the context used, & all us locals understand completely what the other one is saying right away, it jus comes natural, lai'dat, ( that's another phrase, meaning [like that] ) Just think of how many meanings "Aloha" has. It can mean , hi, bye, I love you, or go to hell! depending on the context. Haole (ghost, or white) is not a derrogitory term until you hear, "f**ken haole! den you better run & pray da whole family not chasing you. I hope dis helped you out Sista, 'cause if you make one mistake it might be fatal. Also if you one haole from da mainland, don't EVER, I repeat Ever try talk pidgin, even if you wen read da book "Pidgin To Da Max" ( May be hazardous to your health lai'dat! ) Aloha! Come visit Hawaii, da locals r very laid back & friendly, but no forget to go home afta you spent all your Kala here.

Answer 4

Pmiya provides a very strong post. Unless a person understands the diction, linguistics and the cultural contributions that other languages made to generate Hawaiian pidgin, one should not give the impression that one is fluent in it. By virtue of interjecting the wrong word, the wrong inflection, or the wrong pronunciation, - a well intended comment could turn into a verbal insult that could easily escalate into physical violence.

Answer 5

i can.
pidgen english-- is from the time of china and british trade--about the time of the opium war or just before--
it is british english word that comes from the manipulation and sardonic mocking humour of the british business and traders of the time

the reason--the word came to be-- is because of the the way the chinese would say the word "business"-- the british--(in all their nasty humour) lovingly and mockingly broke it down to "pidgen" english (chinese business english) -
I live in china-- i am british--and canadian--
i have blog also called pidgen english on another site--(which i hardly ever use anymore)
but--anyway-- thats the story--
it is basically-- the understanding of an english which is broken into simple basic form-- and corrupted in words and utterances--and then added with foreign tones and accents-- --it is a simple -crude-- corrupted english--
and yes--i do speak it here-
cheers

p.s--the note above--with the" me ay you ay-" etc etc- is not pidgen-it is a form of pig latin-- (however--it is not in its correct form either--they forgot to drop the first constanant--anyway--cheers again)

Answer 6

Yea Brah we spik da pidgin - - - it is a living language as deeply inlkuenced by hip hop as by the traditions of the past. Where Dat, da kine grind 'em, choke da mouth, broke da mouth. It is a fun lingo becoming quite international. Peace.

Answer 7

Aloha Oi Jeenyess!!
I LOVE da kine pidgen & you da man! [even wen you da babe, wotevaz sista/brudda/lolo/wotz, bodder you?!]
k-den so wotz da prob, u-phuka? Ya jes wanna talk story or youz gotta nutta issue? Cuz we kin da kine paka n diz n dat or wot? You got? K-den! We go!
'Pidgen toda Max' iz wonna my fav boox! Chancem!
k-den-la8rz Mahalo fer da 2 ptz, cuz - li dat!

Answer 8

Da kine fo real. It li dat you know. But yea da language ova dea is so good, like you aint goin' find no betta language den da kine..

Howz dat fo pidgeon.

Answer 9

ME CAN SPEAK&UNDERSTAND PIDGEN BRA!IMMA 1/2 HAWAIIAN FOLK!

Answer 10

i can kinda understand it, but have not learned to speak mostly cause my mom would kill me.

Answer 11

Depends...which dialect of pigeon?