pidgin: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between speakers of different native languages, typically combining elements from multiple languages and having reduced grammar
- a contact language used for specific purposes, often without native speakers in its early stages
Examples
BetaThe traders developed a pidgin language combining words from English and local dialects to communicate effectively.
Les commerçants ont développé un pidgin combinant des mots d'anglais et de dialectes locaux pour communiquer efficacement.
In port cities, pidgin often emerges as a practical means for speakers of different native tongues to trade.
Dans les villes portuaires, le pidgin émerge souvent comme un moyen pratique pour les locuteurs de langues maternelles différentes de commercer.
Anthropologists studied the pidgin language that formed between the settlers and indigenous people during the 18th century.
Les anthropologues ont étudié le pidgin qui s’est formé entre les colons et les autochtones au XVIIIe siècle.
When we visited the island, we heard a pidgin spoken that mixed English with local words and simple grammar.
Lorsque nous avons visité l’île, nous avons entendu un pidgin parlé qui mélangeait l’anglais avec des mots locaux et une grammaire simple.
- an informal or derogatory term for impaired, simplified, or nonstandard speech in a particular language (e.g., 'pidgin English')
Examples
BetaHe mocked her accent, calling it ‘pidgin English,’ which was both rude and inaccurate.
Il s’est moqué de son accent en l’appelant « anglais pidgin », ce qui était à la fois impoli et inexact.
The teacher discouraged students from speaking in pidgin during formal presentations to improve their English skills.
Le professeur a déconseillé aux élèves de parler en pidgin lors des présentations formelles pour améliorer leur anglais.
Some critics dismiss the dialect as just pidgin, ignoring its cultural and linguistic richness.
Certains critiques rejettent le dialecte comme étant juste un pidgin, ignorant sa richesse culturelle et linguistique.
Examples:
- EN: When I try to reach you on the phone I find your confusion has spread to your staff, where a Japanese listens to Spanish and answers in pidgin English. Caramba!ES: Cuando he tratado de localizarle... he notado que su servidumbre también es rara... un japonés que entiende el español... y responde en un inglés de jerga ¡Caramba!
- EN: All this other is just "looksee-pidgin".ES: Lo demás son fanfarronadas.
- EN: - Bilge pidgin no can do.ES: - No poder abrir sentina.
- EN: No can do bilge pidgin.ES: No trabajo sentina.
- EN: I do bilge pidgin.ES: Yo trabajo sentina.
- EN: Learn pidgin all pipes. Savvy?ES: Comprobar bien tuberías, ¿comprendes?
- EN: Teachee all pidgin.ES: Te enseñaré cómo funciona. ¡Ven!
- EN: He's an experienced trader and he speaks fluent pidgin.ES: Es un comerciante experimentado y hábil imitando acentos.
- EN: - Fluent pidgin?ES: Imitando acentos.
- EN: But you see, Father Dillingham, apart from being fluent in pidgin, speaks 31 native dialects.ES: El padre Dillingham, sabe imitar acentos y habla 31 dialectos nativos.
- EN: I heard enough of your pidgin English.ES: Ya me harté de su inglés malo.
- EN: You don't have to speak pidgin English to me.ES: No hace falta que hables como los indios.
- EN: So you're telling me you actually knew the 16-letter word... for a Suriname pidgin language.ES: Así que me estás diciendo que en realidad sabías la palabra de 16 letras... para el idioma pidgin de Surinam.
- EN: The crocodile tales began, interpreted by Wade, a fluent pidgin-speaker-ES: Los cuentos sobre cocodrilos comienzan, interpretados por Wade.
- EN: A little pidgin Italian.ES: Parloteaba algo de italiano.
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