legit90:
Hello!!!

I will be seeing you soon.

Interesting initiative. Keep it up!

Are you still here? Please send me all of Cyprian Ekwensi's books in any format if you have them... I've searced eveeywhere! Abeg ooo (loluores@gmail.com)

I don't even care again, who wins or not. I'm just bored sick. Totally unexciting chess from these guys. Classical time controls don't seem worth it anymore.

Time for Carlsen to go down this year. Wishing Caruana the best.

joywendy:
Okay! There is this misconception about mental health in Nigeria. In fact when asked, if you are mentally okay that's when folks remember they have muscles to flex.

Mental health isn't all about the people you see running on the street with tarred clothes eating whatever the hand touches. It is bigger than that.


Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

So it's not an Oyinbo thing. It just as important as our physical health.

Mental health discussion are still seen as taboos in this country, because of this stigma related to this. An organisation has stood up to fight for the vulnerable ones who are affected by this.

I introduce to you MANI

Who are they?

Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (MANI) is a non-profit organization focused on raising awareness on mental health and illnesses as well as working to connect service users to mental health professionals. MANI was founded and registered in Nigeria in December 2015 with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC/IT NO 83725), but was officially launched on the 11th of June 2016 by a team of young doctors and concerned individuals led by Dr. Victor Ugo.

How do they work

Online, MANI has successfully adopted and developed various social media techniques and strategies to shine the light and draw public attention to mental health. In the second half of 2016 several online chats and pictures messages were hosted on Twitter and displayed on Instagram and Facebook with the organization’s official handle with the use of highly relevant hashtags.

MANI currently maintains an organizational presence through their primary online channels: a website, a blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube pages as well as employs the use of offline media channels, such as TV and radio. One of their main services offered is the suicide/distress hotline, which serves to provide suicide intervention as well as mental health first aid to callers; all of whom are subsequently referred to appropriate quarters for specialized care.


So far the online campaigns have experienced remarkable success as MANI, since mid 2016, has grown its community base to more than 500 young people spread across the country and even the world, with a social media following of more than 20,000 followers; which has even only increased the potency of the campaigns so far, both online and offline.

People that use MANI’s services include but are not limited to individuals coping with mental illness, family members of service users, as well as individuals who feel some concern for their mental state. Potential users include those in the area where MANI hopes to expand its hotline and awareness services to.

What makes them unique?

MANI is uniquely positioned as the largest and most active organization that offers a specialized community where no one is discriminated for their illness and where people can speak up freely.

They are focused on removing the stigma that surrounds mental health issues, and creating a comfortable environment for an open conversation about mental health issues. As an organization, they aim to achieve this through online campaigns especially via their social media channels. We will also organize grassroots sensitization in rural communities, workshops, seminars, partner events

Their most unique selling point is the community of acceptance they provide as well as the opportunity for people to tell their stories without fear of stigma.

Source: https://mentallyaware.org/about/

website: www.mentallyaware.org.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MentallyAwareNG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentallyawareng/

Nice finding you here once again, Joywendy. I hope you still play your chess from time to time.

Very interesting initiative here. Whether we like it or not, mental health is here to stay, as it has been even before this era. Keep up the good work.

OP, the word 'whining' is used as a noun there, so it doesn't count as far as using only the 'present tense' form of the verbs.


For a linguistic treatise on the Nigerian Pidgin, see the book by Nicholas Faraclas.

Who else loved the pidgin commentary of Russia 2018 World Cup? A demonstration simply outstanding!

Congrats to GM Sam Shankland for winning the 2018 US chess championships!! I've been an avid fan of his for years in his chess.com IM days, together with Daniel Rensch. Wonderful news.

I'm a Yoruba dude. All the same, these are generic properties that can apply to any and every man. Nor use style to hype your tribe just because of some Nairaland traffic.

In other news...

Google's self-learning AI AlphaZero has ended Stockfish's career. 'He' was said to have learned chess in four hours(!), and then outplayed Stockfish with a surprisingly human style, even repeating a position twice and then playing another move to continue the game instead of drawing! Could 'he' be the strongest chess 'player' ever? Robots are taking over the world oh.

(sigh...) I give up.

walexsho:


Should: Ṣe
I: kin / Emi ( Subject/ object)
Call: pe
Come: wa
help you: ran ẹ lọwọ
You: ẹ
help: Iranwọ OR Iranlọwọ

There's a problem with offering translations in Yoruba in this way. It's prone to inaccuracies.

You've just implied above that ṣé means should. If the person you're teaching then goes on to accept that, they'd be making blunders everywhere! They'd say:


English: You should go.
Yoruba: O ṣé lọ. (ehn)


Ṣé is called a sentential modifier in Yoruba grammar, which is, it modifies the whole sentence. In this case, it's used simply to turn a whole statement into a question. In some cases when translating, you can never really find direct translations, only close equivalents between languages. Ṣé might be loosely translated as "Is it (that)...?" In French, they sometimes say "Est-ce que...?" in front of a statement to ask a question, similar to ṣé


Kín does not mean I. It's only the n part that means I, the kí is a separate word. So it's written as kí n, not kín
So, what is kí?



Kí is called an introducer or a complementizer marking the irrealis mood. Eeehn? What's all this grammar, you might ask.

Kí is also a word put in front of a whole sentence (that's why it is called an introducer). I'll leave out the explanation of complementizer, don't wanna get too complex. Irrealis nko? Irrealis talks about words that express concepts like wishes, prayers, fears, doubts, hopes, obligations, permission, commands etc. within the predicate of a sentence. Some languages like French might call it the subjunctive mood. The opposite of this is the realis mood, which might be called the indicative mood.


When I say, "should I go?" like in your example above, I'm expressing the need for someone's permission, maybe a doubt. That's what kí signifies. It's not only kí that can signify this irrealis mood in Yoruba, there are other words like gbọ́dọ̀ (must), ní láti (have to, need to) and lè (can), but lemme leave it at that.


When the first person singular subject pronoun is used with kí, it changes from mo to n. So it's kí n, not kí mo.

Now, see these examples illustrating these ideas.

I did it. = Mo ṣe é. (realis)

Did I do it? = Ṣé mo ṣe é? (realis. Weird, huh, since it's an expression of possible self doubt. I'll explain some other time)

Should I do it? = Ṣé kí n ṣe é? (irrealis, seeking permission or command)

Should I do it? = Ṣé mo gbọ́dọ̀ ṣe é? (irrealis, obligation as in "Must I do it?", "Have I to do it?", "Do I have to do it?" )

Should I do it? = Ṣé mo ní láti ṣe é? (irrealis, necessity as in "Need I do it?", "Do I need to do it?" )

To the learners, I'm sure by now you can say "Can I go do it?" in Yoruba. The words you need are here in this comment, put two and two together.


All these nuances, very interesting, shey (ṣé)? Maybe I should even just write a book (bóyá kí n tiẹ̀ kúkú kọ̀wé kan sílẹ̀ ni o).

Removed also, sorry. All the content will be in another, more active, thread here.

Removed.

Chai, see feminism palaver inside church again.

Rossikki:


What exactly is ''rubbish'' about what was posted?

What do you disagree with precisely?

Exactly! Clowns like this won't be around to defend their sentimental claims. All they know is how to be as divisive as possible. Unfortunately for them, the linguistic facts don't care about any stupid tribalistic sentiments.

Palaver:
u called me

Lol, omo I no know say I call you oh... but at least you don know the place where your name from derive nah


Acshually, to correct my analysis, e be like say palaver na from the Portuguese version palavra (with 'v') instead of the Spanish one with 'b', dat suppose dey more accurate historically.

Lol, funny thread. But make I just use dis time take clarify some language tins for una (no mind me oh, I be real boti but make I try speak small pidgin).

Anyways though, the vocabulary of the Nigerian Pidgin is predominantly from English. A number of words come from different languages across Nigeria though, which means that you probably have some words in your own dialect you use when speaking pidgin. An Igbo person is more likely to use "Nna ehn" than anybody else. Or a Hausa would say "dat one, ba?" Warri will say "Guy kpom, I hol bar, mek we just va go lanson."... don't ask me what that last sentence means oh

Some other words were introduced into pidgin from other languages like Portuguese, Dutch, French, even from Saõ Tomé, way back when the language was developing during like 5 or 6 centuries from now due to contact with different people that landed on our shores from Lagos to Warri (I hail una oh, the headquarters of Pidgin ) to PH to Calabar. The origin of some of them is quite interesting:

Pikin is from Portuguese peqeño (little, small, little kid)

Va or Vamoose is probably from Spanish (or should I say Portuguese, I'm not so sure) ¡Va! or ¡Vamos! (go, let's go)

Boku is from French beaucoup ((very) much/many)

Sabi is from Portuguese saber (to know)

The older pidgin word palaver is probably related to Spanish palabra and the Latin parabola (word, story, parable)

The words yeye and kuku (or kukuma) in pidgin are of Yoruba origin, that is undisputable. It's a wonder you guys even debated that one at all. At least, the way yeye is pronounced is phonologically close to Yoruba.

The Yoruba word yẹ̀yẹ́ is a noun which is sometimes used as an adjective to qualify other nouns. It means unseriousness or frivolous amusement. It could also be derogatory, with meanings like nonsense, rubbish, useless, silly/ridiculous. It's definitely not the same word that you find in some Yoruba names nah, how will that even be possible? The tone marking is different as you can see in a name like Adéyẹyè which is from Adé yẹ oyè as someone has already explained above.
The argument that yeye is from an Igbo word eyiye that looks like it has a similar meaning to the Yoruba word yẹ̀yẹ́ easily lends fuel to our tendencies in Nigeria here to start stupid tribalistic I-claim-dis I-claim-dat fights. There's no point in doing that. I don't speak the Igbo language. But it's a well known fact that both languages are linguistically related. A number of words in both languages are cognates; they are related. Such as the word for cat (olóńgbò, ólógbo), or the sentence "I am in the house", in both languages: "M nọ̀ nímé ụ́lọ̀" = "Mo wà nínú ilé". Whether yẹ̀yẹ́ and eyiye are indeed cognates is for the linguistics scholars to confirm, I simply don't know.

Kúkú is what is called a pre-verbal adverb in Yoruba, which is an adverb that is located before the main verb. Other Yoruba examples include tètè (early, quickly), ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ (just (with reference to time)) and kọ́kọ́ ((at) first). See how these words have two identical syllables just like kúkú has. Kúkú doesn't have one single meaning. Some of its meanings include: rather, anyway, indeed, just (not referring to time in this case), even, etc... depending on context. It has more or less the same meanings in pidgin.

Una is straight from the Igbo second-person plural subject or object pronoun únù, meaning you (all), no need to even debate that one.

The correct answer is: it's nobody's damn business what language(s) a child is raised, or wants, to speak. Only the caregivers, and the child him-/herself, get to make such a decision. So, forget about 'proper'.




My opinionated answer is: your question is just plain myopic. Bordering on totally silly. Majority of Nigerians are at least bilingual, which makes the country very, very amenable to second (and more) language acquisition, unlike a country such as the U.S. which is largely monolingual. Apart from that, anybody (child or adult), anywhere in the world, is capable of learning any number of languages they want, why are you focusing on just one? Forget all your silly tribal sentiments. Language teaching and learning isn't a matter of all the "oh, you need to appreciate your roots and culture of generations before you" sociolinguistic sentimentality, it's a matter of pure SKILL. That you were not able to speak English so well as an adult is simply a testament to the probably inferior quality of instruction you received for it. Your case does not necessarily apply to many other bilingual people who speak both English and their local tongue efficiently and fluently, so don't make generalisations.


Is there any special importance attached to raising a child to speak English language in Nigeria?

What a terrible question! Goodness, don't you realise that without English,or its pidgin variant, there's no entity called Nigeria? The nation state you claim to be a citizen of, except you're a secessionist? Even secessionist nations still retain some kind of homogenous lingua franca with which to properly conduct and maintain international relations. Small island countries like São Tomé have a uniform lingua franca. The world doesn't care for your mother tongue, that's the real, cold truth. Especially if your nation has no real value to offer the world and is so unbearably diverse, culturally and linguistically. You can choose to continue to stay in isolation, and train your child not to speak English, see how far that child will go in life in this global economy.

No way Femi was gonna win, he was playing against a human chess engine. As proud as I felt on his behalf for making history, my bet was on Carlsen, make una no crucify me sha oh

mrstarkunle:
Stop that! don't let peole hear. Carlsen became a gm in 2004 was already past 2800 by 2009
.2007 he was already a regular GM player

Shey? No be by sentiment, na by age (the younger the better), opportunity and skill.

PAWNS are the soul of chess after all. FM Balogun was dominated for this main reason, among other things.

Where doc nah?

duketunde:
"I encountered the ghost of a dead woman yesterday night/early hours of this morning. Remembering it still sends chills across my body.
Personally, I don't believe in ghosts. I know that it is appointed unto men once to die, and after that, judgment follows. I said let me tell you, to hear your opinion. I don't know who else to confide in about this. I'm a doctor. I can't be telling stories about ghosts online. No one will believe it. I'll sound insane.

Yesterday night that brought in today, I took call for a colleague who was having menstrual pain. She begged me to do the call for her. Then, a woman was brought in with what I suspected to be post surgical sepsis. The op site was soaked with effluent from the wound. The surgery was done at State Specialist Hospital three days prior to presenting to us. Her temperature read "Hi" on the thermometer, which means her body was so hot that the thermometer could not record it. I called my seniors who were in theatre then, told them what I have with me in the emergency, and I took instructions from them. I secured IV access. I gave 2g of IV cefriaxone (Rocephin brand) stat, and IV Flagyl 500mg stat. She was going. I called my seniors again and told them temperature is not coming down after one hour. I was told to give IV PCM 600mg stat. I then reopened the wound, washed with NS, and redressed with savlon and povidone iodine.

She was a Yoruba Christian. She was praying, holding my hands, saying that I should not let her die, that she still has little children at home. She then started behaving abnormally, talking irrationally and screaming, also convulsing intermittently.
At this point, I called a senior who came in, assessed her and told me privately that she won't make it. He told me to continue masterly activity which I did.

She finally died after few hours she was brought in. I certified her dead in her file, disconnected all life support, and went to my house to sleep around 3am when the call got less busy. I was weak and sad. Did you know, this woman followed me home. I was shocked when I felt there was someone looking at me from my window. My body was shaking. I've never believed in ghosts, but she came to my window and stood there, with same clothes she was wearing when she was brought in. She said why did I allow her to die. I was lost for words for a moment, thinking I was dreaming. But damn, it wasn't a dream. I just drank coke from the fridge few minutes ago. I rebuked her in Jesus' name, telling her I did my best. I told her to go back to where she came from. She stood there for a while, looking at me, then turned and walked away. I heard her footsteps as she walked away. I didn't sleep again till morning. I opened the fridge and took out coke and drank, to be sure I was not dreaming, then started praying in tongues to control the fear in my heart."

What can be a reasonable explanation for this?

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Your only mistake right now, is coming on to Nairaland to post this. What responses do you expect to get, especially from laymen ready to point fingers? You're a doctor, which means you have to come to terms with the fact that PEOPLE WILL DIE. Even we will die. That's the very nature of our profession. Our job as physicians or surgeons or whatever, is to offer the best/standard of care we can possibly deliver, in spite of all the constraints of our 'dearly beloved' healthcare system. The case presented as an emergency three days post-op, from another hospital. That's long enough for sepsis and multiple-organ damage to have set in... are you supposed to perform magic then? Even in the most advanced of ICUs that case is most likely terminal. You followed due protocol by calling your superiors who then told you what exactly to do, and which you did in clear conscience. That, my brother, is sufficient. That's how medicine is practised. Clear your mind. And please abeg, don't post this kind of stuff here on NL again, that's my two cents to you.

Question: is LinkedIn the only networking website one can get jobs through? Are there other sites like it that people use?

What is all this? Omo, una get time oh. Time to dey celebrate say na you carry first position for slavery. Na wa.

Kasparov returns to tournament chess. Interesting... let's see how this goes. #stlouis

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Exactly! Bad belle too dey worry some people sef for this thread. As if they are the OP's parents or something. Any reason is a good enough reason for a functioning adult member of society to want to move to another location and conduct his/her business. Well said, bro.

LagLeatherbacks:


Having a separate category (and/or specific prizes) for females is a short term solution to a long term problem. We support similar short term solutions for now.

As you may have hinted, these female prizes are, "to promote ladies in chess". While this may be true, it is does not adequately tackle a much more fundamental issue. Which is, the proportion of female players to total number of players is really really low. Our preliminary statistics based on December 2016 FIDE data indicate about 10% of active FIDE rated players are female! We opine that it is society's historical "negative" views on females playing chess that led to this disparity.

We believe a long term solution is to grow grass root chess for both male and female youngsters.

How will this solution work?

If we introduce a generation of 5 - 12 year old students to the game (equally and without gender prejudice), we will inevitably get a lot of talented and highly competitive youngsters. Imagine if only 0.001 of all Nigerian primary school students have the chess talent gene and are discovered, we would be looking at tens of thousands of future titled players, CM, FM, IM and the elusive GM titles. This new talent pool will have well over 10% female participation, we hope eventually 50%, but even 40 or 30% will be a great start. Since chess does not require the best leg or arm muscles but the best brain, girls and boys are on an equal "nature-set" playing field. Now all we need to do is to equal the "society-set" playing field.

After years of mixed gender competitions, the best of them will definitely include males and females. By the time these youngsters are in their teens, the best females among them will be competing regularly and successfully with their male counterparts and will even feel insulted if anyone invited them to play separately. We would have fundamentally changed the need for separate female prizes in the life time of just one generation.

- LagLeatherbacks

In light of the recent events concerning WGM Hou Yifan's protests about the pairings in the Gibraltar open, what do you guys think?