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excite [ik siit]
(past and past participle excited, present participle exciting, 3rd person present singular excites)
verb
1. transitive and intransitive verb stimulate favorably: to cause somebody to feel enjoyment or pleasurable anticipation
a book with an opening that fails to excite
2. transitive verb stimulate somebody unfavorably: to make a person or animal feel nervous apprehension or an unpleasant state of heightened emotion
Don't excite the dog or he'll bite.
3. transitive verb arouse somebody physically: to cause somebody to feel physical desire
4. transitive verb arouse emotion: to cause somebody to feel a particular emotion or reaction
excite suspicion
[14th century. Directly or via French < Latin excitare "rouse" < ciere "summon, set in motion"]
-excited, adjective
-excitedly, adverb
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//(past and past participle excited, present participle exciting, 3rd person present singular excites)//
verb
1. __transitive and intransitive verb stimulate favorably:__ to cause somebody to feel enjoyment or pleasurable anticipation
a book with an opening that fails to excite
2. __transitive verb stimulate somebody unfavorably:__ to make a person or animal feel nervous apprehension or an unpleasant state of heightened emotion
Don't excite the dog or he'll bite.
3. __transitive verb arouse somebody physically:__ to cause somebody to feel physical desire
4. __transitive verb arouse emotion:__ to cause somebody to feel a particular emotion or reaction
excite suspicion
[14th century. Directly or via French < Latin excitare "rouse" < ciere "summon, set in motion"]
-excited, adjective
-excitedly, adverb
Discussion
Nice idea. This should help me ….
The whole idea no bad sha, only say una go need to let pple no wetin una wan get for inside dis kin tin. If una fit mak evribodi bliv una, no shakin. But e for good if you go cari yua moni do anoda beta tin bcos so many tin dey wey dey cry for moni instead mak you com put for this yeye tin, abi you bi kpass sef?
i saw this web side in my e mail and i dont understand your ideas,purposes and the reasons of this web site>
Thanks,
lummy
this is indeed an educative ideas, please orientiate me the more.
I can imagine how interesting this will turn out to be.
Dis wan na helele! it will go along way to help
wetin jus dey make una head dey big for this blog sef? BASKET MOUTH no see wetin do na to open one EKPA(MUMU) BLOG. mr basket u don big pass dis tin na, abi u be kpassssssssssssssssssssss?
Omeh Joseph, na leg dey pain who see u no run.Na una type dey yeye we country!na who u b sef?Kpasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
Your responce does not potray as any good THING. you are just a cynic who knows he price of everything and he value of nothing.
well…unu try escept 4 does wey form boti, cum dey blow grama 4 pidgin blog. u try oga basketmouth. mek ya mouth leak wel wel dis ya. orueh lk u
Iam truly impressed,please keep it up.
Una try ohhh,make una do keepam well,well oh
No shaking and nothing do u.abey make i ask u this question.u bi ur papa pickin or ur landlord pickin.u just dey make our head dey swell.
splendid idea,fingers are crossed
The stuff make sense sha…..Bcos oyibo no be our papa langauge,especially we wen come from Delta…u no say Warri man nor they carry last,& you know say person nor fit beat your papa for fight,Highest thing e go b draw or tuff.i over like this ideal… God bless u yafu yafu like say 2moro nor day at all.Aboki 4life
Basket mouth , u don dey kabash like morrow no dey. i like ur idea sha. nothing do ur papa at all oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
e be like say gutter water dey ur head or u don drink toomuch of gari wey make u no dey rizen well wetin make u think say u get pigin english dictionary 4 net. o guy try wake up from ur slumber
mike,u sure say no b u guta water dey im head?d guy no say im get pigin dikko,he say mak we try form am abi no b person form d one wey u dey use.
i don't seems to understand this yarn. what is this site meant to achieve?
Hey people, i cant wait 2 start enjoying this website! This is a change and as you know, change is a good thing!
see as u dey happi and u no fit write for pigin.
Shame to bad people like Omeh Joseph Ilema!!!!
pls keep it up.don't stop until u get der. we dey ur back no shackin @ all.
u don get small money, u nor fit use am start business na website u dey use am do… come u well self?
abi na becoss i dey laugh for ur jokes… nor wori ur market go spoil for Benin.
MY DEAR,
IF DEM DEY FIND FISH EYE TAKE DO JUJU NA IM HEAD DEM DEY TAKE HAND GO TOUCH. FORGET ALL THESE VERB TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE. IT MAKES D WHOLE THING TOO PLASTIC FOR OUR BROKIN .YOUR IDEA IS GOOD BUT YOUR GRAMA TOO MUCH.YOU GO COME LET D REAL PEOPLE WEY FIT CONTRIBUTE DEY DODGE.
JUS BREAK DI THING DOWN TELL US WETIN YOU WANT WE GO GI YOU
wetin be the proof say na even basketmouth dey plan this thing sef. this na nija and w4e all know say the next man dey look for who go fall mugu for am.
pidgin no fit lose lailia becos e don become part of the system and foruna information pidgin no just get one way to speak am the major thing na sy you speak am as you know am and the next man understand. this yeye analysis of the language dey make am like say na university course sylabus them one do.
another thing when i dey wounder na im be say if una suceed to make this thing happen, ego mean say una go wan go the next level em be say make una print the dictionary. if e com bi say una suceed with that project then how una wan take settle all the contributors and spend their time the full una page?
BROS, GET A LIFE ABI COMEDY NO DEY PAY AGAIN?
Pidgin na the koko, nothing fit spoil am no be you sef, as e be so,na im i dey yarn 24/7 no shaking and I wan let u know say potokri dey gbadu am.
"una don fall my hand ooo for dis website wey una just open so
well make i no enter una too much..
the thing be sey i for like am if una been put una fone no. for hia so all man go fit bell una."
Translate that for a start
Eh Basket no be bad idea you bring so sha! i just gada one quest for you to give me de solu- eh transitive and intransitive no suppose get invitation for where pigin sidon talk less room and palor as you don give am so! explain to me in one answer if de expression SHOOO! fit find lev for verb or onamotopea (de spelling no complete kwa)When you do, i go reverba enough pigin for you! MUCH LOVE BRA!
Wetin dey now? I no realli digg this but bebe must to go mehn!! nuff props
Wetin be the big tin about Web site? on or off e no affect me. Just help me do one tin, no in your life time send anytin like dis to my mail abeg. just imagin
basket mouth,u don stat beta tin u wan com spoil am again.wetin concern transitive n all dos yeye grama 4 we talk.abi na true my sister,Gloria iheyen,talk?com if u wan tak us mak pepe sake of say comedy no pay again,ur mouth no go leak lik basket again o!people no go laf again if u climb stage o
well de idea no bad but when e go begin yield money make them make we contributors to follow benefit no be basketmouth alone oh!
anyway sha i bin no know wetin bring dat kan idea come ur rastafarian head but me i see am say e go better make we ma sef prove to d OYINBOS dem say we ma we get our own language we dem ma go fit len.Another tin be sey, you sure sey wetin Gloria Ihenyen talk no be true so? say unna wey dey for d intatainment industry wan take our idea make money.But anma ko da yake, na beta idea u bring come but i go like make u remove dat transitive verb nonsense so dat common man wey no go scool sef go fit contribution to ur innovation.BROS. ABEG CARRY GO WE DEY YOUR BACK…………..
the idea dey,e good make we no use oyibo english kill our beloveth pidgin.na nice idea,na proof say our entertainment industry dey mature everyday.
Anyway sha, i just siddon my own, u carry ur big mouth come. Iyanga dey sleep trobulu go wake am.
When mugu fall so, guy man na him go chop. I no wan fall mugu for any bodi even to basket mouth so. i wan hear wetin dey happon for Niaja. Dis site na korate site.
The whole stuff make sense, i feel like crazy. Make una keep up the good work. I don dey expect sometin like for some time now.
The whole stuff make sense, i feel like crazy. Make una keep up the good work. I don dey expect sometin like for some time now.
i love ur ideas keep it up. but make u try dey surge small small and make u dey tank man Goddee wen e give us d opportunity to talk dis kind talk 4 niger
i see de tin wey u de try do. how e go de possible? how u wan do am sef? me no understnd am at all. anyway sha, till u finnish
i don si d whole koko sha but i no rili undastand how u wan make we send d thing cos we get plenti to join abeg let us know more.sodat our language no go loss.
evention na wetin we Great Nigerians like this lack. for say u think about am na something, for say u still mean am verywell, na another gbosa. but Bros, make u no forget something, LANGUAGE IS EVERLY CONVENTIONAL. U stil have a very long way to go by conducting and co-ordinating a generally accepted means of speaking pidgin. u don start am, make u no relent oo. may be na wetin go make become real hero of our time apart from your "COMEDY"
Bros!!!!!!!! person wey say wetin u dey do no make sense don kolo. oyinbo dey value dem language,dem even dey force Africans speak am,if u speak ur papa language dem go say u dey speak vernacular, which time we wan value our own things. we be African and Naija 2 the core,may we try promote pigin!!!!!!!!!
Bros!!!!!!!! person wey say wetin u dey do no make sense don kolo. oyinbo dey value dem language,dem even dey force Africans speak am,if u speak ur papa language dem go say u dey speak vernacular, which time we wan value our own things. we be African and Naija 2 the core,may we try promote pigin!!!!!!!!!
dis wan mak sense no bi small.
basket mouth i am a big fan o.bye bye to oyinbo man language na waffi we wnt.dem fada
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I find this discussion of local dialects quite stimulating. Oops. Time for a happy hour cocktail, gentlemen.
Regards,
Dr. Alfred Alexander, Phd.
If anyone wishes to email me regarding this discussion, my email address is
doctor.edwardson@gmail.com
Thank you