See abeg on Wiktionary
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80,
84
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"ref": "2024 September 5, Helen Oyibo, “'Except crase enta na di kain tin I don do before, I go do if I become govnor of Edo State' - Asue Ighodalo”, in BBC News Pidgin, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025:",
"text": "But wen pipo no get anytin to take tell pipo say na di tin wey I wan do be dis, abeg vote for me, na im dem go dey take try to yab pipo.\"",
"translation": "But when people don't have anything, people say the thing that I want is this, please vote for me, it is them who will insult people.",
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80,
84
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"english": "But when people don't have anything, people say the thing that I want is this, please vote for me, it is them who will insult people.",
"ref": "2024 September 5, Helen Oyibo, “'Except crase enta na di kain tin I don do before, I go do if I become govnor of Edo State' - Asue Ighodalo”, in BBC News Pidgin, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025:",
"text": "But wen pipo no get anytin to take tell pipo say na di tin wey I wan do be dis, abeg vote for me, na im dem go dey take try to yab pipo.\"",
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