Pig Latin: What Is It and Some Examples
Peppa Pig
Pig Latin. Seeing that phrase, reading that phrase, and hearing that
phrase makes you think that this, as in Pig Latin, must be
some kind of a
classical way of oinking. But it isn’t. Because Pig Latin is a language game. And
in this language game, the English words are semi-jumbled
and added an -ay ending. Was that confusing? Because I was
also confused.
Let me try again. Pig Latin is a fun,
coded way
to talk so others won’t immediately understand whatever you
are saying. This isn’t difficult to learn because all you
need to do is take away the first consonant of the word,
place it at the end of the word + add the (ay) suffix after.
If the word has many consonants at the beginning of the
word, then you take those first string of consonants, place
them at the end of the word + add the (ay) suffix after. If
the word starts with a vowel, all you need to do is add
“way” at the end of the word. For more information, check
the short vocabulary list below.
- good morning: oodgay orningmay
- good afternoon: oodgay afternoonway
- good evening: oodgay eveningway
- good night: oodgay ightgay
- goodbye: oodgay yebay
- hello: ellohay
- what is your name: atwhay isway ouryay amenay
- how are you: owhay areway ouyay
- I don’t know: Iway on’tday owknay
- thank you: ankthay ouyay
- excuse me: excuseway emay
- please: leasepay
- sorry: orrysay
- I miss you: Iway issmay ouyay
- I love you: Iway ovelay ouyay
- get well soon: etgay ellway oonsay
- happy birthday: appyhay irthdaybay
- long time no see: onglay imetay onay eesay