Pidgin Translation Needed

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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:51 pm

Hey guys. I need a quick pidgin phrase translated. Background: I have had this guy baited for about 2 months. So far he's coughed up 2 bank accounts (one in the US), wasted several moneygram visits and been chopped by a rival guyman who has hacked my main characters email 3 times. He seems to be in to it. My main, who we'll call Mr. Atreides, has talked to him twice on the phone.

The hacker has been sending him taunts and up to yesterday the guy, called Mr. Rogers, has been ignoring him and forwarding his threats to Mr. Atreides, who is baffled. Finally, yesterday he responded to the hacker.

Me:

Quote:

STAY OFF (Mr. Atreides) HE NOW MI CLIENT. U MUST TAKE CARE FROM HAX NEXT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!

Lad:

Quote:

BABA Y NAH

So, my knowledge of pidgin is next to nothing and google hasn't helped. I presume it's an insult, but what does it mean exactly? I need to know so I can put together a good response. Now that I have him talking to the hacker I am seeing a new thread of opportunities opening up....

Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:36 pm

According to various pidgin dictionaries, I've found:

baba = father
y = slang for why
na = not

ya na seems to be something along the lines of "why not" if you look at some example sentences.

I'm not an expert at pidgin so I can't guarantee, but there are quite a few guides to pidgin that define these words as such.

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