Difference between revisions of "too"
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| − | too: | + | too: sey one ting join another ting, when something plenty, to be like something or somebody |
| − | # | + | # sey one ting join another ting |
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#: {{ux|dv|Animals have right '''too''' really. |(ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__111, Animals have right too, really.)}} | #: {{ux|dv|Animals have right '''too''' really. |(ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__111, Animals have right too, really.)}} | ||
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#: {{ux|dv|E go do house chores '''too''' o, |(BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__173, He will do the house chores too.)}} | #: {{ux|dv|E go do house chores '''too''' o, |(BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__173, He will do the house chores too.)}} | ||
| − | # | + | # when something plenty |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|After this brother advice Nikolai, e no '''too''' tey, police people come call am go their headquarter for Kant. |(jw__941, | + | #: {{ux|dv|After this brother advice Nikolai, e no '''too''' tey, police people come call am go their headquarter for Kant. |(jw__941, __After this brother advised Nikolai, it didn't take long before the police called him to their headquarters. __)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #: {{ux|dv|'''Too''' long. |(KAD_04_Indian-Movies_DG__51, Too long ?)}} |
| − | + | #: {{ux|dv|It's just dat mstchew I no sa~, I no '''too''', '''too''' sabi dance. |(NST_cleaned__14547, __It's just that I don't really know how to dance__)}} | |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | # to be like something or somebody |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #: {{ux|dv| E '''too''' be like im papa|(bbc__94659, __He looks like his father very much__)}} |
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====Antonyms==== | ====Antonyms==== | ||
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| − | * English: | + | * English: also, too |
Revision as of 17:48, 18 August 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- well-well 0.53 994, enough 0.51 309, very 0.48 1537, why 0.47 4261, sometimes 0.47 599, light 0.44 655, plenty 0.44 2558, sha 0.43 392, sef 0.43 1597
Etymology
Borrowed from English too
Pronunciation
- tu
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 145
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 102
- Frequency in raw corpus: 2977
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 132
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Adverb
too: sey one ting join another ting, when something plenty, to be like something or somebody
- sey one ting join another ting
- Animals have right too really. — (ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__111, Animals have right too, really.)
- E go do house chores too o, — (BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__173, He will do the house chores too.)
- when something plenty
- After this brother advice Nikolai, e no too tey, police people come call am go their headquarter for Kant. — (jw__941, __After this brother advised Nikolai, it didn't take long before the police called him to their headquarters. __)
- Too long. — (KAD_04_Indian-Movies_DG__51, Too long ?)
- It's just dat mstchew I no sa~, I no too, too sabi dance. — (NST_cleaned__14547, __It's just that I don't really know how to dance__)
- to be like something or somebody
- E too be like im papa — (bbc__94659, __He looks like his father very much__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: also, too