when

Naija

Alternative forms

• wen 0.68 4261

Etymology

Borrowed from English when

Pronunciation

• wɛn

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 327
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 56
• Frequency in raw corpus: 6393
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 66

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Definition

when: no definition, when.Q -- we dey use am show direct and indirect question for time

Adverb

1. acl:relcl-cc (frequency:2)

   And when you say you just come...  — (KAD_12_Mechanic-At-Work_MG__49, And when you say you just came...)

   So all dese things put togeda, and when you go enter gallop, pah!  — (LAG_31_Road-Safety_MG__58, So putting all these things together, and when you go into a ditch, pah!)

Synonyms

• sotay 0.55 416, while

Translations

• English: no definition, when.Q

Subordinating Conjunction

when: no definition, when.Q -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:5815)

   When you…  — (NST_cleaned__30181, __no translation__)

   But when us…  — (NST_cleaned__23196, __no translation__)

2. advcl:relcl (frequency:77)

   When di man dey… ,  — (NST_cleaned__14343, __no translation__)

   when you dey preach:  — (jw__48894, __no translation__)

3. nsubj (frequency:14)

   When Jesus sey ‘the Kingdom don near,’ wetin e mean?  — (jw__26645, __no translation__)

   E feel the pain wey we dey feel when person wey we love die.  — (jw__20306, __no translation__)

4. dep (frequency:10)

   When mama, when, when, when man dey hustle for money for here, e no dey easy o.  — (NST_cleaned__20042, __no translation__)

   E con be sey na someting wey don happen since one year ago, wey don happen when di...  — (NST_cleaned__38552, __no translation__)

5. conj:dicto (frequency:6)

   When, when… ,  — (NST_cleaned__13206, __no translation__)

   When when you talk about ehm... di student now, for you to... ehn... for you to get admission now, e no easy.  — (LAG_07_Johns-Biography_MG__15, When, when you talk about um... the students now, for you to... um... it's not easy for you to get into school now.)

6. advcl:cleft (frequency:6)

   When e go end?  — (jw__44607, __no translation__)

   When we need to dey patient?  — (jw__45188, __no translation__)

7. conj (frequency:5)

   dem go just go lock di thing to make sure say people-- you know say when people dey suffer.  — (deuber__5866, __no translation__)

   Odah say di wahala begin when one of di villagers wey die and some herdsmen begin fight-fight on top di farm of di victim.  — (bbc__76190, __no translation__)

1. If to sey I start am since when I start work sef, I for don go far now.  — (ABJ_NOU_03_Open-University_DG__122, If I had started it since when I started working really, I would have gone far now.)

Synonyms

• wen 0.68 4261, before 0.67 5895, after 0.67 4737, where 0.64 3085, as 0.62 20188, self 0.62 595, if 0.60 11277, sotay 0.55 416, sef 0.54 1597

Antonyms

• wen 0.68 4261, before 0.67 5895, after 0.67 4737, where 0.64 3085, as 0.62 20188, self 0.62 595, if 0.60 11277, sotay 0.55 416, sef 0.54 1597

Translations

• English: no definition, when.Q