alarm

Naija

From: English alarm

Sey hunger dey catch person.
- Omo, Alarm dey town. — (Brother, people are hungry all around.)
- Dis alarm no blow reach your side? — (Aren't you also experiencing hard times?)
Di time wey person set make someting remind am sey di time don reach.
- Set di alarm to di time you wan your pikin to wake up, come put am ontop table wey far small from where im dey sleep. — (bbc__88055, Set the alarm and place it at some distance away from the child.)
- NASA bin get only 65 minutes of beta weather to take launch, but by di time wey dem check di alarm finish, di time don pass. — (bbc__69351, NASA missed the alarm set to signal the best timing and weather to launch to space.)
Sey somting warn person sey kasala dey.
- Dis happen after dem fail to fly am on Saturday wen one last-minute alarm make di agency to miss dia 65-minute weather window. — (bbc__40704, It happened after they aborted the flight on Saturday because of a last-minute warning that made them miss out on the 65-minute grace period.)
- Oga Gambo explain say wen police bin get di alarm of di kidnap, dem bin pursue dem reach kwosanda junction come exchange fire with dem. — (bbc__76635, Mr Gambo said that when the police got the warning they initially chased them to Kwosanda junction and exchanged fire.)