Difference between revisions of "abeg"

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:*{{ux|dv|'''Abeg''' o! |(ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__121, Please o!)}}
 
:*{{ux|dv|'''Abeg''' o! |(ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__121, Please o!)}}
 
:*{{ux|dv|God '''abeg'''. |(ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__7, God, please!)}}
 
:*{{ux|dv|God '''abeg'''. |(ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__7, God, please!)}}
:*{{ux|dv|I tell Jehovah sey: “If the dog dem reach where we dey, '''abeg''', make we quick die!” When the dog reach where we dey, dem come stop. |(jw__8524, I )}}
 
  
 
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Revision as of 15:04, 1 March 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English pronoun I and beg

Pronunciation

  • àbɛ̂g

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 41
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 278
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 303
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 977

Adverb

Na word wey de dey take tell person with sweet mouth make e do someting or de use take show sey person tire or surprise for someting.

  • Abeg, help me draw di picture.  — (Egbokhare_ 2021, Please, help me draw the picture.)
  • Abeg o!  — (ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__121, Please o!)
  • God abeg.  — (ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__7, God, please!)

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Translations

  • English: please