again

Naija

Alternative forms

• go 0.53 63583, ever 0.53 674, anything 0.52 1115, nobody 0.52 634, back 0.52 3301, e 0.48 46271, just 0.48 5577, if 0.48 11277, quick 0.47 608

Etymology

Borrowed from English again

Pronunciation

• əˈgɛn

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 133
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 114
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2772
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 145

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adverb

again: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:2818)

   again.  — (bbc__52628, __no translation__)

   Comot again.  — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__69, Leave again.)

2. advmod:emph (frequency:74)

   Wetin again sef.  — (JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__62, What again ?)

   Wetin again sef?  — (JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__117, What again ?)

3. cc (frequency:14)

   Do am again, and again  — (bbc__43063, __no translation__)

   use plastic again and again !  — (bbc__3668, __no translation__)

4. conj (frequency:7)

   Do am again, and again  — (bbc__43063, __no translation__)

   use plastic again and again !  — (bbc__3668, __no translation__)

5. advmod (frequency:6)

   Dis na to make South Africa right again, talk Tessa Turvey.  — (bbc__2350, __no translation__)

   Since dis December wey I wan travel so, na because of our oga make me, I no travel again,  — (ONI_01_Salary-Wahala_M__1, Since this December which I wanted to travel, it's because of my boss that made me not to travel again.)

6. compound:redup (frequency:5)

   Ecuador President Lenin Moreno say im withdraw Mr Assange asylum after im violate international conventions again and again.  — (bbc__46412, __no translation__)

   Afta pipo dig di grave di 'prophet' tear di cloth wey dem use take wrap di body and start to dey shout 'Belay wake up' again and again.  — (bbc__12972, __no translation__)

7. advcl:relcl (frequency:3)

   Tori be say, Sridevi no dey move again wey dem find her bodi for di hotel baff for Saturday.  — (bbc__95359, __no translation__)

   —di corrective order fit no be again —if dem suspend am until di place dem one carry di pikin go go ready;  — (hildrights__1559, __no translation__)

8. case (frequency:2)

   She even con tell me sey na normal friend o till again, I con still jam am again.  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__96, She even then told me that it's a normal friendship, till again... I still met her again.)

   So e con tell me sey toh I don do December twenty, con dey request for December again,  — (ONI_01_Salary-Wahala_M__12, So, he then told me that toh, I have done December twentieth and I am requesting for December again.)

Synonyms

• go 0.53 63583, ever 0.53 674, anything 0.52 1115, nobody 0.52 634, back 0.52 3301, e 0.48 46271, just 0.48 5577, if 0.48 11277, quick 0.47 608

Antonyms

• go 0.53 63583, ever 0.53 674, anything 0.52 1115, nobody 0.52 634, back 0.52 3301, e 0.48 46271, just 0.48 5577, if 0.48 11277, quick 0.47 608

Translations

• English: no definition