Difference between revisions of "be"

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:* {{ux|dv| I '''be''' my papa pikin. |(NSC_2021, I am my father's child)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| I '''be''' my papa pikin. |(NSC_2021, I am my father's child)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|E '''be''' pastor |(Egbokhare_2020. He/she is a pastor.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|E '''be''' pastor |(Egbokhare_2020. He/she is a pastor.)}}
:* {{ux|dv|Na im '''be''' sey oder girls no get eye? |(NST_cleaned__26708, __Meaning other girls are not selective.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|If you and woman fight, she hold your [[prick]] Na dead '''be''' dat o my, my broda. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. If a woman hit your manhood while fighting with you, it may kill you.)}}
 
 
:* {{ux|dv|Na people wey sabi someting '''be''' dat now. |(NST_cleaned__18410. Those are the wise people.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|Na people wey sabi someting '''be''' dat now. |(NST_cleaned__18410. Those are the wise people.)}}
:* {{ux|dv|Even uh... dis uh... polio wey e dey waka wey be sey pikin go, you go born pikin, e no go quick waka! |(BEN_09_Tailoring-Immunization_MG__63, Even uh... this uh... polio which is getting around which makes a child... you will give birth to a child and it won't walk on time!)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|But person wey be sey e go school, e dey pedal come front, na small work, na im we go do for dat person body. |(BEN_09_Tailoring-Immunization_MG__28, But for someone who happens to have gone to school, if they're pedalling forward, we just do a bit of work on them.)}}
 
  
 
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Revision as of 15:47, 7 September 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English be

Pronunciation

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Verb (Copula)

  • Word wey dem dey take show sey person, people, ting or wetin many pass one dey as e dey.
  • Dem be tief.  — (NSC_2021, They are thieves.)
  • I be my papa pikin.  — (NSC_2021, I am my father's child)
  • E be pastor  — (Egbokhare_2020. He/she is a pastor.)
  • Na people wey sabi someting be dat now.  — (NST_cleaned__18410. Those are the wise people.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: am, is,are