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===Pronunciation===
 
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* bìlív
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-believe.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-believe.m.ogg</sm2>  
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===Frequency===
 
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 28
 
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 371
 
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 1617
 
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 237
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
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Na sey person mind dey strong sey someting na true.
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* Make person mind dey strong sey someting na true.
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:*{{ux|dv|I believe am. Na im '''believe''' save am.|(Egbokhare_2021, I believe him/her. It was his/her belief that saved him/her.)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|I believe am. Na im '''believe''' save am.|(I believe him/her. It was his/her belief that saved him/her.)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|Na '''believe''' go kill [[holy holy]].|(NSC_Abonyi_2021, Being sanctimonious can be disastrous for a devout.)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|Na '''believe''' go kill [[holy holy]].|(NSC_2021, Being sanctimonious can be disastrous for a devout religious person.)}}
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''faith, belief''
 
* English: ''faith, belief''
  
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===Transitive Verb===
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===Verb===
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Sey person mind dey strong sey someting na true.
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* Sey person mind dey strong sey someting na true.
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:*{{ux|dv|Na wetin I '''believe'''. |(WAZA_10_Bluetooth-Lifestory_MG__110, That’s what I believe.)}}
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#:{{ux|dv|I believe am. Na im '''believe''' save am.|(Egbokhare_2021, I believe him/her. It was his/her belief that saved him/her.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| How person go just come tell you sey one ting one ting you go con '''believe''' am just like dat? Shey you no go look am make you know if na true or na lie? |(NSC_2021, How will someone just say this and that and you'll believe it? Won't you try to find out if it's true or false?)}}
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===Intransitive Verb===
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Na wetin I '''believe'''. |(WAZA_10_Bluetooth-Lifestory_MG__110, That’s what I believe.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E follow wetin e '''believe'''. |(jw__9544, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Can you see, can you '''believe'''? |(LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__96, Can you see ?; Can you believe ?)}}
 
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===Serial Verb===
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Wetin make you '''believe''' sey God really dey? |(jw__5879, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Wetin fit help us '''believe''' sey God get us for mind? |(jw__41941, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Many things dey wey go help you '''believe'''.— Heb. |(jw__26640, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|So, e still need faith to '''believe''' am. |(jw__29260, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Jesus ask Martha sey: “You '''believe''' this one? |(jw__5239, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Wetin make one family '''believe''' sey na Jehovah help dem? |(jw__42452, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Wetin fit make us '''believe''' sey David and Goliath story for Bible na true? |(jw__41983, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Wetin pipo wey no '''believe''' go tok no dey shame me again. |(bbc__3457, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|The message wey angel Gabriel deliver hard well well to '''believe'''. |(jw__35402, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|This sister talk sey: “I '''believe''' sey na Jehovah we suppose thank pass any other person. |(jw__40116, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|“As I dey study science more more, na so e dey hard me to '''believe''' sey evolution na true. |(jw__49546, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|But no be everibodi for di scientific community dey '''believe''' Loeb and Bialy theory. |(bbc__23090, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|We go help dem see wetin mek us '''believe''' wetin we '''believe''', so that dem fit choose by their self wetin dem go '''believe'''. |(jw__6847, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Abraham teach Isaac to love Jehovah and '''believe''' all im promise. |(jw__289, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|But if you want baptize, you need to learn and '''believe''' the main things wey Bible dey teach.— Hebrews 5:12 . |(jw__36298, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|You fit don dey go Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall and '''believe''' sey na dem dey serve God the correct way. |(jw__47140, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Which people dey really show sey dem love theirself and '''believe''' sey na God send Jesus to come save us? |(jw__3395, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Moh we try '''believe''' in oursef, and moh we try support each oder. |(JOS_14_Chibozor-View-About-Nigeria_MG__56, Let's try and believe in ourselves, and let's try to support one another.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|NAFDAC give deadline to end 'Sniper' sell Four tins pipo '''believe''' about blood donation wey no dey true |(bbc__69321, __no translation__)}}
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''to believe''
 
* English: ''to believe''

Latest revision as of 18:31, 14 February 2024

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English believe

Pronunciation

  • bìlîv

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Noun

  • Make person mind dey strong sey someting na true.
  • I believe am. Na im believe save am.  — (I believe him/her. It was his/her belief that saved him/her.)
  • Na believe go kill holy holy.  — (NSC_2021, Being sanctimonious can be disastrous for a devout religious person.)

Translations

  • English: faith, belief

Verb

  • Sey person mind dey strong sey someting na true.
  • Na wetin I believe.  — (WAZA_10_Bluetooth-Lifestory_MG__110, That’s what I believe.)
  • How person go just come tell you sey one ting one ting you go con believe am just like dat? Shey you no go look am make you know if na true or na lie?  — (NSC_2021, How will someone just say this and that and you'll believe it? Won't you try to find out if it's true or false?)

Translations

  • English: to believe
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