believe

Naija

Alternative forms

• biliv

Etymology

From: English believe

Pronunciation

• bìlív

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 28
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 371
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1617
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 237

Noun

Na sey person mind dey strong sey someting na true.

• I believe am. Na im believe save am.  — (Egbokhare_2021, I believe him/her. It was his/her belief that saved him/her.)
• Na believe go kill holy holy.  — (NSC_Abonyi_2021, Being sanctimonious can be disastrous for a devout.)

Translations

• English: faith, belief

Transitive Verb

Sey person mind dey strong sey someting na true.

• I believe am. Na im believe save am.  — (Egbokhare_2021, I believe him/her. It was his/her belief that saved him/her.)

Intransitive Verb

• Na wetin I believe.  — (WAZA_10_Bluetooth-Lifestory_MG__110, That’s what I believe.)
• E follow wetin e believe.  — (jw__9544, __no translation__)
• Can you see, can you believe?  — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__96, Can you see ?; Can you believe ?)

Serial Verb

1. Wetin make you believe sey God really dey?  — (jw__5879, __no translation__)

   Wetin fit help us believe sey God get us for mind?  — (jw__41941, __no translation__)

   Many things dey wey go help you believe.— Heb.  — (jw__26640, __no translation__)

   So, e still need faith to believe am.  — (jw__29260, __no translation__)

   Jesus ask Martha sey: “You believe this one?  — (jw__5239, __no translation__)

   Wetin make one family believe sey na Jehovah help dem?  — (jw__42452, __no translation__)

   Wetin fit make us believe sey David and Goliath story for Bible na true?  — (jw__41983, __no translation__)

   Wetin pipo wey no believe go tok no dey shame me again.  — (bbc__3457, __no translation__)

   The message wey angel Gabriel deliver hard well well to believe.  — (jw__35402, __no translation__)

   This sister talk sey: “I believe sey na Jehovah we suppose thank pass any other person.  — (jw__40116, __no translation__)

   “As I dey study science more more, na so e dey hard me to believe sey evolution na true.  — (jw__49546, __no translation__)

   But no be everibodi for di scientific community dey believe Loeb and Bialy theory.  — (bbc__23090, __no translation__)

   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__)

   Abraham teach Isaac to love Jehovah and believe all im promise.  — (jw__289, __no translation__)

   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__)

   You fit don dey go Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall and believe sey na dem dey serve God the correct way.  — (jw__47140, __no translation__)

   Which people dey really show sey dem love theirself and believe sey na God send Jesus to come save us?  — (jw__3395, __no translation__)

2. obl:arg (frequency:2)

   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.)

   NAFDAC give deadline to end 'Sniper' sell Four tins pipo believe about blood donation wey no dey true  — (bbc__69321, __no translation__)

Translations

• English: to believe