Difference between revisions of "better"
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===Adjective=== | ===Adjective=== | ||
* Sey someting or somewhere good pass. | * Sey someting or somewhere good pass. | ||
− | :*{{ux|dv|This travel na really '''better''' one! |(jw__7630, The was really good!)}} | + | :* {{ux|dv|This travel na really '''better''' one! |(jw__7630, The journey was really a good one!)}} |
− | :*{{ux|dv| | + | :* {{ux|dv| Who no like '''better''' ting? If de give you [[okada]] or de give you [[moto]] which one you go collect? |(NSC_2021, Who hates good things? If you are given a motorcycle or a car which will you choose?)}} |
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====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
* [[correct]], [[good]] | * [[correct]], [[good]] | ||
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''better, good'' | * English: ''better, good'' | ||
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+ | :*{{ux|dv|'''Better''' dey chop better food. |(IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__241, You better eat nutritious food.)}} | ||
+ | :*{{ux|dv|Wetin e talk make me remember wetin my mama dey tell us when we small, e sey: ‘E '''better''' to chop vegetable for where love dey.’” So make you no dey worry yourself. |(jw__8409, What he said made me recall what my mother told me as a child that it is preferable to eat vegetable where there is love.)}} | ||
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+ | ====Translation==== | ||
+ | English: ''better'' |
Revision as of 11:44, 14 May 2021
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From: English better
Pronunciation
- bètá
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 84
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 163
- Frequency in raw corpus: 2664
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 154
Adjective
- Sey someting or somewhere good pass.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: better, good
Verb
=Modal
- Better dey chop better food. — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__241, You better eat nutritious food.)
- Wetin e talk make me remember wetin my mama dey tell us when we small, e sey: ‘E better to chop vegetable for where love dey.’” So make you no dey worry yourself. — (jw__8409, What he said made me recall what my mother told me as a child that it is preferable to eat vegetable where there is love.)
Translation
English: better