Difference between revisions of "con"

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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 136
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 136
  
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
  
 
===Definition===
 
===Definition===
* con: aspect marker -- di time wey something happen
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* Aspect marker -- di time wey something happen
  
 
===Auxiliary===
 
===Auxiliary===
  
  
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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#{{ux|dv|As e complain sey di food no good, I no '''con''' buy am again. |(Egbokhare_2020, As he/she complained that the food is not good, I then didn't buy it again.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|As e complain sey di food no good, I no '''con''' buy am again. |(As he/she complained that the food is not good, I then didn't buy it again.)}}
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#{{ux|dv|Na so dat one '''con''', e '''con''' enter im head, |(ONI_18a_Kanpatakwa_M__81, That's how that one, it got to her head...)}}
# '''con'''j:dicto (frequency:5)
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#{{ux|dv|If I '''con''', if de '''con''' resume lectures, you wan do photocopy, you wan buy handout, you wan do test. |(KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__125, If I then...if they then resume lectures, you want to do photocopy; you want to buy handout; you want to do test.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Na so dat one '''con''', e '''con''' enter im head, |(ONI_18a_Kanpatakwa_M__81, That's how that one, it got to her head...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|If I '''con''', if de '''con''' resume lectures, you wan do photocopy, you wan buy handout, you wan do test. |(KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__125, If I then...if they then resume lectures, you want to do photocopy; you want to buy handout; you want to do test.)}}
 
  
  

Revision as of 15:43, 6 November 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • come 0.61 17524,

Etymology

Borrowed from English come

Pronunciation

  • kɔ́n

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 1125
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 16
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 2923
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 136


Definition

  • Aspect marker -- di time wey something happen

Auxiliary

  1. As e complain sey di food no good, I no con buy am again.  — (Egbokhare_2020, As he/she complained that the food is not good, I then didn't buy it again.)
  2. Na so dat one con, e con enter im head,  — (ONI_18a_Kanpatakwa_M__81, That's how that one, it got to her head...)
  3. If I con, if de con resume lectures, you wan do photocopy, you wan buy handout, you wan do test.  — (KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__125, If I then...if they then resume lectures, you want to do photocopy; you want to buy handout; you want to do test.)


Synonyms

  • den, na

Translations

  • English: aspect marker, then