dat

Naija

Alternative forms

• that

Etymology

From: English that

Pronunciation

• dât

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Determiner

• Word wey de dey use point to di person or ting wey person dey talk about.

• Dat na di insect wey I tell you.  — (That is the insect I mentioned earlier.)
• Even di student dey suffer, do dis, and dat, do dis, and dat, but nothing.  — (ENU_36_I-Go-Go-Outside-Country_M__75, Despite all efforts suffering persists even for students.)
• Na dat governor dash people money.  — (That is the governor who gave out money.)

Pronoun

• Word wey dem dey use instead of person name or name of someting.

• From dere, struggle start on mysef, I take care of mysef, and all of dat.  — (WAZA_12_Lady-G_M__51, I started trying to make a living from that time on.)
• Security agencies bin block road to im house and dat of im deputy Ike Ekweremadu for di capital Abuja.  — (bbc__87345, The security agents barricaded the road to his house and that of the deputy Ike Ekweremadu in Abuja.)

• Na to explain how someting be.

• Na like dat di matter be.  — (Things are exactly as I explained.)
• E no suppose be like dat.  — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__87, That is not how it is supposed to be.)
• All dat na showbody abeg.  — ( All that you are putting up is mere show.)

Antonyms

dis

Translations

• English: that