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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
* that
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* [[that]]
  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English dat
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From: English ''that''
 
 
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* dât
 
* dât
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-dat.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-dat.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-dat.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-dat.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 980
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 18
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 8214
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 48
 
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
 
 
===Article===
 
dat: no definition, SG.DEM -- Definition in Naija?
 
 
 
# - (frequency:5320)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Dat''' p~. |(IBA_28_Moshood-And-Hassan_DG__73, X)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''dat''' one |(deuber__3302, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj:dicto (frequency:17)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Where Peace dey sef? |(ENU_13_School-Life_DG__97, Where is Peace even?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Dat''', '''dat''', '''dat''', '''dat''' your... |(ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__109, That, that, that, that your...)}}
 
# ccomp (frequency:6)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dere is nothing '''dat''' prayer cannot do. |(LAG_15_Prayer_M__4, There is nothing that prayer cannot do,)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|''Now '''dat''' dis dream don come true, di work go continue.'' |(bbc__8479, __no translation__)}}
 
# obj (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Dat''' our senior for secondary school, |(NST_cleaned__10066, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Is like I told you di oder time '''dat''' Syndora is still alive. |(KAD_04_Indian-Movies_DG__58, Is like I told you the other time that ah, Syndora is still alive.)}}
 
# advmod (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|It'S just '''dat''' shows no dey come as before you understand now? |(LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__17, It is just that shows are not coming as it used to you, do understand now ?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wen goment hear say plot or sting fit happun, goment take steps to protect her, just '''dat''', im tok. |(bbc__5357, __no translation__)}}
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* that 0.80 3460, dis 0.70 19951, this 0.55 6649, waste 0.50 351, anoder 0.49 349, which 0.45 1954, ehn 0.45 1757, enough 0.44 309, long 0.42 690
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* that 0.80 3460, dis 0.70 19951, this 0.55 6649, waste 0.50 351, anoder 0.49 349, which 0.45 1954, ehn 0.45 1757, enough 0.44 309, long 0.42 690
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: no definition, SG.DEM
 
 
 
  
 
===Determiner===
 
===Determiner===
dat: that -- Definition in Naija?
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* Word wey de dey use point to di person or ting wey person dey talk about.
 
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:*{{ux|dv|'''Dat''' na di insect wey I tell you.|(That is the insect I mentioned earlier.)}}
 
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:*{{ux|dv|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.)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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:*{{ux|dv|Na '''dat''' governor dash people money.|(That is the governor who gave out money.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|1.'''Dat''' man. 2.'''Dat''' na di insect wey I tell you. |(That man. That is the insect which I told you about.)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* that 0.80 3460, dis 0.70 19951, this 0.55 6649, waste 0.50 351, anoder 0.49 349, which 0.45 1954, ehn 0.45 1757, enough 0.44 309, long 0.42 690
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* that 0.80 3460, dis 0.70 19951, this 0.55 6649, waste 0.50 351, anoder 0.49 349, which 0.45 1954, ehn 0.45 1757, enough 0.44 309, long 0.42 690
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: that
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
===Pronoun===
 
===Pronoun===
dat: that -- Definition in Naija?
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* Word wey dem dey use instead of person name or name of someting.
 
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:*{{ux|dv|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.)}}
 
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:*{{ux|dv|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.)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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* Na to explain how someting be.
#: {{ux|dv|1.'''Dat''' man. 2.'''Dat''' na di insect wey I tell you. |(That man. That is the insect which I told you about.)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|Na like '''dat''' di matter be. |(Things are exactly as I explained.)}}
# - (frequency:1968)
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:*{{ux|dv|E no suppose be like '''dat'''. |(JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__87, That is not how it is supposed to be.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Dat'''… |(IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__60, that...)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|All '''dat''' na [[showbody]] abeg. |( All that you are putting up is mere show.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Dat'''... |(NST_cleaned__41601, __no translation__)}}
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# case (frequency:797)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Before '''dat'''... |(NST_cleaned__35986, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|no be like '''dat''' |(deuber__6345, __no translation__)}}
 
# ccomp (frequency:127)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Depends on any style '''dat''' you want. |(IBA_19_Beauty-Salon_M__48, It depends on any style that you want.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Dat''''S di only player '''dat''' you have. |(PRT_03_Football_DG__208, That's the only player that you have.)}}
 
# nmod (frequency:15)
 
#: {{ux|dv|And di girl is '''dat''' of di village me. |(ONI_02_I-Like-My-Girlfriend-So-Much_M__5, And the girl is in the village.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|E get mass 6.5 billion times '''dat''' of di Sun. |(bbc__2403, __no translation__)}}
 
# dep (frequency:10)
 
#: {{ux|dv|I don't like '''dat''' of ehn... |(NST_cleaned__32616, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|FURG Di researchers tok say di taste of di bread no diiferent like '''dat''' to regular bread. |(bbc__48341, __no translation__)}}
 
# case-dep (frequency:7)
 
#: {{ux|dv|So Pidgin dey like '''dat''' you get? |(WAZK_13_On-Pidgin_DG__27, So, Pidgin is like that, you understand ?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|But e no suppose to be like '''dat''' now as at church of God like '''dat'''. |(NST_cleaned__15808, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc (frequency:6)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wey you speak Pidgin, ah keep quiet, na bad English, dis, '''dat''', and '''dat'''. |(NST_cleaned__7485, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Even di student dey suffer, do dis, and '''dat''', do dis, and '''dat''', but nothing. |(ENU_36_I-Go-Go-Outside-Country_M__75, Even student will suffer, do this and that, do this and that, but nothing.)}}
 
# advmod (frequency:6)
 
#: {{ux|dv|And '''dat''''s just '''dat'''. |(NST_cleaned__21169, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Johnson don vex too much o.Na '''dat''' one you come tell me?Na '''dat''' and not '''dat'''. |(deuber__6626, __no translation__)}}
 
# advmod-cc (frequency:6)
 
#: {{ux|dv|From dere, struggle start on mysef, I take care of mysef, and all of '''dat'''. |(WAZA_12_Lady-G_M__51, From there, struggle started on myself, I took care of myself and all of that.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|People just bin dey talk say how our Senator go dey for video and all '''dat'''; |(bbc__5774, __no translation__)}}
 
# case-cc (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|And like '''dat'''… |(KAD_11_Edikaikong-Gbegiri_M__95, And, like that...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|And when e dey talk to you, e dey talk like '''dat''', |(ABJ_INF_09a_Children-Story_M__10, And when he is talking to you, he talks that way.)}}
 
# cc-nmod (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Security agencies bin block road to im house and '''dat''' of im deputy Ike Ekweremadu for di capital Abuja. |(bbc__87345, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Im say im go secure di FCT because dia security also mean im own security and '''dat''' of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. |(bbc__59157, __no translation__)}}
 
# obj (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|And we have different part of things '''dat''' eh you have to do. |(KAD_20_School-And-Working-Experience_M__26, And we have different types of things that eh you have to do.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|All dose things '''dat''' eba, dis, and '''dat''', na di portion we dey sey make you dey control. |(NST_cleaned__15417, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wey you speak Pidgin, ah keep quiet, na bad English, dis, '''dat''', and '''dat'''. |(NST_cleaned__7485, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Ehn di ting wey I wan tell woman, women is '''dat''' in life, or let me say for you marriage to work out, you need two things. |(NST_cleaned__13857, __no translation__)}}
 
# case-cop (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|E no suppose be like '''dat'''. |(JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__87, It's not supposed to be like that.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|And e no suppose be like '''dat''', |(IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__28, And it is not supposed to be like that.)}}
 
# discourse (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Dat''' ah! |(ENU_16_Fishfarm_DG__10, That, ah !)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Okay '''dat'''… |(JOS_41_Buying-Drinks_DG__44, Okay that...)}}
 
# det (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|De go say night ticketing, dis, '''dat'''. |(BEN_03_Edo-State-Politics_M__47, They would say night ticketing this and that.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na im be di problem wey make many women today dey get sugar boy, sugar dis, sugar '''dat''' outside, |(ONI_04_Women_M__88, That is the problem that has made many women today to keep sugar boys... sugar this sugar that outside.)}}
 
# dep-obj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Upon say some national football govning body dem don raise di age cut-off for mixed teams for youth level, but for professional game '''dat''' mata na no go area. |(bbc__97397, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Even though say some national football govning body dem don raise di age cut-off for mixed teams for youth level, but for professional game '''dat''' mata na no go area. |(bbc__47787, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc-ccomp (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|E say even though PDP lawmakers dey inside, di chambers wen dem dey sidon no dey open and '''dat''' APC lawmakers dey try to hold dia meeting under di cover of security pipo. |(bbc__45451, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Yekini say e be like say politics sef don dey get hand for di security wahala for di state and '''dat''' im dey shock say just one week to di presidential election, attack happun for Agatu and now wey pipo dey prepare for di governorship election, anoda attack don happun for Gwer-West. |(bbc__101559, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* that 0.80 3460, dis 0.70 19951, this 0.55 6649, waste 0.50 351, anoder 0.49 349, which 0.45 1954, ehn 0.45 1757, enough 0.44 309, long 0.42 690
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* that 0.80 3460, dis 0.70 19951, this 0.55 6649, waste 0.50 351, anoder 0.49 349, which 0.45 1954, ehn 0.45 1757, enough 0.44 309, long 0.42 690
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: that
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Subordinating Conjunction===
 
dat: no definition, COMP -- Definition in Naija?
 
 
 
 
 
# - (frequency:345)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Dat''' it is, |(JOS_10_Mothers-Against-Mini-Skirts_DG__80, That it is...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Dat''' e no get place ah. |(PRT_06_Port-Harcourt_DG__109, That there is no place ah.)}}
 
# cc (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Air force oga Abubakar say, Umar display di core values of di Air force and '''dat''' di Air Force go kontinu to hold Umar for high esteem. |(bbc__13417, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Terrence say di only thing president tell them na to admit say Police oga no follow instruction on top Benue mata and '''dat''' if na di only thing e get to talk, e for no come at all. |(bbc__93288, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
* [[dat know|dat know]]
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|De go do like sey de be city girls so dat you know when dey enter big place like dis ba, dem go know sey ah na babe be dis, |(KAD_22_Chatting-At-The-Restaurant_DG__168, They'll pretend they're city girls so that you know, when they enter a big place like this, they'll know that these are babes.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|One trailer of eh... cement dey go dey follow you so dat people go know sey yes people wey de forget for many years, God don remember dem. |(ONI_07_Dis-Year-Na-My-Year_MG__59, One trailer of uh... cement, they'll follow you so that people will know that yes, God has remembered the people they've forgotten about for many years.)}}
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* that 0.80 3460, dis 0.70 19951, this 0.55 6649, waste 0.50 351, anoder 0.49 349, which 0.45 1954, ehn 0.45 1757, enough 0.44 309, long 0.42 690
 
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
* that 0.80 3460, dis 0.70 19951, this 0.55 6649, waste 0.50 351, anoder 0.49 349, which 0.45 1954, ehn 0.45 1757, enough 0.44 309, long 0.42 690
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[[dis]]
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition, COMP
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* English: ''that''

Latest revision as of 22:00, 28 February 2024

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English that

Pronunciation

  • dât

Play Play

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