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Naija

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Na di word wey de dey use point to person or di ting person de talk about.

Dat na di insect wey I tell you. — (Egbokhare_2020, 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 word wey de dey use join anoder word.

Is like I told you di oder time dat Syndora is still alive. — (KAD_04_Indian-Movies_DG__58, Just as I had informed you, Syndora is still alive.)
Depends on any style dat you want. — (IBA_19_Beauty-Salon_M__48, It depends on which style you prefer.)

Na word wey de use show why person do someting or as someting be.

It's just dat shows no dey come as before you understand now? — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__17, Business has not been okay for a while, you get the drift, right?)
No be like dat. — (deuber__6345, It is not as you think.)
E no suppose be like dat. — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__87, It's not supposed to be like that.)
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.) (adv)

Na word wey de 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 eke out 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.)