Difference between revisions of "deir"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
* [[their]] 0.81 3355, [[dia]]ḧ 0.76 11206
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* [[dia]], [[dier]]
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
From English ''deir''
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From: English ''their''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* djà
 
* djà
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-deir.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-deir.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-deir.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-deir.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 164
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 93
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 747
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 463
 
 
 
  
 
===Pronoun===
 
===Pronoun===
* Use for group of person minus de speaker.
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* Word wey de dey use dey talk about wetin concern people minus di person wey dey talk and di person wey e dey follow talk di talktalk.  
 
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Deir''' problem be sey dem no dey hear word. |(Their problem is that they do not listen.)}}
 
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:* {{ux|dv| Maybe oga no wan pay '''deir''' salary. |(Maybe the boss doesn't want to pay their salary.)}}
#{{ux|dv|'''deir''' problem be sey dem no dey hear word. |(Egbokhare_2021, Their problem is that they do not listen.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|Maybe Buhari no wan pay '''deir''', '''deir''' salary now. |(ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__148, Maybe Buhari does not want to pay their salary now.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|All my friends de are dere wit me, and let dem take care of '''deir''' sef, meh dem be careful for, for two thousand and eighteen wey de have so. |(ONI_02_I-Like-My-Girlfriend-So-Much_M__34, All my friends that are there with me, let them take care of themselves; let them be careful in...in... two thousand and eighteen which they are now.)}}
 
 
 
 
====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
* deirsef
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* [[deirsef]]
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* our 0.64 5912
 
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''their''.
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* English: ''their''

Latest revision as of 10:27, 5 May 2023

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English their

Pronunciation

  • djà

Play Play

Pronoun

  • Word wey de dey use dey talk about wetin concern people minus di person wey dey talk and di person wey e dey follow talk di talktalk.
  • Deir problem be sey dem no dey hear word.  — (Their problem is that they do not listen.)
  • Maybe oga no wan pay deir salary.  — (Maybe the boss doesn't want to pay their salary.)

Related forms

Translations

  • English: their