den

Naija

Alternative forms

• dema 0.59 374, demma 0.58 122, en 0.56 554, monies 0.55 40, de 0.54 13075, ghana 0.53 2812, stuff 0.53 63, he 0.50 967, plus 0.49 1525

Etymology

Borrowed from English den

Pronunciation

• dɛ̌n

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 182
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 87
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2052
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 189

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adverb

den: subsequently -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Den, e con go church.  — (Subsequently, he went to the church.)

2. - (frequency:1831)

   Den…  — (IBA_08_Music-And-Art-Students_DG__210, Then...)

   Den ogbonno.  — (KAD_10_Egusi-Soup_MG__52, Then ogbonno.)

3. case (frequency:66)

   Since den e don reduce.  — (bbc__19978, __no translation__)

   Nobodi see am again since den.  — (bbc__39553, __no translation__)

4. obj (frequency:22)

   Den dis:  — (bbc__30030, __no translation__)

   Den your egusi...  — (NST_cleaned__36285, __no translation__)

5. ccomp (frequency:20)

   Den de go, until de kill am,  — (NST_cleaned__24196, __no translation__)

   Den we con go first, con reach home.  — (NST_cleaned__32590, __no translation__)

6. cc (frequency:11)

   but den.  — (deuber__5545, __no translation__)

   And den…  — (ENU_05_Children-Culture-And-Igbo_DG__37, And then...)

7. nsubj (frequency:7)

   Di GRA Commissioner-General also add say for di pastors wey go refuse pay tax on dema anointing oil, holy water den tins go chop hot police den court case.  — (bbc__31348, __no translation__)

   Na for March, de Lands and Natural Resources Ministry for Ghana direct de Forestry Commission make dem ban de harvesting, transportation den export of rosewood in de country.  — (bbc__70886, __no translation__)

8. dep (frequency:4)

   Den wen newspapers and pipo damn de message, e vanish from ELECAM regional centre e page.  — (bbc__30064, __no translation__)

   President Nana Akufo-Addo, den in Vice President sit for di VVIP Lounge for di Airport as dem dey chat den smile.  — (bbc__83540, __no translation__)

9. advmod (frequency:3)

   Even den, we go still need machines, trees and plants to capture carbon for di air wey we fit store for underground - forever.  — (bbc__47473, __no translation__)

   Following dema investigations, FDA discover some eight companies who dey behind di 41 skin bleaching creams for both men den women for di Ghanaian market.  — (bbc__49431, __no translation__)

10. conj (frequency:2)

    Den later, aha.  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__191, Then later, aha,...)

    Police for di region release names den pictures of some of di suspects give di public say of anyone get filla, dem go fit assist police.  — (bbc__82495, __no translation__)

11. obl:mod (frequency:2)

    I was very young den, I dey very young you understand.  — (KAD_18_My-Gunners-The-Musician_DG__58, I was very young then; I am very young, you understand.)

    Another major issue Ghanaians dey expect be in di area of roads den infrastructure.  — (bbc__15737, __no translation__)

12. case-dep (frequency:2)

    But since den, I no, I no understand dem.  — (NST_cleaned__29841, __no translation__)

    From den on, Gambino begin make all kind of movement, and some small pikin dem come follow am dey dance.  — (bbc__53163, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• dema 0.59 374, demma 0.58 122, en 0.56 554, monies 0.55 40, de 0.54 13075, ghana 0.53 2812, stuff 0.53 63, he 0.50 967, plus 0.49 1525

Antonyms

• dema 0.59 374, demma 0.58 122, en 0.56 554, monies 0.55 40, de 0.54 13075, ghana 0.53 2812, stuff 0.53 63, he 0.50 967, plus 0.49 1525

Translations

• English: subsequently

Pronoun

den: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:32)

   Den con born we.  — (NST_cleaned__23335, __no translation__)

   Den go know sey we don do am finish.  — (NST_cleaned__38779, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• dema 0.59 374, demma 0.58 122, en 0.56 554, monies 0.55 40, de 0.54 13075, ghana 0.53 2812, stuff 0.53 63, he 0.50 967, plus 0.49 1525

Antonyms

• dema 0.59 374, demma 0.58 122, en 0.56 554, monies 0.55 40, de 0.54 13075, ghana 0.53 2812, stuff 0.53 63, he 0.50 967, plus 0.49 1525

Translations

• English: no definition