den

Naija

Alternate Form

• dem

Etymology

From: English then

Pronunciation

• dɛ̌n

Play Play

Frequency

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

Adverb

1. na wen person dey talk about time

   • Nobodi see am again since den.  — (bbc__39553,_No one has seen them for awhile_)

   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__)

2. 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__)

3. say upon wetin dey ground

   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, _regardless of what is on ground there is a need to acquire machines, trees and plants to capture cabon in the air and store underground.)

4. 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,)

5. 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.)

6. na when dem wan join someting inside talk

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

7. 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

after, and

Translations

• English: subsequently

Pronoun

1. dem dey use am instead of dem

   • Den con born we.  — (NST_cleaned__23335,(Then, we were born.)
   • Den go know sey we don do am finish.  — (NST_cleaned_38779, Then they will know we have finished it.)

Translations

• English: next in order