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| − | dere: no | + | # dere: place/situation wey be sey e no near di person wey dey talk |
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#: {{ux|dv|Who dey '''dere'''? |(ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__1, Who's there?)}} | #: {{ux|dv|Who dey '''dere'''? |(ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__1, Who's there?)}} | ||
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #: {{ux|dv|no go '''dere'''. |(Dont go there.)}} |
| − | # | + | # someting wey person don say or do wey be sey e no near wetin e dey talk or do now now |
| − | + | #: {{ux|dv| When I write di book, I talk for dere sey e better make I jump from ontop roof dan make I chop beans. | (When I wrote the book, I said there that I'd rather jump from the roof of my house than eat beans) }} | |
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| − | + | here 0.68 1186, dis side | |
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* English: no definition, there | * English: no definition, there | ||
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Revision as of 04:46, 21 August 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- there 0.79 972, der
Etymology
Borrowed from English dere
Pronunciation
- dere*
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 206
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 80
- Frequency in raw corpus: 905
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 391
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Adverb
- dere: place/situation wey be sey e no near di person wey dey talk
- Who dey dere? — (ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__1, Who's there?)
- no go dere. — (Dont go there.)
- someting wey person don say or do wey be sey e no near wetin e dey talk or do now now
- When I write di book, I talk for dere sey e better make I jump from ontop roof dan make I chop beans. — (When I wrote the book, I said there that I'd rather jump from the roof of my house than eat beans)
Derived forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
here 0.68 1186, dis side
Translations
- English: no definition, there
Pronoun
dere: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:55)
- Dere are… — (WAZL_10_Oga-Madam_DG__50, There are...)
- Dere was dis eh... — (BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__2, There was this, uh...)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- there 0.79 972, here 0.68 1186, where 0.64 3085, ehn 0.58 1757, outside 0.56 702, drive 0.53 431, farm 0.52 413, dirty 0.52 242, anywhere 0.51 224
Antonyms
- there 0.79 972, here 0.68 1186, where 0.64 3085, ehn 0.58 1757, outside 0.56 702, drive 0.53 431, farm 0.52 413, dirty 0.52 242, anywhere 0.51 224
Translations
- English: no definition