dere

Naija

Alternative forms

• there 0.79 972, der

Etymology

Borrowed from English dere

Pronunciation

• dere*

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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: no definition, there -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:711)

   Who dey dere?  — (ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__1, Who's there?)

   Don'T go dere.  — (ONI_04_Women_M__45, Dont go there.)

2. case (frequency:189)

   Na for dere.  — (NST_cleaned__8051, __no translation__)

   from dere...  — (NST_cleaned__34431, __no translation__)

3. advmod (frequency:9)

   So he was thinking he would get di two dere.  — (ONI_13_Current-Interests_DG__124, So, he was thinking he would get the two there.)

   Go to Bodija now, go, and see what is happening dere.  — (IBA_18_Money-Wahala_M__48, Go to Bodija now, go and see what is happening there.)

4. cc (frequency:7)

   Look at di building here and dere.  — (ONI_07_Dis-Year-Na-My-Year_MG__1, Look at the buildings here and there.)

   everything dey fluctuate here and dere  — (deuber__5173, __no translation__)

5. conj (frequency:3)

   So dere, and den, patapata, I just come back.  — (KAD_13_Entering-University_MG__89, So there and then, I finally came back.)

   den it means di thing go affect dose wey know book dere and dose people wey carry expo  — (deuber__2333, __no translation__)

6. appos (frequency:3)

   My guy dey dere Christiano Ronaldo.  — (NST_cleaned__20346, __no translation__)

   So as I carry you go outside work, so e give you work dere to, to do.  — (NST_cleaned__11286, __no translation__)

7. obl:mod (frequency:3)

   and to di glory of God di man kuku dey dere with di wife  — (deuber__884, __no translation__)

   But since when I leave di work, hm na dere o wahala start.  — (NST_cleaned__23364, __no translation__)

8. mark (frequency:2)

   if dere...  — (NST_cleaned__32902, __no translation__)

   You fit go anywhere now if you... if you note... if dere...  — (WAZL_08_Edewor-Lifestory_MG__94, Yo can go anywhere now if you... if you note... if there...)

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, there

Pronoun

dere: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (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...)

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