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

1. 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.)

2. 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)

Antonyms

here 0.68 1186, dis side

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