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* go 0.54 63583, well-well 0.53 994, fit 0.53 19431, wan 0.50 6206, am 0.50 25602, dem 0.48 66999, anyhow 0.47 644, those 0.46 807, food 0.46 1443
  
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* go 0.54 63583, well-well 0.53 994, fit 0.53 19431, wan 0.50 6206, am 0.50 25602, dem 0.48 66999, anyhow 0.47 644, those 0.46 807, food 0.46 1443
  
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* go 0.54 63583, well-well 0.53 994, fit 0.53 19431, wan 0.50 6206, am 0.50 25602, dem 0.48 66999, anyhow 0.47 644, those 0.46 807, food 0.46 1443
 
* go 0.54 63583, well-well 0.53 994, fit 0.53 19431, wan 0.50 6206, am 0.50 25602, dem 0.48 66999, anyhow 0.47 644, those 0.46 807, food 0.46 1443
  
 
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* English: is
 
* English: is

Revision as of 20:04, 10 August 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • go 0.54 63583, well-well 0.53 994, fit 0.53 19431, wan 0.50 6206, am 0.50 25602, dem 0.48 66999, anyhow 0.47 644, those 0.46 807, food 0.46 1443

Etymology

Borrowed from English dey

Pronunciation

  • dè

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 4034
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 97693
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3

The word is used more orally than in written texts.


Auxiliary

dey: prog. Marker -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
    E dey come.  — (He/she is coming.)
  2. - (frequency:62095)
    Dey see,  — (ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__45, Do you see ?)
    Dey don…  — (IBA_35_Christopher-And-David_DG__135, They have...)
  3. nsubj (frequency:223)
    I dey.  — (ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__4, I am fine.)
    E dey…  — (JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__198, He was...)
  4. mark (frequency:79)
    People wey dey, eh eh wey dey do warehouse.  — (NST_cleaned__18638, __no translation__)
    So you can imagine where you want start to dey…  — (JOS_03_Red-Hair-Facebook_DG__165, So you can imagine where you want to start the...)
  5. advmod (frequency:17)
    No dey…  — (ONI_13_Current-Interests_DG__83, Don't...)
    No dey… ,  — (LAG_36_Marriage_DG__85, Do not...)
  6. mark-obj (frequency:12)
    All dis people wey dey Niger Delta, na dem, dey chop di soup.  — (IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__44, All these people who are in the Niger Delta are the ones who eat this dish.)
    AFP Shell don face serious palava with di people wey dey oil producing areas  — (bbc__10375, __no translation__)
  7. cc-nsubj (frequency:11)
    But de dey…  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__81, But they are... ?)
    Abi, abi I dey… ,  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__28, Maybe... maybe I ....)
  8. conj (frequency:6)
    Write wetin you want find or choose wetin dey and press Find .  — (jw__47102, __no translation__)
    Mr Tinubu say pipo suppose to dey preach peace, tribal war no suppose dey and pipo suppose to dey share.  — (bbc__68635, __no translation__)
  9. cc (frequency:5)
    Sey dem kidnap one pastor, and dem dey…  — (JOS_36_People-Suffering_M__19, That they kidnapped one pastor, and they were...)
    For Mayowa mind now, na English girl she be, Yoruba girl, she be, Hausa girl, she be, and she dey… ,  — (WAZL_09_Talk-Show-Catman_DG__102, In Mayowa's mind, she is an English girl, she is a Yoruba girl, she is an Hausa girl. and she...)
  10. obj (frequency:5)
    Nigeria corruption police EFCC say dem neva see video wia Govnor Ganduje dey 'collect' dollars  — (bbc__73450, __no translation__)
    World Bank don give Nigeria $486 million loan for electricity Wia Nigeria dey 'hide' di light dem wan sell give oda kontris?  — (bbc__101269, __no translation__)
  11. ccomp (frequency:4)
    Okay di ting be sey if na only me dey…  — (ONI_19_Make-We-Share-Di-Country_DG__27, Okay, the thing is that, if it's only me that's...)
    As me I be, I be di kind man wey be dey, dey like to dey talk true, and I dey very straightforward.  — (NST_cleaned__3071, __no translation__)
  12. aux-mark (frequency:4)
    Na the printing machine wey come dey and the strong mind wey people wey translate Bible get, give correct Christians hope  — (jw__26189, __no translation__)
    AFP Jussie Smollett na actor wey tok say dem attack am because e bin dey black American actor, Jussie Smollet don land police hand for Chicago afta dem charge am say e submit fake police report.  — (bbc__10018, __no translation__)
  13. aux (frequency:3)
    Go dey…  — (ONI_15_Gossiping_DG__20, going to te...)
    Any... anyting you do, na she... na di woman, na im go dey...  — (ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__181, Any... anything you do, it's... it's the woman who will...)
  14. advcl (frequency:2)
    Mr Mnangagwa bin promise say im go create jobs for di country where almost 90% of people wey fit work, dey house dey sleep.  — (bbc__68388, __no translation__)
    Di NEMA Zonal Co-Ordinator say right from di first day wen di building collapse naim everybody wey suppose dey ground both goment and security pipo dey dia dey try see how dem for rescue pipo and since dat time dem neva rest.  — (bbc__31857, __no translation__)
  15. flat-obj (frequency:2)
    Nigeria corruption police EFCC say dem neva see video wia Govnor Ganduje dey 'collect' dollars Buhari travel ban: Six oda 'Executive Order' wey don shake Nigeria  — (bbc__73451, __no translation__)
    Im tok about di quarrel between im and Minister for Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as well as di riverine and upland argument for wia di next guvnor suppose come from, say na di turn of Rivers south east senatorial district wia Ogoni pipo dey, to produce di next govnor.  — (bbc__59622, __no translation__)
  16. aux-conj (frequency:2)
    Wetin come dey… , abi na dis, na…  — (LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__34, What is then... or it is this... it is...)
    Na only one winner go dey and e go get one year academic scholarship wey go cover academic text books wey di winner need.  — (bbc__71627, __no translation__)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • go 0.54 63583, well-well 0.53 994, fit 0.53 19431, wan 0.50 6206, am 0.50 25602, dem 0.48 66999, anyhow 0.47 644, those 0.46 807, food 0.46 1443

Antonyms

  • go 0.54 63583, well-well 0.53 994, fit 0.53 19431, wan 0.50 6206, am 0.50 25602, dem 0.48 66999, anyhow 0.47 644, those 0.46 807, food 0.46 1443

Translations

  • English: prog. Marker


Verb

dey: is -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
    E dey here.  — (He/she is here.)
  2. xcomp (frequency:2393)
    Dey patient.  — (bbc__25535, __no translation__)
    Who dey dere?  — (ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__1, Who's there?)
  3. nsubj (frequency:596)
    I dey!  — (KAD_16_Driver-Mechanic-Talk_DG__185, I am here.)
    E dey!  — (BEN_15a_Theology-Demons_DG__102, She's there !)
  4. - (frequency:329)
    Wetin dey?  — (JOS_21_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-1_DG__56, What's there?)
    Wetin dey,  — (JOS_29_He-Loves-French_DG__137, What is happening ?)
  5. mark (frequency:152)
    But na we, wey dey...  — (NST_cleaned__33201, __no translation__)
    ​—Congregation wey dey  — (jw__48918, __no translation__)
  6. cc-xcomp (frequency:75)
    Wey dey good.  — (jw__43499, __no translation__)
    Wey dey house.  — (ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__47, which is in the house,)
  7. aux (frequency:69)
    Wetin come dey?  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__142, What is happening ?)
    So benefit dey dia.  — (bbc__804, __no translation__)
  8. aux-mark (frequency:60)
    E cure everybody wey dey sick.  — (jw__23813, __no translation__)
    E no leave people wey dey sick,  — (jw__9194, __no translation__)
  9. ccomp (frequency:48)
    We dey' very shocked'  — (bbc__9357, __no translation__)
    So dose ones no make us dey united.  — (LAG_03_Lagos-Life_M__79, So, those ones do not make us to be united.)
  10. advmod (frequency:33)
    Just dey.  — (ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__86, Just be there.)
    Just dey now.  — (LAG_02_Oliver-And-Cy_T__54, It is fine now.)
  11. obj (frequency:14)
    Dey correct,  — (JOS_10_Mothers-Against-Mini-Skirts_DG__180, That's right!)
    We call, we dey call am Egbon.  — (JOS_17_Jos-And-Plateau-State_M__33, We call, we call him egbon.)
  12. aux-obj (frequency:7)
    Family dey use this time dey near Jehovah.  — (jw__10532, __no translation__)
    If na salt, never dey am, you add small salt join am.  — (BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__38, If it's the salt that is not sufficient yet, add a little more salt.)
  13. dep (frequency:6)
    Na im dey outside.  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__31, That's it outside.)
    Na plenty money dey inside.  — (jw__28015, __no translation__)
  14. obl:mod (frequency:6)
    For Nigeria over 875,000 slaves dey.  — (bbc__66053, __no translation__)
    I no fit tell you am,  —  how old I dey dat time sha.
  15. advcl (frequency:4)
    If you go dere, di crowd wey you go see, you go see boys dey dere dey fight.  — (NST_cleaned__22234, __no translation__)
    Imagine Iheanacho, if you see Iheanacho dey for small team for England for before, ehn Iheanacho for, for expose many places now.  — (ONI_13_Current-Interests_DG__45, Imagine, Iheaneacho, if Iheanacho were in a small team in England before ehn, Iheanacho would have been... would have been exposed to many places now.)
  16. aux-cc (frequency:3)
    Dem dey too busy, tired or dey stressed?  — (bbc__28832, __no translation__)
    Some fit don old or dey sick, so all of dem no go fit produce the same amount.  — (jw__35272, __no translation__)
  17. aux-dep (frequency:3)
    Why Jew people no suppose dey proud because of their tribe?  — (jw__46349, __no translation__)
    Dis one just dey show wetin dey happun for all over Nigeria.  — (bbc__42193, __no translation__)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • go 0.54 63583, well-well 0.53 994, fit 0.53 19431, wan 0.50 6206, am 0.50 25602, dem 0.48 66999, anyhow 0.47 644, those 0.46 807, food 0.46 1443

Antonyms

  • go 0.54 63583, well-well 0.53 994, fit 0.53 19431, wan 0.50 6206, am 0.50 25602, dem 0.48 66999, anyhow 0.47 644, those 0.46 807, food 0.46 1443

Translations

  • English: is
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