Difference between revisions of "dey"
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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* dè
 
* dè
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-dey.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-dey1.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-dey.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-dey1.m.ogg</sm2>  
  
 
===Frequency===
 
===Frequency===
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#:* {{ux|dv| E '''dey''' go school. | (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, He/She goes to school)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| E '''dey''' go school. | (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, He/She goes to school)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| All dis people wey Niger Delta, na dem, '''dey''' chop di soup. |(IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__44, The people of the Niger Delta are the ones who eat the dish.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| All dis people wey Niger Delta, na dem, '''dey''' chop di soup. |(IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__44, The people of the Niger Delta are the ones who eat the dish.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv| Mr Tinubu say pipo suppose to '''dey''' preach peace.|(bbc__68635, Mr Tinubu said that people should preach peace.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|As me I be, I be di kind man wey be sey I '''dey''' like to '''dey'''  talk true, and I '''dey''' very straightforward. |(NST_cleaned__3071, __no translation__)}}
  
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Dey''' see, |(ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__45, Do you see ?)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Dey''' don… |(IBA_35_Christopher-And-David_DG__135, They have...)}}
 
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# nsubj (frequency:223)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|I '''dey'''. |(ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__4, I am fine.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E '''dey'''… |(JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__198, He was...)}}
 
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# mark (frequency:79)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|People wey '''dey''', eh eh wey '''dey''' do warehouse. |(NST_cleaned__18638, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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...)}}
 
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# advmod (frequency:17)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|No '''dey'''… |(ONI_13_Current-Interests_DG__83, Don't...)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|No '''dey'''… , |(LAG_36_Marriage_DG__85, Do not...)}}
 
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# mark-obj (frequency:12)
 
  
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#: {{ux|dv|AFP Shell don face serious palava with di people wey '''dey''' oil producing areas |(bbc__10375, __no translation__)}}
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====Antonyms====
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# cc-nsubj (frequency:11)
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* [[don]]
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#: {{ux|dv|But de '''dey'''… |(ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__81, But they are... ?)}}
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====Translations====
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#: {{ux|dv|Abi, abi I '''dey'''… , |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__28, Maybe... maybe I ....)}}
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* English: ''prog. Marker'' ''is''
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# conj (frequency:6)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Write wetin you want find or choose wetin '''dey''' and press Find . |(jw__47102, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Mr Tinubu say pipo suppose to '''dey''' preach peace, tribal war no suppose '''dey''' and pipo suppose to '''dey''' share. |(bbc__68635, __no translation__)}}
 
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# cc (frequency:5)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Sey dem kidnap one pastor, and dem '''dey'''… |(JOS_36_People-Suffering_M__19, That they kidnapped one pastor, and they were...)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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...)}}
 
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# obj (frequency:5)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Nigeria corruption police EFCC say dem neva see video wia Govnor Ganduje '''dey''' 'collect' dollars |(bbc__73450, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
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# ccomp (frequency:4)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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...)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
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# aux-mark (frequency:4)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
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# aux (frequency:3)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Go '''dey'''… |(ONI_15_Gossiping_DG__20, going to te...)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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...)}}
 
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# advcl (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
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# flat-obj (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
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# aux-conj (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Wetin come '''dey'''… , abi na dis, na… |(LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__34, What is then... or it is this... it is...)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
  
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====Derived forms====
 
  
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==Naija==
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===Alternative forms===
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* [[de]], [[they]]
  
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====Synonyms====
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===Etymology===
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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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From: Unknown
  
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====Antonyms====
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===Pronunciation===
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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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* dé
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-dey2.f.ogg</sm2>
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-dey2.m.ogg</sm2>
  
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====Translations====
 
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* English: prog. Marker
 
  
 
===Verb===
 
===Verb===
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dey: is -- Definition in Naija?
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Sey person dey alright
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#: {{ux|dv|I '''dey'''. |(ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__4, I am fine.)}}
  
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Make e be sey e get where person dey stay and how body dey di am.
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#: {{ux|dv|AFP Shell don face serious palava with di people wey '''dey''' oil producing areas |(bbc__10375, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv| 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__)}}
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Sey someting dey for di world.
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#: {{ux|dv|Write wetin you want find or choose wetin '''dey''' and press Find . |(jw__47102, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv| God dey.|(NSC_Onwuegbuzia_Emeka, God is.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Wetin come '''dey'''… , abi na dis, na… |(LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__34, What is then... or it is this... it is...)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Wetin come '''dey'''? |(ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__142, What is happening ?)}}
  
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# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E '''dey''' here. |(He/she is here.)}}
 
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# xcomp (frequency:2393)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Dey''' patient. |(bbc__25535, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Who '''dey''' dere? |(ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__1, Who's there?)}}
 
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# nsubj (frequency:596)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|I '''dey'''! |(KAD_16_Driver-Mechanic-Talk_DG__185, I am here.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|I '''dey'''! |(KAD_16_Driver-Mechanic-Talk_DG__185, I am here.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|E '''dey'''! |(BEN_15a_Theology-Demons_DG__102, She's there !)}}
 
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# - (frequency:329)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wetin '''dey'''? |(JOS_21_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-1_DG__56, What's there?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wetin '''dey'''? |(JOS_21_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-1_DG__56, What's there?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wetin '''dey''', |(JOS_29_He-Loves-French_DG__137, What is happening ?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wetin '''dey''', |(JOS_29_He-Loves-French_DG__137, What is happening ?)}}
 
# mark (frequency:152)
 
# mark (frequency:152)
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#: {{ux|dv|But na we, wey '''dey'''... |(NST_cleaned__33201, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|​—Congregation wey '''dey''' |(jw__48918, __no translation__)}}
 
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# cc-xcomp (frequency:75)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Wey '''dey''' good. |(jw__43499, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Wey '''dey''' house. |(ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__47, which is in the house,)}}
 
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# aux (frequency:69)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Wetin come '''dey'''? |(ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__142, What is happening ?)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|So benefit '''dey''' dia. |(bbc__804, __no translation__)}}
 
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# aux-mark (frequency:60)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E cure everybody wey '''dey''' sick. |(jw__23813, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E no leave people wey '''dey''' sick, |(jw__9194, __no translation__)}}
 
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# ccomp (frequency:48)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'We '''dey''' very shocked' |(bbc__9357, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|So dose ones no make us '''dey''' united. |(LAG_03_Lagos-Life_M__79, So, those ones do not make us to be united.)}}
 
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# advmod (frequency:33)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Just '''dey'''. |(ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__86, Just be there.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Just '''dey'''. |(ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__86, Just be there.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Just '''dey''' now. |(LAG_02_Oliver-And-Cy_T__54, It is fine now.)}}
 
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# obj (frequency:14)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Dey''' correct, |(JOS_10_Mothers-Against-Mini-Skirts_DG__180, That's right!)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|We call, we '''dey''' call am Egbon. |(JOS_17_Jos-And-Plateau-State_M__33, We call, we call him egbon.)}}
 
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# aux-obj (frequency:7)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Family '''dey''' use this time '''dey''' near Jehovah. |(jw__10532, __no translation__)}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|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.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|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.)}}
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# dep (frequency:6)
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#: {{ux|dv|Na im '''dey''' outside. |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__31, That's it outside.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Na plenty money '''dey''' inside. |(jw__28015, __no translation__)}}
 
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# obl:mod (frequency:6)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|For Nigeria over 875,000 slaves '''dey'''. |(bbc__66053, __no translation__)}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|I no fit tell you am, | how old I '''dey''' dat time sha. |(KAD_18_My-Gunners-The-Musician_DG__65, I can't tell you I am... how old I was that time really.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|I no fit tell you am, | how old I '''dey''' dat time sha. |(KAD_18_My-Gunners-The-Musician_DG__65, I can't tell you I am... how old I was that time really.)}}
 
# advcl (frequency:4)
 
# advcl (frequency:4)
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#: {{ux|dv|If you go dere, di crowd wey you go see, you go see boys '''dey''' dere '''dey''' fight. |(NST_cleaned__22234, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|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.)}}
 
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# aux-cc (frequency:3)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dem '''dey''' too busy, tired or '''dey''' stressed? |(bbc__28832, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dem '''dey''' too busy, tired or '''dey''' stressed? |(bbc__28832, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Some fit don old or '''dey''' sick, so all of dem no go fit produce the same amount. |(jw__35272, __no translation__)}}
 
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# aux-dep (frequency:3)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Why Jew people no suppose '''dey''' proud because of their tribe? |(jw__46349, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Dis one just '''dey''' show wetin '''dey''' happun for all over Nigeria. |(bbc__42193, __no translation__)}}
 
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====Derived forms====
 
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====Synonyms====
 
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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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====Antonyms====
 
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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
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: is
 
* English: is

Revision as of 09:20, 20 November 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: Unknown

Pronunciation

  • dè


Frequency

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


Auxiliary

prog. Marker

  1. Sey someting never finish.
    • E dey come.  — (Egbokhare_2020, He/she is coming.)
  2. Sey person dey do someting day by day.
    • E dey go school.  —  (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, He/She goes to school)
    • All dis people wey Niger Delta, na dem, dey chop di soup.  — (IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__44, The people of the Niger Delta are the ones who eat the dish.)
    Mr Tinubu say pipo suppose to dey preach peace.  — (bbc__68635, Mr Tinubu said that people should preach peace.)
    As me I be, I be di kind man wey be sey I dey like to dey talk true, and I dey very straightforward.  — (NST_cleaned__3071, __no translation__)


Antonyms

Translations

  • English: prog. Marker is


Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: Unknown

Pronunciation

  • dé

Play


Verb

Sey person dey alright

  1. I dey.  — (ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__4, I am fine.)

Make e be sey e get where person dey stay and how body dey di am.

  1. AFP Shell don face serious palava with di people wey dey oil producing areas  — (bbc__10375, __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__)

Sey someting dey for di world.

  1. Write wetin you want find or choose wetin dey and press Find .  — (jw__47102, __no translation__)
    God dey.  — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_Emeka, God is.)
  1. 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__)
    Wetin come dey?  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__142, What is happening ?)
  1. I dey!  — (KAD_16_Driver-Mechanic-Talk_DG__185, I am here.)
    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 ?)
  2. mark (frequency:152)
  1. Just dey.  — (ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__86, Just be there.)
    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.)
  1. I no fit tell you am,  —  how old I dey dat time sha.
  2. advcl (frequency:4)
  1. Dem dey too busy, tired or dey stressed?  — (bbc__28832, __no translation__)


Translations

  • English: is
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