Difference between revisions of "dis"
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===Pronoun=== | ===Pronoun=== | ||
wetin replace de name of de thing or people dem dey talk about | wetin replace de name of de thing or people dem dey talk about | ||
| − | + | *{{ux|dv|E no dey like '''dis'''. |(NST_cleaned__9270, He does not like this)}} | |
| − | + | * {{ux|dv|Mummy, how much is '''dis''' eh… , |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__96, Mummy, how much is this eh...)}} | |
| − | + | * {{ux|dv|So '''dis''' 'call to bar' dey important for any lawyer wey get plan to dey argue case for court. |(bbc__77213, For every lawyer, the 'call to bar' is very important.)}} | |
| − | + | * {{ux|dv|For 2012, di oga for Police then Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar give one order like '''dis''' and more than 3,500 checkpoints na im dem clear comot. |(bbc__41983, In 2012, the inspector of Police then, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, gave an order and more than 3,500 checkpoints disappeared.)}} | |
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''an indicator word'' | * English: ''an indicator word'' | ||
Revision as of 15:20, 17 November 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- di
Etymology
From: English This
Pronunciation
- dís
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 907
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 21
- Frequency in raw corpus: 18014
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 28
Adverb
- na word wey people dey use to talk about something or someone
- dis boy. — (deuber__2103, This boy.)
- because of dis she no fit breastfeed Orjowan. — (bbc__86870, (Due to this problem, she was unable to breastfeed Orjowon)
- You tink sey age really matter for person to decide on top dis matter for now? — (WAZA_12_Lady-G_M__21, For now, do you think age really matters when deciding on issues like this?)
- Dis im kain of demand fit caus katakata for family, but Samuel say im no get any wahala wit im parents and e be like say di tin sef dey make dem laff. — (bbc__40724, ( Samuel made a ludicrous demand but the demand only made his parents laugh)
- Dis life no balance at all, see as dis truck pusher dey drink garri for inside rainy season because e no fit buy better food — NSC_Agnes_2020(Life is really unfair. The truck pusher drank garri under the rains because he couldn't afford a decent meal.)
Translations
- English: used as indicator
Pronoun
wetin replace de name of de thing or people dem dey talk about
- E no dey like dis. — (NST_cleaned__9270, He does not like this)
- Mummy, how much is dis eh… , — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__96, Mummy, how much is this eh...)
- So dis 'call to bar' dey important for any lawyer wey get plan to dey argue case for court. — (bbc__77213, For every lawyer, the 'call to bar' is very important.)
- For 2012, di oga for Police then Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar give one order like dis and more than 3,500 checkpoints na im dem clear comot. — (bbc__41983, In 2012, the inspector of Police then, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, gave an order and more than 3,500 checkpoints disappeared.)
Translations
- English: an indicator word