Difference between revisions of "don"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
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===Alternative form===
* never 0.55 1979, neva 0.52 963, con 0.42 3175, before 0.41 5895, wan 0.40 6206, just 0.38 5577, after 0.36 4737, dos 0.36 210, come 0.35 17524
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*[[done]]
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English don
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From: English ''do''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* dɔ́n
 
* dɔ́n
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-don.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-don.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-don.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-don.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 805
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 27
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 29701
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 15
 
 
 
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
 
 
  
 
===Auxiliary===
 
===Auxiliary===
don: perfective aspect marker -- Definition in Naija?
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* Word wey [[de]] [[dey]] use dress near anoder word for [[back]] to show sey wetin person dey talk about or dey do just [[begin]] or [[happen]] finish.
 
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:*{{ux|dv| Nwoye mama '''don''' dey cook. |(katakata__1122, Nwoye's mother has started cooking.)}}
 
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:*{{ux|dv| Di band '''don''' dey scatter the head of the people. |(katakata__94, The band is making the people get really excited.)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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:*{{ux|dv| Day '''don''' dey dark small small before their match start. |(katakata__93, It was already beginning to get dark before the match kicked-off.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|E '''don''' come. |(He/she has come.)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|Person '''don''', e '''don''' die, |(LAG_05_Government-Dey-Try_M__50, Someone has died.)}}
# - (frequency:29565)
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:*{{ux|dv|You '''don''', you '''don''' go astray be dat now. |(JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__224, You have now gone astray.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''don''' die |(deuber__5084, __no translation__)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|See wetin you cook, tomorrow now, person go tell me sey, you '''don''' go, de wan marry you, de go marry you, de go bring you back sey you no sabi cook beans.|(PRT_08_Children_M__53, See what you cook; tomorrow now, a person will tell me that you have gone, they will marry you; and they will bring you back that you can not cook beans.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''don''' die. |(NST_cleaned__33268, __no translation__)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|If you see am, e '''don''', e '''don''' resemble, e '''don''' resemble monkey now. |(NST_cleaned__2763, If you see him/her now, s/he looks just as a monkey.)}}
# nsubj (frequency:90)
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:*{{ux|dv|Tekno '''don''' since apologise for di incident, im explain say reason no dey for am to dance inside Truck around Lekki, Lagos State. |(bbc__93194, Tekno has apologised over the incident, explaining that there was no justification for his dancing around Lekki axis of Lagos in a truck.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|I '''don'''… |(KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__86, I have...)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|E '''don'''… |(BEN_28_Radio-Drama-Flirting_DG__160, It has..)}}
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====Synonyms====
# mark (frequency:18)
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* [[bin]]
#: {{ux|dv|Person wey '''don'''... |(NST_cleaned__40877, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|If I get person wey dey help me I for '''don''' |(LAG_24_Focus-On-Your-Life_M__180, If I have someone who is helping me, I would have)}}
 
# mark-nsubj (frequency:18)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Because I '''don''', na my… |(NST_cleaned__13139, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dose wey deir house '''don'''... |(NST_cleaned__39178, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj:dicto (frequency:11)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Person '''don''', e '''don''' die, |(LAG_05_Government-Dey-Try_M__50, And the person have... he has died. People will say, 'Ah ! someone has died', even at Ijora)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Mstchew omo dat my ticket '''don''' cut, omo at my ticket '''don''' cut. |(NST_cleaned__21669, __no translation__)}}
 
# nsubj-obj (frequency:9)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Cockroach business '''don''' 'open my life' |(bbc__25858, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Peter Fomonyuy Tah '''don''' di change e communityjpg |(bbc__81173, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj-nsubj (frequency:6)
 
#: {{ux|dv|You '''don''', you '''don''' go astray be dat now. |(JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__224, You have... that means you have gone astray now.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Im '''don''', im '''don''', im '''don''' dey use dat im four leg now. |(JOS_28_Exams_DG__66, He has...he has...he has started using his four legs.)}}
 
# obj (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|We con carry dis, we '''don''' carry dis your boy. |(JOS_33_Changing-Nigeria_DG__37, We then carried this... this your boy.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|E say, okay no problem, dat since de, di, my time with you '''don''', '''don''', '''don''' do, sey e go settle me. |(NST_cleaned__40531, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc-nsubj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|And you '''don'''... |(IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__325, And you have...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|if dem no get work or dem sick or dem lose wife or husband or dem '''don''' |(human_rights__145, __no translation__)}}
 
# aux-nsubj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|When you buy am finish, if you reach house, you go put am for pot, you go cook am make e '''don'''. |(NST_cleaned__22088, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Governor for Southwest region, Bernard Okalia Bilai confirm say deh '''don''' kidnapers '''don''' release General Certificate of Education, GCE, exams bodi board chair, Prof. |(bbc__54809, __no translation__)}}
 
# dep-nsubj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Jose Mourinho '''don''' for inside hin first newstory tok tok yarn say, Manchester United's Ed Woodward '''don''' send message give am, to take congratulate him” ontop dis hin appointment as Tottenham oga coachie. |(ja102__2859, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Jose Mourinho '''don''' for inside hin first newstory tok tok yarn say, Manchester United's Ed Woodward '''don''' send message give am, to take congratulate him” ontop dis hin appointment as Tottenham oga coachie. |(ja102__2857, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj-mark (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|See wetin you cook, tomorrow now, person go tell me sey, you '''don''' go, de wan marry you, de go marry you, de go bring you back sey you no sabi cook beans, |(PRT_08_Children_M__53, See what you cook; tomorrow now, a person will tell me that you have gone, they will marry you; and they will bring you back that you can not cook beans. )}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|For a lot of former, alot of old, old people wey '''don''' old, wey dey tell us say tomorrow ehn na im be our future, na dem still con be our future today sef, |(LAG_13_Our-Life_M__5, For a lot of fomer... alot of elder state men that are old already, that are telling us that tomorrow ehn, is our future, they are even our future today. They have ruled in the past.)}}
 
# ccomp-nsubj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Before you know, I '''don''', I '''don''', I '''don''' move, |(NST_cleaned__16236, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|If you see am, e '''don''', e '''don''' resemble, e '''don''' resemble monkey now. |(NST_cleaned__2763, __no translation__)}}
 
# advcl-nsubj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Tekno '''don''' since apologise for di incident, im explain say reason no dey for am to dance inside Truck around Lekki, Lagos State. |(bbc__93194, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|At least 780 people '''don''' well since dem get antibiotics treatment since 1 August and six of di district wey get di outbreak never report new cases for 15 days according to di UN. |(bbc__17734, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonymes====
 
* never 0.55 1979, neva 0.52 963, con 0.42 3175, before 0.41 5895, wan 0.40 6206, just 0.38 5577, after 0.36 4737, dos 0.36 210, come 0.35 17524
 
 
 
====Antonymes====
 
* never 0.55 1979, neva 0.52 963, con 0.42 3175, before 0.41 5895, wan 0.40 6206, just 0.38 5577, after 0.36 4737, dos 0.36 210, come 0.35 17524
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: perfective aspect marker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Verb===
 
don: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
 
 
 
 
 
# mark-nsubj-obj-obl:arg (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|But as Baka pipo '''don''' di komot for bush small-small, deh go fit start go hospital as deh '''don''' start go school. |(bbc__21793, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Kenneth Nsom na Director for Non-Governmental Organisation - Community Development and Epilepsy Foundation, CODEF weh e '''don''' di work for Batibo and Wum wit pipo weh deh get epilepsy. |(bbc__62176, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonymes====
 
* never 0.55 1979, neva 0.52 963, con 0.42 3175, before 0.41 5895, wan 0.40 6206, just 0.38 5577, after 0.36 4737, dos 0.36 210, come 0.35 17524
 
 
 
====Antonymes====
 
* never 0.55 1979, neva 0.52 963, con 0.42 3175, before 0.41 5895, wan 0.40 6206, just 0.38 5577, after 0.36 4737, dos 0.36 210, come 0.35 17524
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition
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* English: ''have/has'', ''looks''

Latest revision as of 16:01, 21 June 2022

Naija

Alternative form

Etymology

From: English do

Pronunciation

  • dɔ́n

Play Play

Auxiliary

  • Word wey de dey use dress near anoder word for back to show sey wetin person dey talk about or dey do just begin or happen finish.
  • Nwoye mama don dey cook.  — (katakata__1122, Nwoye's mother has started cooking.)
  • Di band don dey scatter the head of the people.  — (katakata__94, The band is making the people get really excited.)
  • Day don dey dark small small before their match start.  — (katakata__93, It was already beginning to get dark before the match kicked-off.)
  • Person don, e don die,  — (LAG_05_Government-Dey-Try_M__50, Someone has died.)
  • You don, you don go astray be dat now.  — (JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__224, You have now gone astray.)
  • See wetin you cook, tomorrow now, person go tell me sey, you don go, de wan marry you, de go marry you, de go bring you back sey you no sabi cook beans.  — (PRT_08_Children_M__53, See what you cook; tomorrow now, a person will tell me that you have gone, they will marry you; and they will bring you back that you can not cook beans.)
  • If you see am, e don, e don resemble, e don resemble monkey now.  — (NST_cleaned__2763, If you see him/her now, s/he looks just as a monkey.)
  • Tekno don since apologise for di incident, im explain say reason no dey for am to dance inside Truck around Lekki, Lagos State.  — (bbc__93194, Tekno has apologised over the incident, explaining that there was no justification for his dancing around Lekki axis of Lagos in a truck.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: have/has, looks