don

Naija

Etymology

From: English don

Pronunciation

• dɔ́n

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Auxiliary

don: perfective aspect marker -- Definition in Naija?

Auxiliary

• Make someting happen before.

• Nwoye mama done dey cook”  — (katakata__1122, Nwoye mother has cooked.)
• Di band done dey scatter the head of the people.  — (katakata__94, The band have gotten the people excited.)
• Day done dey dark small small before their match start.  — (katakata__93, The day has gotten a bit dark before their match started.)

• Make someting dey ready.

• Our papa dem say na eye dem dey take know say corn done ripe.  — (katakata__1004, Our forefathers said that one only knows if a corn is ripe from looking at it.)

Translations

• English: auxiliary verb BE

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   E don come.  — (He/she has come.)

2. - (frequency:29565)

   don die  — (deuber__5084, __no translation__)

   don die.  — (NST_cleaned__33268, __no translation__)

3. nsubj (frequency:90)

   I don…  — (KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__86, I have...)

   E don…  — (BEN_28_Radio-Drama-Flirting_DG__160, It has..)

4. mark (frequency:18)

   Person wey don...  — (NST_cleaned__40877, __no translation__)

   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)

5. mark-nsubj (frequency:18)

   Because I don, na my…  — (NST_cleaned__13139, __no translation__)

   Dose wey deir house don...  — (NST_cleaned__39178, __no translation__)

6. conj:dicto (frequency:11)

   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)

   Mstchew omo dat my ticket don cut, omo at my ticket don cut.  — (NST_cleaned__21669, __no translation__)

7. nsubj-obj (frequency:9)

   Cockroach business don 'open my life'  — (bbc__25858, __no translation__)

   Peter Fomonyuy Tah don di change e communityjpg  — (bbc__81173, __no translation__)

8. conj-nsubj (frequency:6)

   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.)

   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.)

9. obj (frequency:4)

   We con carry dis, we don carry dis your boy.  — (JOS_33_Changing-Nigeria_DG__37, We then carried this... this your boy.)

   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__)

10. cc-nsubj (frequency:2)

    And you don...  — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__325, And you have...)

    if dem no get work or dem sick or dem lose wife or husband or dem don  — (human_rights__145, __no translation__)

11. aux-nsubj (frequency:2)

    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__)

    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__)

12. dep-nsubj (frequency:2)

    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__)

    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__)

13. conj-mark (frequency:2)

    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. )

    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.)

14. ccomp-nsubj (frequency:2)

    Before you know, I don, I don, I don move,  — (NST_cleaned__16236, __no translation__)

    If you see am, e don, e don resemble, e don resemble monkey now.  — (NST_cleaned__2763, __no translation__)

15. advcl-nsubj (frequency:2)

    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__)

    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__)

Synonyms

• 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

Antonyms

• 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:

Verb

don:

1. mark-nsubj-obj-obl:arg (frequency:2)

   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__)

   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__)

Synonyms

• 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: