dose

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English those

Pronunciation

  • dôz

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Demonstrative

  • E good to know dose kain people wey no like better ting.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Its important one stays away from .)
    Because people dey use leg dose days dey travel go di place.  — (IBA_04_Alaska-Pepe_MG__43, Because people went there on foot in those days.)
    Dose people wey dey stay dere no get money.  — (Egbokhare_2020. The residents there are poor.)

Pronoun

  • Dose who dey do morning, de go come in di morning.  — (IBA_15_Electrician_MG__54, The ones on morning shift will come in the morning.)
    For Ghana, almost half of dose wey die for road na commuters;  — (bbc_50182. In Ghana, over half of recorded road deaths are commuters.)
    After some women don abort many many belle finish, when dem come see sey dem no fit carry belle, dem go say na all dose, witch for dem village no let dem get children.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. When infertility hits some women due to several previous abortions, they go ahead and blame it on witches.)

Synonyms

  • dem

Antonyms

  • dat

Translations

  • English: those