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===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 118
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 120
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 817
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 427
 
  
 
===Adverb===
 
===Adverb===
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''Yes, alright, okay'', ''serves him right''
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* English: ''Yes, ''alright'', ''okay'', ''serves him right''

Revision as of 19:46, 6 July 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

ehn

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • ɛ̀hɛ̃

Play Play

Adverb

Na word wey dey show sey person wan hear or dey follow wetin anoder person dey talk or happy put sey hand meet anoder person.

  • Ehen na wetin you be dey tell me that time? My mind don travel go far.  — (NSC_Abonyi_2021, Okay/Alright, what were you saying? I was distracted in thoughts.)
  • Messi dribble one defender, dodge anoder one leg na im na im...Ehen wetin come happen?  — (NSC_Abonyi_2021, Messi dribbled the first defender, feinted a second then then... So what then happened?)
  • Ehen, as police gbab am for night na God don catch am for di kurukere waka wey e take de dey.  — (NSC_Abonyi_2021, Serves him/her right! The night arrest exposed to us that s/he indulges in shady activities to make a good living.)

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Translations

  • English: Yes, alright, okay, serves him right