Difference between revisions of "face front"
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===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
#Make person dey focus. | #Make person dey focus. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Una pikin no dey '''face front''' for class. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Una pikin no dey '''face front''' for class. |( Your children no longer pay attention in class.)}} |
#Make person comot eye for someting. | #Make person comot eye for someting. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Oga '''face front''' I don marry.|( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Oga '''face front''' I don marry.|(Sir, mind your business I am married.)}} |
#Make person dey look front. | #Make person dey look front. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Drivers dem dey '''face front''' when dem dey drive.|( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Drivers dem dey '''face front''' when dem dey drive.|( Drivers always look forward when they drive.)}} |
====Antonym==== | ====Antonym==== | ||
* [[face back]] | * [[face back]] | ||
====Translation==== | ====Translation==== | ||
English: ''to concentrate, to look away, to look forward'' | English: ''to concentrate, to look away, to look forward'' | ||
Latest revision as of 11:51, 5 May 2023
Naija
Etymology
From English: face and front
Pronunciation
- feɪ̂sfrͻ̂nt
Verb phrase
- Make person dey focus.
- Una pikin no dey face front for class. — ( Your children no longer pay attention in class.)
- Make person comot eye for someting.
- Oga face front I don marry. — (Sir, mind your business I am married.)
- Make person dey look front.
- Drivers dem dey face front when dem dey drive. — ( Drivers always look forward when they drive.)
Antonym
Translation
English: to concentrate, to look away, to look forward