Difference between revisions of "finish"

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* {{ux|dv|Now, I thank God I don '''finish''' school. |(KAD_24_Biography_M__110, Now, I thank God, I have finished school.)}}
 
* {{ux|dv|Now, I thank God I don '''finish''' school. |(KAD_24_Biography_M__110, Now, I thank God, I have finished school.)}}
* {{ux|dv| O boy, you see as dem take '''''finish''''' di former governor? | ( Man, did you see how they dealt with the former governor )}}
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* {{ux|dv| O boy, you see as dem take '''''finish''''' di former governor? | ( Man, did you see how they dealt with the former governor!)}}
  
 
===Intransitive Verb===
 
===Intransitive Verb===

Revision as of 13:20, 19 September 2020

Naija

Etymology

From English finish.

Pronunciation

  • ˈfɪnɪʃ

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 96
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 140
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1638
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 232

Definition

  • Wetin dey happen or wetin de dey do, de don do am reach where be sey noting dey to do again. Sey someting/person do person wetin e no go fit recover from.

Transitive Verb

  • Now, I thank God I don finish school.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__110, Now, I thank God, I have finished school.)
  • O boy, you see as dem take finish di former governor?  —  ( Man, did you see how they dealt with the former governor!)

Intransitive Verb

  • Person finish fourth, dey go Europa, dey go struggle.  — (NST_cleaned__14836, If someone finishes fourth and they go to Europe, they will suffer.)
  • My wife go read my messages o, my own don finish.  —  ( If my wife reads my messages, I am finished. )

Serial Verb

In a serial verb construction, finish is used as a second verb to add an idea of completion.

  • We neva count gods and spirits finish if evil gods no dey inside.  — (bbc__98308, __no translation__)
  • if de agree finish  — (deuber__2294, __no translation__)

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Translations

  • English: finish.