Difference between revisions of "first of all"

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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
From: English ''fine''
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From: English ''first, of, all''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* fáìn
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* fɛ̂st ɔ̀v ɔ̂l
<sm2>Pcm-ng-fine.f.ogg</sm2>
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-fine.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
 
===Pronunciation===
 
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-first of all.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-first of all.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-first of all.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-first of all.m.ogg</sm2>  
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===Adverbial Phrase===
 
===Adverbial Phrase===
 
* Na wetin come [[first]] before other things follows.
 
* Na wetin come [[first]] before other things follows.
:{{ux|dv|'''First of all''' I go finish school before I marry begin born. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. First off, I will finish up school before getting married and before having kids.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|'''First of all''' I go finish school before I marry come begin born. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. First off, I will finish up school before getting married and before having kids.)}}
:{{ux|dv|'''First of all''' I go mix sulphric acid wit Tezapen. |(LAG_37_Soap-Making_MG__44, '''First of all''', I will mix sulfuric acid with Texapon.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|'''First of all''' I go mix sulphric acid wit Tezapen. |(LAG_37_Soap-Making_MG__44, '''First of all''', I will mix sulfuric acid with Texapon.)}}
:{{ux|dv|But '''first of all''', you get to change your means of earning. |(WAZP_03_Education_MG__57, But '''first of all''', you have to change your means of making money.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|But '''first of all''', you get to change your means of earning. |(WAZP_03_Education_MG__57, But '''first of all''', you have to change your means of making money.)}}
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''first of all''
 
* English: ''first of all''

Revision as of 14:52, 1 February 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English first, of, all

Pronunciation

  • fɛ̂st ɔ̀v ɔ̂l

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Adverbial Phrase

  • Na wetin come first before other things follows.
  • First of all I go finish school before I marry come begin born.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. First off, I will finish up school before getting married and before having kids.)
  • First of all I go mix sulphric acid wit Tezapen.  — (LAG_37_Soap-Making_MG__44, First of all, I will mix sulfuric acid with Texapon.)
  • But first of all, you get to change your means of earning.  — (WAZP_03_Education_MG__57, But first of all, you have to change your means of making money.)

Translations

  • English: first of all