Difference between revisions of "follow"
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 3486 | * Frequency in raw corpus: 3486 | ||
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 109 | * Frequency rank in raw corpus: 109 | ||
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===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
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| + | #* Sey person join anoder person go do someting. | ||
| + | #: {{ux|dv|'''Follow''' Richard go buy de medicine, im no well.|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. Go with Richard to get drugs, he is ill.}} | ||
| + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Follow''' am, look deir face well o. |(LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__128, Accompany him to have a good look at their faces.)}} | ||
| + | #:* {{ux|dv|Na im dey '''follow''' me for house.|Ajede 2020, He/she is younger than I am in age}} | ||
| + | #* Sey dem born person after anoder person | ||
| + | #:* {{ux|dv|Who dem born '''follow''' you?|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. who is your immediate younger sibling?)}} | ||
| + | #:* {{ux|dv|Na im dey '''follow''' me for house.|Ajede 2020, He/she is younger than I am in age}} | ||
| + | *# Wetin happen after someting don happen. | ||
| + | #:* {{ux|dv|Some of di reactions wey '''follow''' wetin e talk, no make sense. |(NSC_Ajede_2020, __The reactions that followed his comments were negative.)}} | ||
| − | # | + | #* Sey make person obey someting. |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv|And '''follow''' wetin Bible dey talk. |(jw__1405, And obey what the Bible says.)}} | |
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|And '''follow''' wetin Bible dey talk. |(jw__1405, And obey what the Bible says.)}} | ||
#: {{ux|dv| Choose wheder na juju abi God u go '''follow'''. |( NSC_Ajede_2020, Choose whether you will serve gods or God)}} | #: {{ux|dv| Choose wheder na juju abi God u go '''follow'''. |( NSC_Ajede_2020, Choose whether you will serve gods or God)}} | ||
# Sey someting gree wit someting. | # Sey someting gree wit someting. | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 2 February 2021
Naija
Alternative Form
Etymology
From: English follow
Pronunciation
- fɔ́lò
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 96
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 142
- Frequency in raw corpus: 3486
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 109
Verb
Transitive
- Sey person join anoder person go do someting.
- Follow Richard go buy de medicine, im no well. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Go with Richard to get drugs, he is ill.
- Follow am, look deir face well o. — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__128, Accompany him to have a good look at their faces.)
- Na im dey follow me for house. — Ajede 2020, He/she is younger than I am in age
- Sey dem born person after anoder person
- Who dem born follow you? — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. who is your immediate younger sibling?)
- Na im dey follow me for house. — Ajede 2020, He/she is younger than I am in age
- Wetin happen after someting don happen.
- Some of di reactions wey follow wetin e talk, no make sense. — (NSC_Ajede_2020, __The reactions that followed his comments were negative.)
- Sey make person obey someting.
- And follow wetin Bible dey talk. — (jw__1405, And obey what the Bible says.)
- Choose wheder na juju abi God u go follow. — ( NSC_Ajede_2020, Choose whether you will serve gods or God)
- Sey someting gree wit someting.
- Wetin Oti tok follow for wetin dem write for di report. — (bbc__99058, Oti's statement agrees with that contained in the report.)
- Even pikin dem wit autism follow. — (bbc__47566, __Even the children with autism are part of it__)
- If to say Chima follow, e, e for... — (NST_cleaned__38602, __If Chima were a part of it, he would have...__)
- Make person dey focus.
- Shey you dey follow wetin she dey teach — NSC_Ajede_2020, (Hope you understand what she is teaching__)
Serial Verb
- E follow come the party. — (NSC_Ajede_2020,He came to the party with them.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
Translations
- English: conform, accompany, understand, listen