Difference between revisions of "follow"
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===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
# Sey person join anoder person go do someting. | # Sey person join anoder person go do someting. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Follow''' Richard go buy medicine, e no well.|(NSC_Legbeti_2021 | + | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Follow''' Richard go buy medicine, e 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|'''Follow''' am, look deir face well o. |(LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__128, Accompany him to have a good look at their faces.)}} | ||
# Sey dem born person after anoder person | # Sey dem born person after anoder person | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|Who dem born '''follow''' you?|(NSC_Legbeti_2021 | + | #:* {{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.| | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Na im dey '''follow''' me for house.|(NSC_Ajede 2020, He/she is younger than me in age.)}} |
# Wetin happen after someting don first happen. | # Wetin happen after someting don first happen. | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|After she slap am, you still dey ask me wetin '''follow'''? Na big fight follow straight?|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. After he slapped her, you are asking what happened next? a big fight followed swiftly.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|After she slap am, you still dey ask me wetin '''follow'''? Na big fight follow straight?|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. After he slapped her, you are asking what happened next? a big fight followed swiftly.)}} | ||
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# Sey make person obey someting. | # Sey make person obey someting. | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|To run from [[wahala]], e better to '''follow''' wetin dem talk for inside law. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. To avoid troubles, better to obey the law.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|To run from [[wahala]], e better to '''follow''' wetin dem talk for inside law. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. To avoid troubles, better to obey the law.)}} | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Choose wheder na juju abi God | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Choose wheder na juju abi God you go '''follow'''. |( NSC_Ajede_2020, Choose whether you will serve the gods or God)}} |
# Sey person or someting gree wit someting. | # Sey person or someting gree wit someting. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|Wetin Oti tok '''follow''' for wetin dem write for di report. |(bbc__99058, Oti's statement agrees with the contents in the report.)}} | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Wetin Oti [[tok]] '''follow''' for wetin dem write for di report. |(bbc__99058, Oti's statement agrees with the contents in the report.)}} |
# Make person be part of someting. | # Make person be part of someting. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|Me sef '''follow''' support | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Me sef '''follow''' support sey make we stop work until dem pay di three months salary wey dem dey owe us. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021, I support the indefinite strike over the 3 months unpaid salary.)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|Even pikin dem wit autism '''follow'''. |(bbc__47566 | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Even pikin dem wit autism '''follow'''. |(bbc__47566, Even the children with autism are part of it__)}} |
#:* {{ux|dv|If to say Chima '''follow''', e, e for... |(NST_cleaned__38602, __If Chima were a part of it, he would have...__)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|If to say Chima '''follow''', e, e for... |(NST_cleaned__38602, __If Chima were a part of it, he would have...__)}} | ||
| − | # Make person dey | + | # Make person mind dey for someting. |
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#:* {{ux|dv|Shey you dey '''follow''' wetin she dey teach |(NSC_Ajede_2020. Hope you understand what she is teaching.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|Shey you dey '''follow''' wetin she dey teach |(NSC_Ajede_2020. Hope you understand what she is teaching.)}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:59, 1 August 2021
Naija
Alternative Form
Etymology
From: English follow
Pronunciation
- fɔ́lò
Verb
- Sey person join anoder person go do someting.
- Follow Richard go buy medicine, e 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.)
- 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. — (NSC_Ajede 2020, He/she is younger than me in age.)
- Wetin happen after someting don first happen.
- After she slap am, you still dey ask me wetin follow? Na big fight follow straight? — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. After he slapped her, you are asking what happened next? a big fight followed swiftly.)
- 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.
- To run from wahala, e better to follow wetin dem talk for inside law. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. To avoid troubles, better to obey the law.)
- Choose wheder na juju abi God you go follow. — ( NSC_Ajede_2020, Choose whether you will serve the gods or God)
- Sey person or someting gree wit someting.
- Wetin Oti tok follow for wetin dem write for di report. — (bbc__99058, Oti's statement agrees with the contents in the report.)
- Make person be part of someting.
- Me sef follow support sey make we stop work until dem pay di three months salary wey dem dey owe us. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, I support the indefinite strike over the 3 months unpaid salary.)
- 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 mind dey for someting.
- Shey you dey follow wetin she dey teach — (NSC_Ajede_2020. Hope you understand what she is teaching.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
Translations
- English: conform, pursue