follow

Naija

Alternative Form

follo

Etymology

From: English follow

Pronunciation

• fɔ́lò

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Verb

1. 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.)

2. 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 me in age.)

3. 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.)

4. 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 u go follow.  — ( NSC_Ajede_2020, Choose whether you will serve the gods or God)

5. 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.)

6. Make person be part of someting.

   • Me sef follow support say make we stop work until dem pay de 3monts salary dem dey owe us.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. I support the indefinite strike over the 6months 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...__)

7. Make person dey focus.

   • 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.)
   • Shey you dey follow wetin she dey teach  — (NSC_Ajede_2020. Hope you understand what she is teaching.)

Serial Verb

• Na to join others do sommeting

• Aggy follow go kill de chicken.  — (NSC_Ajede_2020,He came to the party with them.)
• E follow come the party.  — (NSC_Ajede_2020,He came to the party with them.)

Derived forms

followcome, followfollow

Synonyms

• join, gumbody, gree, understand

Translations

• English: conform, pursue