follow

Naija

Alternative forms

• allow 0.56 1182, listen 0.55 505, obey 0.52 375, enjoy 0.50 843, respect 0.48 756, understand 0.46 1148, praise 0.46 576, encourage 0.45 369, push 0.45 337

Etymology

Borrowed 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

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Verb

follow: to obey wetin law talk, follow person go somewhere, after something/someone,to come after person for age,believe person con dey serve am,to be part of something,come after something,go with

1. to obey wetin law talk (frequency:Inf)

   Di gumbody country dem go make sure sey office wey concern pikin matter go follow di rule.  — no translation

   And follow wetin Bible dey talk.  — (jw__1405, __no translation__)

   Na im dey follow me for house.  — no translation

2. follow person go somewhere(frequency:155)

   Wheder im papa and mama or any oder person follow am or not, e must get correct protection.  — no translation

   Dem ready to follow am,  — (jw__6712, __no translation__)

3. to come after person for age(frequency:154)

   E dey Follow me for back.  — (He is younger than me.)

4. believe person/ting con dey serve am (frequency:71)

   We dey try to follow Jesus,  — (jw__39279, __no translation__)

   Follow.  — (IBA_37_Buhari-Returns_DG__116, Follow, Hhm.)

5. to be part of something (frequency:12)

   Wetin Oti tok follow for wetin dem write for di report.  — (bbc__99058, __no translation__)

   Even pikin dem wit autism follow.  — (bbc__47566, __no translation__)

   If to say Chima follow, e, e for...  — (NST_cleaned__38602, __no translation__)

   I dey bumper dey follow am.  — (ONI_07_Dis-Year-Na-My-Year_MG__12, I am following it closely.)

6. come after something (frequency:30)

   Den some of di reactions wey follow.  — (bbc__30056, __no translation__)

7. go with (frequency:21)

   Follow am.’ But Ruth tell am sey: ‘Lai lai, I no go leave you.  — (jw__2664, __no translation__)

   Follow am, look deir face well o.  — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__128, Follow him and look at their faces well.)

8. understand(frequency:Inf)

   Shey you dey follow wetin she dey teach  — (Hope you understand what she is teaching__)

   Everything wey I teach e follow am  — (Everything I taught, he/she understood.)

Synonyms

• allow 0.56 1182, listen 0.55 505, obey 0.52 375, understand 0.46 1148, praise 0.46 576.

Translations

• English: conform, accompany, after something/someone