follow

Naija

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

   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, And obey what the Bible says.)

2. follow person go somewhere

   Wheder im papa and mama or any oder person follow am or not, e must get correct protection.  — Whether his father and mother or any other person accompanies him or not, he must have adequate protection

   Dem ready to follow am,  — (jw__6712, __ They are ready to accompany him/her__)

3. to come after person for age

   Na im dey follow me for house.  — He/she is younger than I am in age

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

4. believe person/ting con dey serve am

   We dey try to follow Jesus,  — (jw__39279, __ We are trying to serve Jesus__)

   Choose wheder na juju abi God u go follow.  — (Choose whether you will serve gods or God)

5. to be part of something

   Wetin Oti tok follow for wetin dem write for di report.  — (bbc__99058, __What Oti said, is is part of what is written 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 had been part of it, he would have...__)

6. come after something

   Den some of di reactions wey follow.  — (bbc__30056, __Then, some of the reactions that come after...__)

7. go with

   Follow am.’ But Ruth tell am sey: ‘Lai lai, I no go leave you.  — (jw__2664, __ Go with him/her. But Ruth told him/her that, 'never, I will not leave you'__)

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

8. understand

   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