gats

Naija

Alternative forms

• gatz 0.58 61, can 0.58 260, must 0.54 1356, need 0.53 3037, mey 0.53 183, should 0.51 56, will 0.50 598, yoursef 0.49 74, unless 0.49 187

Etymology

Borrowed from English gats

Pronunciation

• gás

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 20
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 453
• Frequency in raw corpus: 140
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1671

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Auxiliary

gats: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:136)

   I gats dey well.  — (ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__44, I have to be well.)

   You gats chop now.  — (JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__33, You have to eat now.)

2. nsubj (frequency:2)

   So I gats, I gats make sure sey I hustle well, take care of mumsy, and pupsy dem.  — (NST_cleaned__17298, __no translation__)

   So you gats, you gats gallant, you gats dey for ground well so dat at least, you ma, you go know sey you fit provide for yourself, provide for your family, buy di things wey you like, take care of your, yourself, your family members too.  — (NST_cleaned__4698, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• gatz 0.58 61, can 0.58 260, must 0.54 1356, need 0.53 3037, mey 0.53 183, should 0.51 56, will 0.50 598, yoursef 0.49 74, unless 0.49 187

Antonymes

• gatz 0.58 61, can 0.58 260, must 0.54 1356, need 0.53 3037, mey 0.53 183, should 0.51 56, will 0.50 598, yoursef 0.49 74, unless 0.49 187

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

gats: have to -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   You gats eat make you no go faint.  — no translation

Synonymes

• gatz 0.58 61, can 0.58 260, must 0.54 1356, need 0.53 3037, mey 0.53 183, should 0.51 56, will 0.50 598, yoursef 0.49 74, unless 0.49 187

Antonymes

• gatz 0.58 61, can 0.58 260, must 0.54 1356, need 0.53 3037, mey 0.53 183, should 0.51 56, will 0.50 598, yoursef 0.49 74, unless 0.49 187

Translations

• English: have to