go

Naija

Etymology

From: English: go

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 3128
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3
• Frequency in raw corpus: 55797
• Frequency rank in raw corpus:

Pronunciation1

• gó

Play Play

Auxiliary

Word wey show sey wetin dem de talk still never happen.

• E go byforce bring di book.  — (Egbokhare 2021, He will bring the book compulsorily.
• Trump go port you come back to Nigeria.  — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__198, Trump will deport you back to Nigeria.)

Translations

• English: will, shall.

Pronunciation2

• gò

Verb

Transitive

Make person move.

• E go church.  — (Egbokhare 2021, He went to the church.)
• My fada go Lagos.  — (NSC_Tella_2021, My father went to Lagos.)

Intransitive

• Na only me dey go.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__79, I was the only one going.)
• Go report to police!  — (ABJ_INF_10_Women-Battering_MG__72, Go and report him to the police!)

Serial Verb

• I go go see di man.  — (NSC_Tella_2021, I will go and see the man.)
• Na only me dey go do di job.  — (NSC_Tella_2021, I was the only one going to do the job.)

Synonyms

• comot, run

Antonyms

• comot, show face

Translations

• English: go