Difference between revisions of "grammar"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
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* slangs 0.48 6, professors 0.48 5, viper 0.48 5, em 0.47 62, proverb 0.46 21, oxford 0.46 43, letters 0.46 51, electronics 0.46 10, visitor 0.46 50
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* [[girama]]
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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Borrowed from English grammar
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From English ''grammar''.
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3750
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3750
  
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The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
  
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
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grammar: tedious, erudiate arguments or statement in standard english, it also means an incomprehensible English. -- Definition in Naija?
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* Na wen person dey speak good and standard English.
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#: {{ux|dv|I no fail '''grammar''', I score forty. |(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__297, I didn't fail grammar;I scored forty.)}}\
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#: {{ux|dv|Na dere de dey even learn how to speak di '''grammar'''. |(ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__3, It was there they even learnt how to speak proper English.)}}
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* Na di type of talk wey dey complex for person to understand.
  
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# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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#{{ux|dv|We dey talk, you dey speak big big '''grammar'''.|Egbokhare_2021, we are talking, you are making the discussion complex.}}
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#: {{ux|dv|We dey talk, you dey speak big big '''grammar'''.|no translation}}
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#{{ux|dv|You con dey use big, big '''grammar''' for me now. |(JOS_34_Constitutional-Law_DG__129, You are now using very big word for me now.)}}
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# - (frequency:16)
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#{{ux|dv|If I come dey blow big, big '''grammar''' you no understand, I no communicate. |(WAZK_06_Prince-Daniel_M__18, If I start speaking ambiguous words and you don't understand, I didn't communicate.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Blow '''grammar'''. |(WAZK_13_On-Pidgin_DG__53, Speak jargons.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|I no fail '''grammar''', I score forty. |(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__297, I didn't fail grammar;I scored forty.)}}
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* Wen person dey talk jargons
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# amod (frequency:6)
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#{{ux|dv|Blow '''grammar'''. |(WAZK_13_On-Pidgin_DG__53, Speak jargons.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|You con dey use big, big '''grammar''' for me now. |(JOS_34_Constitutional-Law_DG__129, You are now using very big word for me now.)}}
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#{{ux|dv|Oga. dat one na '''grammar''' o. |(bbc__20059, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|If I come dey blow big, big '''grammar''' you no understand, I no communicate. |(WAZK_06_Prince-Daniel_M__18, If I start speaking ambiguous words and you don't understand, I didn't communicate.)}}
 
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# case-conj (frequency:5)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|•Conformity with Pidgin rules of '''grammar''' and punctuation |(bbc__103085, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|•Follow di Pidgin rules of '''grammar''' and comma, full stop; |(bbc__103099, __no translation__)}}
 
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# det (frequency:3)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Na dere de dey even learn how to speak di '''grammar'''. |(ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__3, It was there they even learnt how to speak proper English.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|But di way Google arrange di '''grammar''' ehn, na extra confusion be dis. |(bbc__22411, __no translation__)}}
 
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# acl:relcl-det (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E be like sey she no dey hear di '''grammar''' wey we dey yarn at all. |(ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__45, It seems like she is not hearing the grammar we are speaking at all.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Anoder '''grammar''' wey near dese two big '''grammar''' dem, cancel and suspend, na postpone. |(deuber__6010, __no translation__)}}
 
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# advmod-amod-det (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|I con speak all di whole '''grammar''', '''grammar''', speak all di English upside down, |(NST_cleaned__42444, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Snapchat talk say dia terms and conditions as well as dia privacy policy dey easy to understand as dem don comot all di legal big '''grammar''' from inside. |(bbc__90354, __no translation__)}}
 
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# acl:relcl-advmod-amod-det (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|I use all di whole '''grammar''' wey dey dis life o. |(KAD_22_Chatting-At-The-Restaurant_DG__34, I used the best English I could.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Big grammer dey block progress Cari all di big '''grammar''' wey you get for bodi, keep am for pocket. |(bbc__20059, __no translation__)}}
 
  
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====Derived forms====
 
  
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
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* slangs 0.48 6, professors 0.48 5, viper 0.48 5, em 0.47 62, proverb 0.46 21, oxford 0.46 43, letters 0.46 51, electronics 0.46 10, visitor 0.46 50
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* [[jargon]]
  
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====Antonyms====
 
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* slangs 0.48 6, professors 0.48 5, viper 0.48 5, em 0.47 62, proverb 0.46 21, oxford 0.46 43, letters 0.46 51, electronics 0.46 10, visitor 0.46 50
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
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* English: tedious, erudiate arguments or statement in standard english, it also means an incomprehensible English.
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* English: ''tedious, erudiate arguments or statement in standard english, it also means an incomprehensible English''.

Revision as of 18:54, 4 March 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English grammar.

Pronunciation

  • grámà


Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 6
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1072
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 38
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3750


Noun

  • Na wen person dey speak good and standard English.
  1. I no fail grammar, I score forty.  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__297, I didn't fail grammar;I scored forty.)\
    Na dere de dey even learn how to speak di grammar.  — (ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__3, It was there they even learnt how to speak proper English.)


  • Na di type of talk wey dey complex for person to understand.
  1. We dey talk, you dey speak big big grammar.  — Egbokhare_2021, we are talking, you are making the discussion complex.
  2. You con dey use big, big grammar for me now.  — (JOS_34_Constitutional-Law_DG__129, You are now using very big word for me now.)
  3. If I come dey blow big, big grammar you no understand, I no communicate.  — (WAZK_06_Prince-Daniel_M__18, If I start speaking ambiguous words and you don't understand, I didn't communicate.)
  • Wen person dey talk jargons
  1. Blow grammar.  — (WAZK_13_On-Pidgin_DG__53, Speak jargons.)
  2. Oga. dat one na grammar o.  — (bbc__20059, __no translation__)


Synonyms


Translations

  • English: tedious, erudiate arguments or statement in standard english, it also means an incomprehensible English.
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