happen

Naija

Alternative forms

• happun

Etymology

From: English happen

Pronunciation

• ˈhæpən

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 94
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 144
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4713
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 84

Verb

As someting take de dey :

1. Wetin happen  — (bbc__99448, __no translation__)

   Wetin happen,  — (ONI_14_Girlfriends_DG__35, What happened ?)

2. obl:arg (frequency:226)

   happen to am.  — (human_rights__142, __no translation__)

   Happen to people.  — (BEN_19a_Man-Must-Wack_DG__7, It happened to people.)

3. aux (frequency:214)

   Wetin go happen,  — (ENU_12_Social-Life_DG__213, What will happen ?)

   Wetin dey happen,  — (JOS_35_We-Dey-Waka_M__57, What is happening ?)

4. mark (frequency:110)

   E no take long to happen.  — (jw__9221, __no translation__)

   See one thing wey happen.  — (jw__28953, __no translation__)

5. nsubj (frequency:104)

   nothing happen.  — (bbc__26994, __no translation__)

   Something happen.  — (jw__44346, __no translation__)

6. aux-mark (frequency:104)

   Wetin you tink sey dey happen,  — (ABJ_NOU_01_Death-Of-A-Brother_DG__42, What do you think is happening ?)

   Other things wey dey happen na:  — (bbc__79574, __no translation__)

7. advcl (frequency:57)

   Wetin happen as e dey go for road?  — (jw__30737, __no translation__)

   Wetin happen when Jesus dey the temple?  — (jw__42298, __no translation__)

8. obl:mod (frequency:35)

   Because Jesus talk wetin happen that time.  — (jw__27576, __no translation__)

   As e be, di election suppose happen tomorrow.  — (bbc__17052, __no translation__)

9. advmod (frequency:31)

   Na im happen so.  — (BEN_19a_Man-Must-Wack_DG__6, It happened so.)

   Aha X, what happen here na?  — (PRT_06_Port-Harcourt_DG__69, Aha, X, what happened here ?)

10. aux-dep (frequency:18)

    But wetin don dey happen because of this one?  — (jw__42673, __no translation__)

    EFCC wan fight corruption 'like wetin never happen before'  — (bbc__45944, __no translation__)

11. dep-mark (frequency:18)

    Historic event wey happen dia?  — (bbc__56027, __no translation__)

    And the things wey happen because of wetin e do, bad well well.  — (jw__48124, __no translation__)

12. dep (frequency:17)

    No be just wetin happen before.  — (jw__26948, __no translation__)

    Wetin happen for ontop the mountain?  — (jw__42235, __no translation__)

13. obj (frequency:12)

    And to arrange dem as e take happen one by one.  — (jw__32730, __no translation__)

    wetin happen wetin happen?in fact e be like say I no read for dat test  — (deuber__1495, __no translation__)

14. ccomp (frequency:7)

    Wetin we learn from wetin happen to apostle Paul for Philippi?  — (jw__43206, __no translation__)

    Wetin happen wey im still dey for street dey, dey beg for money?  — (NST_cleaned__12181, __no translation__)

15. cc-nsubj (frequency:5)

    You know but nothing happen.  — (JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__167, You know but, nothing happened.)

    But something happen wey for make dem no be friend again.  — (jw__5529, __no translation__)

16. mark-obj (frequency:5)

    We sidon put all di information of every attack wey happen one by one.  — (bbc__98355, __no translation__)

    As e be sey na like thirty small, small pikin dem, school children, na im die for inside one motor accident wey happen for di north side of Tanzania.  — (WAZL_12_Chibok-Girls_M__21, It happened that about thirty small children, school children, they were the ones who died in one motor accident that happened at the north side of Tanzania.)

17. aux-obj (frequency:4)

    Kai e be like sey na wetin go happen be dat o.  — (KAD_29_Boys-Talk_DG__34, Ah, it seems that is what will happen.)

    According to avoid di gbege, wey dem suspect e for happen follo di waka-waka.  — (ja102__313, __no translation__)

18. det (frequency:2)

    Even wit de dialogue weh e di go on, kontri pipo for de two regions celebrate dia independence laik say notin di happen.  — (bbc__47823, __no translation__)

    Anglophone crisis no longer bi for wuna level, make President Biya start dis shiddon tok weh deh di singam and notin di happen for ground, de pipo tell de commission.  — (bbc__392, __no translation__)

19. dep-obj (frequency:2)

    Twitter/Ana3rabeya We don dey wait for dis to happen since.  — (bbc__96332, __no translation__)

    E say UN di still ask foment permission for kam shine eye for weti di happen de two regions.  — (bbc__14026, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• happun 0.76 2123, cause 0.58 1775, do 0.55 21672, repeat 0.48 117, affect 0.47 1028, worse 0.47 180, tension 0.46 144, scatter 0.46 441, herdsmen 0.45 655

Antonyms

• happun 0.76 2123, cause 0.58 1775, do 0.55 21672, repeat 0.48 117, affect 0.47 1028, worse 0.47 180, tension 0.46 144, scatter 0.46 441, herdsmen 0.45 655

Translations

• English: happen