here

Naija

Alternative forms

• there 0.73 972, dere 0.68 1047, shop 0.56 264, where 0.55 3085, room 0.53 356, outside 0.53 702, place 0.52 2592, street 0.52 411, now 0.52 8252

Etymology

Borrowed from English here

Pronunciation

• hir

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 149
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 98
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1043
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 351

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adverb

here: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:782)

   He is here,  — (BEN_15a_Theology-Demons_DG__155, He is here.)

   See am here.  — (deuber__511, __no translation__)

2. case (frequency:276)

   For here?  — (KAD_19_Kabiru-Gymnasium_DG__76, In this place ?)

   Vote for here ;  — (bbc__94307, __no translation__)

3. conj (frequency:9)

   Look at di building here and dere.  — (ONI_07_Dis-Year-Na-My-Year_MG__1, Look at the buildings here and there.)

   everything dey fluctuate here and dere  — (deuber__5173, __no translation__)

4. obl:mod (frequency:9)

   And I'm here wit my friend.  — (KAD_14_Stephen-Silas-Betting_DG__3, And I'm here with my friend.)

   We go dey here again next time same station,  — (WAZL_06_Na-Your-Health_DG__309, We will be here again, next time, same station,)

5. advmod (frequency:8)

   So de don't even know what is happening wit us here.  — (JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__285, So, they don't even know what is happening to us here.)

   And eh we really dey appreciate your presence right here for inside eh we studio.  — (ENU_29_Personality-Show-On-Computer_DG__232, And eh,we really appreciate your presence right here in eh our studio.)

6. advmod-case (frequency:7)

   For here too.  — (KAD_19_Kabiru-Gymnasium_DG__77, In this place too.)

   Even for here de talk am sey aha.  — (JOS_34_Constitutional-Law_DG__98, Even here, they said it.)

7. advcl (frequency:4)

   Because everytin dey here cost.  — (ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__59, because everything that is here, is expensive.)

   Me, I know sey God fit do everything, but we, God no go come down from heaven yonder come do am here, na we.  — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__93, me, I know God can do everything, But our God will not come down from heaven above to do it here, It is us.)

8. dep (frequency:2)

   Na here your, na here your mama com, com, come test food.  — (NST_cleaned__24912, __no translation__)

   And na di business money na im I take graduate from my school before I come dey here now for, for temporarily until I get my own job.  — (NST_cleaned__18483, __no translation__)

9. case-conj (frequency:2)

   You fit read more for here and for here too  — (bbc__101748, __no translation__)

   From here to Cotonu, you dey drive dey come.  — (JOS_40_Travelling-On-Nigerian-Roads_DG__120, From here to Cotonu, you drove back.)

10. appos-case (frequency:2)

    But for here for Nigeria, noting like dat dey happen o.  — (JOS_14_Chibozor-View-About-Nigeria_MG__77, But here in Nigeria, nothing like that is happening.)

    And we dey play ball for here, Police College also, Police College field.  — (KAD_25_Celestine_M__31, and weplay football here in Police College also, Police College field.)

Synonymes

• there 0.73 972, dere 0.68 1047, shop 0.56 264, where 0.55 3085, room 0.53 356, outside 0.53 702, place 0.52 2592, street 0.52 411, now 0.52 8252

Antonymes

• there 0.73 972, dere 0.68 1047, shop 0.56 264, where 0.55 3085, room 0.53 356, outside 0.53 702, place 0.52 2592, street 0.52 411, now 0.52 8252

Translations

• English: no definition