how

Naija

Etymology

From: English how

Pronunciation

• haʊ/ aʊ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 212
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 76
• Frequency in raw corpus: 8095
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 50

Adverb

1. Di wey someting dey go or don happen

   • You know how e be,  — (PRT_06_Port-Harcourt_DG__79, You know how it is.)
   • I know how to dance,  — (ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__82, I know how to dance.)

2. Dem dey use am dey ask as person be

   • How,  — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__62, How ?)
   • How?  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__251, How ?)

Translations

• English: How