i

Naija

Etymology

From: English I

Pronunciation

• aɪ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 3139
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2
• Frequency in raw corpus: 18270
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 27

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Pronoun

I: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:15913)

   '''I'…  — (IBA_17_Julie-And-Danile_DG__165, I...)

   '''I'...  — (bbc__60501, __no translation__)

2. case (frequency:31)

   As 'I'...  — (NST_cleaned__32604, __no translation__)

   as 'I'...  — (NST_cleaned__32793, __no translation__)

3. dep (frequency:22)

   '''I' no, 'I' no know,  — (BEN_15b_Theology-Offerings_DG__4, I don't... I don't know.)

   Because of dat, 'I'…  — (KAD_18_My-Gunners-The-Musician_DG__105, because of that, I...)

4. cc (frequency:16)

   And 'I'…  — (JOS_15_Graduate-Wahala_M__47, And I...)

   But 'I'…  — (ENU_27_Mechanic-Guys_DG__59, But i ...)

5. discourse (frequency:8)

   So 'I'…  — (ABJ_GWA_07_Waec-Money_DG__83, So, I...)

   Toh 'I'…  — (JOS_29_He-Loves-French_DG__17, Alright, I...)

6. conj (frequency:5)

   Na juggling act but 'I' and we get away wit am today.  — (bbc__5846, __no translation__)

   You know 'I'... dere was one day wey 'I'... wey 'I' eh interview di Informations Minister.  — (WAZL_08_Edewor-Lifestory_MG__75, You know I... there was a day I... that I interviewed the Minister of Information.)

7. ccomp (frequency:5)

   ''As e dey so, 'I' no ready for that, e go hard me.  — (bbc__8193, __no translation__)

   E people wey even dey private, na im, 'I' pity pass.  — (ABJ_GWA_14_Mary-Lifestory_MG__93, It... those who work with private organisations, are the ones I pity the most.)

8. advmod (frequency:5)

   No 'I'…  — (ENU_25_Boss-And-Apprentice_DG__30, No I...)

   So 'I' remember sey 'I' no 'I' no resume.  — (NST_cleaned__34467, __no translation__)

9. det (frequency:2)

   Madam Rebecca, offload dis 'I' beg una, Wednesday, weyn she bin yan give some newtory pipo, for Dapchi town.  — (ja102__1979, __no translation__)

   Sudan forces no use force scatter di 'I' no go gree pipo wey sidon outside di army headquarters but dem target one area wey don become threat to di safety of citizens, na wetin TMC tok-tok pesin Lt Gen Shams al-Din Kabbashi tell tori pipo Sky News Arabia TV channel.  — (bbc__6246, __no translation__)

10. appos (frequency:2)

    Mama no dey feed me, 'I' dey feed mysef.  — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__236, My Mother does not sponsor me; I sponsor myself.)

    E come say, okay e be like sey 'I', 'I', 'I', 'I' n-...  — (NST_cleaned__34434, __no translation__)

11. nsubj (frequency:2)

    '''I' De Trust You  — (jw__15638, __no translation__)

    '''I' neva fit sleep since my in law die - Baba Shaibu  — (bbc__56998, __no translation__)

12. aux-mark (frequency:2)

    im tell me sey mah 'I'...  — (NST_cleaned__35450, __no translation__)

    Im tell... im tell me sey mah 'I'...  — (ENU_22_Barman-Interview_MG__37, He told... he told me that I should...)

13. vocative (frequency:2)

    My broder, 'I'…  — (BEN_15b_Theology-Offerings_DG__63, My brother, I...)

    '''I' mysef, dey carri dis [Onnoghen] case mata go court to prove say e dey illegal, Na so Agbakoba tok.  — (bbc__56997, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• me I

1. Me I, na USA me I go go next year.  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__95, I, it's USA I, will go next year.)

   Even dis, even dis electronic someting, me I, me I dey do am.  — (NST_cleaned__27784, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• you 0.73 28881, me 0.72 7747, l 0.65 343, myself 0.64 193, una 0.62 3531, she 0.62 7870, my 0.57 6496, ah 0.56 1840, mah 0.55 135

Antonyms

• you 0.73 28881, me 0.72 7747, l 0.65 343, myself 0.64 193, una 0.62 3531, she 0.62 7870, my 0.57 6496, ah 0.56 1840, mah 0.55 135

Translations

• English: no definition