in fact

Naija

Alternative forms

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Etymology

From English in

Pronunciation

• ɪn

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 235
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 72
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4087
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 91

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Preposition

in: for (This really occurs in Naija except in cases of code switching)

1. for

   As in!  — (KAD_22_Chatting-At-The-Restaurant_DG__157, As if!)

2. dep (frequency:303)

   In  — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__61, In the...)

   ehn once in a...  — (NST_cleaned__37438, __no translation__)

Related forms

• in fact

1. In fact, e get one...  — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__61, In fact, there is one...)

   And in fact im bin yarn sey e dey hopeful sey as di way wey we say, de dey pray for am, na so, de go dey pray for di peace and unity of we obodo.  — (WAZL_03_News-On-Gmns_MG__25, And in fact, he has said that he's hopeful that as we say, they are praying for him, and that in the same way, they will be praying for the peace and unity of our country.)

• all in all

1. Football na my all in all.  — (bbc__43697, __no translation__)

• and in fact sey

1. And in fact sey e no get ehn... e no get brain at all, at all.  — (WAZL_03_News-On-Gmns_MG__35, And in fact, he does not have uh... it's not sensible.)

   And in fact said all of dem bin dey inside good form right now.  — (WAZL_03_News-On-Gmns_MG__15, And in fact, he said all of them are in good condition right now.)

• as in

1. As in!  — (KAD_22_Chatting-At-The-Restaurant_DG__157, As if!)

   As in you gats loyal.  — (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__94, I mean, you have to be loyal.)

Synonyms

• for

Translations

• English: in

Subordinating Conjunction

in: for

1. e dey introduce small clause for inside big clause

   How you go take know native banga, in case you want to know?  — (NST_cleaned__35882, __How would you identify the native palm fruit if you want to know?__)

   Dis na di long and short of di main tins wey happun, in case you somehow miss am...  — (bbc__41370, __These are the main points in case you missed them.__)

Synonyms

• for

Translations

• English: in