is
Naija
Alternative forms
- are 0.72 474, had 0.69 44, have 0.68 323, was 0.68 222, would 0.66 61, has 0.64 131, can 0.61 260, will 0.60 598, it 0.60 629
Etymology
Borrowed from English is
Pronunciation
- ɪz
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 140
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 106
- Frequency in raw corpus: 883
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 397
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Auxiliary
is: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:246)
- Is no… , — (IBA_08_Music-And-Art-Students_DG__225, It's not...)
- Is plain. — (JOS_12_How-To-Prepare-Gote-Soup_MG__50, It's plain.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- are 0.72 474, had 0.69 44, have 0.68 323, was 0.68 222, would 0.66 61, has 0.64 131, can 0.61 260, will 0.60 598, it 0.60 629
Antonyms
- are 0.72 474, had 0.69 44, have 0.68 323, was 0.68 222, would 0.66 61, has 0.64 131, can 0.61 260, will 0.60 598, it 0.60 629
Translations
- English: no definition
Verb
is: no definition, be.IND.SG.3.PRS.FIN -- Definition in Naija?
- xcomp (frequency:49)
- Is as… — (BEN_27_Boy-And-Girl_DG__55, It's as if...)
- Is no… , — (NST_cleaned__5060, __no translation__)
- nsubj (frequency:39)
- Dis is... — (ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__28, This is...)
- di guy is... — (NST_cleaned__35571, __no translation__)
- - (frequency:14)
- But how much is, si garri now? — (WAZP_02_Porico_M__20, But how much is... si garri now ?)
- It is only, no be only im I born o. — (NST_cleaned__3877, __no translation__)
- dep (frequency:14)
- Say is fowl? — (ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__139, Say is fowl ?)
- What is dat kingdom of God, — (PRT_11_A-Man-Named-Jesus_MG__32, What is the Kingdom of God?)
- dep-xcomp (frequency:13)
- Which is last year, — (ABJ_GWA_07_Waec-Money_DG__26, Which is last year.)
- deir own is too much. — (deuber__3915, __no translation__)
- mark-xcomp (frequency:7)
- Skip Twitter post by Which is more Popular in Nigeria and Africa? — (bbc__90242, __no translation__)
- Dat one, e use to clean di dirty wey dey inside di dust wey is inside. — (NST_cleaned__37138, __no translation__)
- aux-nsubj (frequency:4)
- He is taken. — (NST_cleaned__1131, __no translation__)
- Where is it leaking? — (LAG_30_Rambling-Conversation_DG__9, Where is it leaking ?)
- conj-nsubj (frequency:4)
- Dat is… — (ABJ_INF_07_Street-Children_M__70, That is...)
- date/time is specified. — (ja102__5812, __no translation__)
- cc-xcomp (frequency:3)
- And is a very nice course. — (WAZP_05_Anthony_M__22, And it is a very nice course.)
- And e, e, e, is not good to sleep hungry. — (LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__139, And it... it... it's not good to sleep with an empty stomach.)
- mark (frequency:2)
- So if is, if you get someting wey dey bite you for dere hm, tell us about am. — (NST_cleaned__26987, __no translation__)
- Tori be say, e dey look like dem don hack di account dat is anoda person don begin control di account. — (bbc__95371, __no translation__)
- dep-nsubj (frequency:2)
- Which kind of government is dis? — (NST_cleaned__7825, __no translation__)
- Na so our oga con call me sey why is it dat it's only me, why sey na only me wey de dey see for dis office, where di oder two people dey go? — (ONI_18a_Kanpatakwa_M__69, That was how my boss now called me that why is it that it is only me, why is it that it is only me they see in this office, where do the other two people go to ?)
- ccomp-dep (frequency:2)
- Is like we for change dis place to anoder country. — (NST_cleaned__24325, __no translation__)
- That is to say if di tin face you, dem say make you shoot am o. — (NST_cleaned__40692, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- are 0.72 474, had 0.69 44, have 0.68 323, was 0.68 222, would 0.66 61, has 0.64 131, can 0.61 260, will 0.60 598, it 0.60 629
Antonyms
- are 0.72 474, had 0.69 44, have 0.68 323, was 0.68 222, would 0.66 61, has 0.64 131, can 0.61 260, will 0.60 598, it 0.60 629
Translations
- English: no definition, be.IND.SG.3.PRS.FIN