it

Naija

Alternative forms

• what 0.73 554, going 0.69 67, will 0.68 598, would 0.65 61, not 0.63 1042, is 0.60 1119, a 0.59 2561, talking 0.59 42, are 0.59 474

Etymology

Borrowed from English it

Pronunciation

• ɪt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 78
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 173
• Frequency in raw corpus: 427
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 735

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Pronoun

it: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:366)

   Check it.  — (ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__157, Check it.)

   Dat'S it.  — (ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__70, That's it.)

2. case (frequency:60)

   Dat'S it.  — (NST_cleaned__34334, __no translation__)

   So, it's part of it.  — (NST_cleaned__3472, __no translation__)

3. case-nmod (frequency:4)

   Dere are no two ways about it.  — (WAZL_10_Oga-Madam_DG__118, There are no two ways about it.)

   So I don't know what to do about it.  — (ONI_01_Salary-Wahala_M__20, So, I dont know what to do about it.)

4. dep (frequency:3)

   Different style, Shuku, all back, two Step, all kind of style dat you want, we do it, den fixing too.  — (IBA_19_Beauty-Salon_M__40, Different styles like Suku, All back, Two steps, all kinds of styles that you want, we do it, and alos fixing.)

   Dat five five naira o, dat five, five naira da muna adaci, had it been we dey do contribution , do you know how rich we be now?  — (NST_cleaned__33076, __no translation__)

5. conj (frequency:2)

   How we go take make money, make it in life, survive.  — (ONI_23_Things-Don-Cost_DG__92, how we will make money, make it in life, survive,)

   Na from bad clue dem open di multi million dollar business of post it nots  — (bbc__71164, __no translation__)

6. case-dep (frequency:2)

   We no dey cause anything about it.  — (ONI_23_Things-Don-Cost_DG__22, We do not cause anything about it.)

   But some people are using generator, and we did not se any effect on it.  — (LAG_19_Nepa-Wahala_DG__105, but some people are using generator and we did not see any effect on them.\)

7. advmod-dep (frequency:2)

   Dat'S just it.  — (NST_cleaned__1651, __no translation__)

   I say dats just it, na just di matter be dat.  — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__64, I said, that's just it ; It's just the matter.)

8. advmod-case (frequency:2)

   Yes, we'll do something about it.  — (JOS_41_Buying-Drinks_DG__29, Yes, we'll do something about it)

   buy less meat, milk, cheese and butter and more local sourced seasonal food - and troway less of it away • drive electric car but trek or cycle short distances • take train and bus instead of aeroplane • use videoconferencing instead of business travel • use washing line instead of a tumble dryer • insulate homes • demand low carbon for every consumer product  — (bbc__102284, __no translation__)

9. advmod-nmod (frequency:2)

   Dat'S just it.  — (BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__134, That's just it.)

   Dat is just it.  — (IBA_12_Pop-Corn_M__26, That is just it.)

Synonyms

• what 0.73 554, going 0.69 67, will 0.68 598, would 0.65 61, not 0.63 1042, is 0.60 1119, a 0.59 2561, talking 0.59 42, are 0.59 474

Antonyms

• what 0.73 554, going 0.69 67, will 0.68 598, would 0.65 61, not 0.63 1042, is 0.60 1119, a 0.59 2561, talking 0.59 42, are 0.59 474

Translations

• English: no definition