Difference between revisions of "jeje"
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Sey garagara no dey for someting. | Sey garagara no dey for someting. | ||
===Adjective=== | ===Adjective=== | ||
| − | :* {{ux|dv| Life just dey '''jeje''', nothing dey. |(JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__91, | + | :* {{ux|dv| Life just dey '''jeje''', nothing dey. |(JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__91, Just taking life easy.)}} |
| − | :* {{ux|dv| Because life for dis place na '''jeje'''. |(NST_cleaned__37306, | + | :* {{ux|dv| Because life for dis place na '''jeje'''. |(NST_cleaned__37306, Life over here is calm.)}} |
| − | :* {{ux|dv| So I con dey eat, I dey eat '''jeje'''. |(NST_cleaned__9918, | + | :* {{ux|dv| So I con dey eat, I dey eat '''jeje'''. |(NST_cleaned__9918, I started eating quietly.)}} |
| − | :* {{ux|dv|Dis morning, I dey my own '''jeje''', I no want talk to her. |(JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__33, This morning I was on my own quietly. | + | :* {{ux|dv| Dis morning, I dey my own '''jeje''', I no want talk to her. |(JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__33, This morning I was on my own quietly, I didn't talk to her.)}} |
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Revision as of 11:50, 5 November 2020
Naija
Etymology
From: Yoruba jeje (gently)
Pronunciation
- dʒɛ̄dʒɛ̄
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3217
- Frequency in raw corpus: 34
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3985
Definition
Sey garagara no dey for someting.
Adjective
- Life just dey jeje, nothing dey. — (JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__91, Just taking life easy.)
- Because life for dis place na jeje. — (NST_cleaned__37306, Life over here is calm.)
- So I con dey eat, I dey eat jeje. — (NST_cleaned__9918, I started eating quietly.)
- Dis morning, I dey my own jeje, I no want talk to her. — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__33, This morning I was on my own quietly, I didn't talk to her.)
Related forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: gentle, quietly