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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowrom English just
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From English: ''just''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 12:29, 11 February 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: just

Pronunciation

  • ʤɪst

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 463
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 44
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 4990
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 79

The word is used more orally than in written texts.


Adverb

Di way someting dey.

  • I just, I dey happy.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__21, I am just, I am happy.)
  • Me I just, I thank God  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__144, I just, I thank God.)
  • Di tin no just, e no just make sense at all.  — (NST_cleaned__17604, It doesn't just make any sense.)

Translations

  • English: Just