know

Naija

Alternative forms

• understand 0.77 1148, tink 0.73 588, think 0.72 2296, see 0.71 9160, sabi 0.70 2162, feel 0.69 1488, believe 0.68 1742, remember 0.66 893, forget 0.65 672

Etymology

Borrowed from English know

Pronunciation

• noʊ

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 498
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 40
• Frequency in raw corpus: 7097
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 60

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

know: no definition, VERB -- Definition in Naija?

1. nsubj (frequency:533)

   I know.  — (JOS_23_Wedding_DG__94, I know.)

   I know,  — (BEN_27_Boy-And-Girl_DG__95, I know.)

2. obj (frequency:457)

   Who know self?  — (deuber__6032, __no translation__)

   Na we know food.  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__26, It's us that know food.)

3. mark-obj (frequency:273)

   dem dey train am to know am  — (jw__6678, __no translation__)

   Dem need to know Jehovah God  — (jw__6668, __no translation__)

4. ccomp (frequency:254)

   Na you know dey.  — (ONI_04_Women_M__73, it is you that knows the...)

   know sey Jehovah love you?  — (jw__48747, __no translation__)

5. - (frequency:182)

   I wan know.  — (KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__29, I want to know.)

   I dont know.  — (NST_cleaned__8992, __no translation__)

6. obl:arg (frequency:91)

   Seven tins you suppose know about Alagba  — (bbc__88089, __no translation__)

   Wetin you suppose know about 'Mr Fix-it'  — (bbc__99610, __no translation__)

7. mark (frequency:73)

   E no always easy to know.  — (jw__9618, __no translation__)

   Togo Protest: Things to know  — (bbc__94477, __no translation__)

8. dep (frequency:52)

   Na everybody know sey… ,  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__184, It's everybody that knows that...)

   But Bible dey help me know sey  — (jw__5133, __no translation__)

9. aux-obj (frequency:32)

   ''If not for vitiligo, who go know me?  — (bbc__8408, __no translation__)

   dem no dey use night take dey know king  — (deuber__2505, __no translation__)

10. cc-obj (frequency:20)

    Go, and know what is all about.  — (WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__34, Go, and find out what it's all about.)

    If we want make laws for Bible help us, we no go only read, or know them.  — (jw__16875, __no translation__)

11. dep-mark (frequency:18)

    So anybody wey know sey...  — (ONI_07_Dis-Year-Na-My-Year_MG__25, So whoever knows that...)

    The next thing wey Jesus talk about na something wey many of the people know.  — (jw__35468, __no translation__)

12. advmod (frequency:16)

    Im say im no know,  — (BEN_01_Woman-Life-No-Easy_M__56, He said he did no know.)

    You suppose know now.  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__114, You should know.)

13. advcl (frequency:12)

    How we go take know if we don dey love ourself pass God?  — (jw__15287, __no translation__)

    Soldier wen wan reach house no go let enemy know when im dey.  — (bbc__7801, __no translation__)

14. dep-obj (frequency:6)

    High Priest Jehoiada and im wife Jehosheba, know sey wetin Athaliah dey do no good.  — (jw__13844, __no translation__)

    Dem add say dem go let public know di outcome as soon as dem finish dia investigate.  — (bbc__51230, __no translation__)

15. aux (frequency:4)

    How she take dey know?  — (BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__51, How will she know ?)

    Di tin be say who for know say Nigeria dey spend dat kain money ontop dogs?  — (bbc__36281, __no translation__)

16. conj (frequency:3)

    I dey come back for anoder o'clock to still let una know every, every.  — (WAZL_12_Chibok-Girls_M__33, I will come back in another hour to let you know everything.)

    But, you know but me dey f~, feel sey na only dat, na only one day, e go fi~, still dey possible sey, de go fit do dat ting for dat, just dat day.  — (NST_cleaned__9704, __no translation__)

17. aux-dep (frequency:2)

    Go know sey na you be God.  — (jw__13000, __no translation__)

    E even get some kain girls wey be sey you even senior sef, wey be sey de go even teach you di kind lesson wey you never know before, de no go even give you all dose kind respect wey you dey look for.  — (BEN_21_Love-Matters_DG__98, In fact, there are some girls who are younger than you, who will even teach you the kind of lessons you were not aware of, they will not give you all those kinds of respect which you are looking for.)

Derived forms

• dat know

1. De go do like sey de be city girls so dat you know when dey enter big place like dis ba, dem go know sey ah na babe be dis,  — (KAD_22_Chatting-At-The-Restaurant_DG__168, They'll pretend they're city girls so that you know, when they enter a big place like this, they'll know that these are babes.)

   One trailer of eh... cement dey go dey follow you so dat people go know sey yes people wey de forget for many years, God don remember dem.  — (ONI_07_Dis-Year-Na-My-Year_MG__59, One trailer of uh... cement, they'll follow you so that people will know that yes, God has remembered the people they've forgotten about for many years.)

• sey know

1. Ah e con be like sey hm... I no know.  — (IBA_01_Fola-Lifestory_MG__79, Ah! It was as if uh... I dunno.)

   In fact deir friends go make am look like sey you no know what's up if you no dey cheat.  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__41, In fact, their friends will make it look like you don't know what's up if you don't cheat.)

Synonyms

• understand 0.77 1148, tink 0.73 588, think 0.72 2296, see 0.71 9160, sabi 0.70 2162, feel 0.69 1488, believe 0.68 1742, remember 0.66 893, forget 0.65 672

Antonyms

• understand 0.77 1148, tink 0.73 588, think 0.72 2296, see 0.71 9160, sabi 0.70 2162, feel 0.69 1488, believe 0.68 1742, remember 0.66 893, forget 0.65 672

Translations

• English: no definition, VERB