Difference between revisions of "na"
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===Adverb===
 
===Adverb===
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* (Discursive) time wey we dey for someting.
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Time wey someting happen.
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#: {{ux|dv|E go want taste am '''na''' haha. |(LAG_36_Marriage_DG__34, He will just want to taste it now, haha.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| E go want taste am '''na''' haha. |(LAG_36_Marriage_DG__34, He wil want to taste it now.)}}
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''now''
 
* English: ''now''
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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
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Wetin person dey use talk about someting wey person no wan use di name.
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Make person dey talk about someting wey person no wan use di name.
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Na''' village, '''na''' im dem dey. |(BEN_09_Tailoring-Immunization_MG__46, It's in the village, that's where they are.)}}
 
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Na''' fibroid, '''na''' im de do am. |(ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__84, It was fibroid she had.)}}
 
 
:* {{ux|dv| My name '''na''' Ibrahim Salomi. |(ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__1, My name is Ibrahim Salomi.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| My name '''na''' Ibrahim Salomi. |(ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__1, My name is Ibrahim Salomi.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| My name '''na''' Joke Babatunde. |(IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__2, My name is Joke Babatunde.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| My name '''na''' Joke Babatunde. |(IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__2, My name is Joke Babatunde.)}}
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* English: ''is'' a ''be'' form
 
* English: ''is'' a ''be'' form
  
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===Particle===
 
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Di marker wey de dey use focus word for sentence.
 
  
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#{{ux|dv|and '''na''' im be di cheapest |(deuber__3875, And it is the cheapest)}}
 
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#{{ux|dv|'''Na''' yesterday Sunday o, '''na''' im dis one shele for Lagos. |(deuber, It was Sunday, yesterday, that was when this one happenend in Lagos)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' so because that kind love dey deceive people. |(jw__10522, It is so, because that kind of love deceives people.)}}
 
  
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===Pronoun===
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Wetin person dey use talk about someting when person no wan use di name.
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:* {{ux|dv| '''Na''' village, '''na''' im dem dey. |(BEN_09_Tailoring-Immunization_MG__46, It's in the village, that's where they are.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| '''Na''' fibroid, '''na''' im de do am. |(ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__84, It was fibroid she had.)}}
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
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* English: is
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* English: ''it's''

Revision as of 11:33, 18 March 2021

Naija

Etymology

From Portuguese na

Pronunciation

  • nà

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 2008
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 6
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 41064
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 13

Adverb

Time wey someting happen.

  • E go want taste am na haha.  — (LAG_36_Marriage_DG__34, He wil want to taste it now.)

Translations

  • English: now



Verb

Make person dey talk about someting wey person no wan use di name.

  • My name na Ibrahim Salomi.  — (ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__1, My name is Ibrahim Salomi.)
  • My name na Joke Babatunde.  — (IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__2, My name is Joke Babatunde.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: is a be form


Pronoun

Wetin person dey use talk about someting when person no wan use di name.

  • Na village, na im dem dey.  — (BEN_09_Tailoring-Immunization_MG__46, It's in the village, that's where they are.)
  • Na fibroid, na im de do am.  — (ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__84, It was fibroid she had.)

Translations

  • English: it's
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