Difference between revisions of "now"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* still 0.56 6514, okay 0.52 1302, here 0.52 1186, dere 0.51 1047, ehen 0.48 871, e 0.48 46271, today 0.48 2190, just 0.47 5577, eh 0.47 2575
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English ''now''
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From: English ''now''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-now.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-now.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-now.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-now.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 802
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 28
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 7444
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 56
 
 
  
 
===Adverb===
 
===Adverb===
 
* Someting wey dey happen at di time.
 
* Someting wey dey happen at di time.
#{{ux|dv|Why na '''now''' you con dey write JAMB '''now'''? |(ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__42, Why is it now you are writing JAMB ?)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Why na '''now''' you con dey write JAMB '''now'''? |(ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__42, Why are you writing JAMB now?)}}
#{{ux|dv|Workers say oga, you don come, na '''now''' you come. |(ABJ_INF_05_On-Pidgin_M__28, The workers said, Boss, you have started communicating. Now you're talking. )}}
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:* {{ux|dv|No be im call just '''now'''? |(IBA_39_Easter-Preparations_DG__79, Is she not the one that called just now ?)}}
#{{ux|dv|No be im call just '''now'''? |(IBA_39_Easter-Preparations_DG__79, Is she not the one that called just now ?)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|But '''now''', and even '''now''', e con make dey more conscious of wetin women dey go trough. |(NST_cleaned, They are now conscious of what women are going through.)}}
 
 
* Like an exclamation wey mean really
 
#{{ux|dv|But '''now''', and even '''now''', e con make dey more conscious of wetin women dey go trough. |(NST_cleaned, They are now conscious of what women are going through.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|Why you no watch di ball '''now''' my broda? |(NST_cleaned__31233, Why didn't you really watch the ball, my brother. )}}
 
 
 
 
 
 
====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
 
* [[now now]]
 
* [[now now]]
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''now''
 
* English: ''now''

Revision as of 17:10, 15 October 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English now

Pronunciation

  • náù

Play Play

Adverb

  • Someting wey dey happen at di time.
  • Why na now you con dey write JAMB now?  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__42, Why are you writing JAMB now?)
  • No be im call just now?  — (IBA_39_Easter-Preparations_DG__79, Is she not the one that called just now ?)
  • But now, and even now, e con make dey more conscious of wetin women dey go trough.  — (NST_cleaned, They are now conscious of what women are going through.)

Related forms

Translations

  • English: now