now

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

Borrowed from English now

Pronunciation

• naʊ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 802
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 28
• Frequency in raw corpus: 7444
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 56

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adverb

now: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:6680)

   now  — (deuber__1134, __no translation__)

   Now.  — (IBA_37_Buhari-Returns_DG__85, Now.)

2. case (frequency:437)

   But for now Dr.  — (bbc__22760, __no translation__)

   But for now, tank God.  — (KAN_03_My-Plans-For-The-Country_DG__116, But now, thank God.)

3. advmod (frequency:159)

   No now, e no good,  — (NST_cleaned__29459, __no translation__)

   No be im call just now?  — (IBA_39_Easter-Preparations_DG__79, Is she not the one that called just now ?)

4. ccomp (frequency:25)

   Now I dey do, I dey do lesson.  — (NST_cleaned__14169, __no translation__)

   Now we dey cry, we still dey suffer,  — (jw__27491, __no translation__)

5. case-dep (frequency:23)

   From now on, report any pesin wey tell you to travel go Europe.  — (bbc__3005, __no translation__)

   Unless you be rat wey dey read dis, in fact woman rat sef, then dat answer na no, at least for now.  — (bbc__97324, __no translation__)

6. obl:mod (frequency:21)

   Na military dey rule right now.  — (bbc__48026, __no translation__)

   And in fact said all of dem bin dey inside good form right now.  — (WAZL_03_News-On-Gmns_MG__15, And in fact, he said all of them are in good condition right now.)

7. cc (frequency:9)

   But now,…  — (JOS_28_Exams_DG__193, But now...)

   Now, and… ,  — (NST_cleaned__16003, __no translation__)

8. obj (frequency:8)

   Why you no watch di ball now my broda?  — (NST_cleaned__31233, __no translation__)

   Now wetin concern Trump, concern Canada?  — (NST_cleaned__8182, __no translation__)

9. conj (frequency:8)

   Now and for front our faith go strong.  — (jw__27475, __no translation__)

   But now, and even now, e con make dey more conscious of wetin women dey go trough.  — (NST_cleaned__19906, __no translation__)

10. dep (frequency:7)

    Every now na so motor dey con dey park.  — (NST_cleaned__1398, __no translation__)

    shey dat money go replace di thing?at all now ah-ah all-- heeey  — (deuber__5091, __no translation__)

11. mark (frequency:5)

    E no gree sleep with am, e talk sey: ‘No now!  — (jw__30294, __no translation__)

    Up~, upon sey now wey I dey teach small children.  — (NST_cleaned__17564, __no translation__)

12. cop (frequency:3)

    Why na now you con dey write JAMB now?  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__42, Why is it now you are writing JAMB ?)

    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. )

Synonyms

• 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

Antonyms

• 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

Translations

• English: no definition