our

Naija

Alternative forms

• aw

Etymology

Borrowed from English our

Pronunciation

• ɑr

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 235
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 71
• Frequency in raw corpus: 5052
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 77

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

our: no definition -- someting wey belong to us

1. - (frequency:3)

   Our me, na only me dey learn work.  — (KAD_29_Boys-Talk_DG__51, in ours, it's just me who is learning the work.)

   Our God, give us your holy spirit.  — (jw__28580, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• oursef 0.45 60

Synonyms

• we 0.56 25536, us 0.47 9416

Antonyms

• their 0.66 3355, deir 0.64 954, dia 0.60 11206

Translations

• English: Belonging to us

Pronoun

our: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:5022)

   Our mate…  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__123, Our mate...)

   our house!  — (NST_cleaned__36401, __no translation__)

2. case (frequency:14)

   one of our...  — (NST_cleaned__40248, __no translation__)

   Joke, na, na one of our, our mate.  — (NST_cleaned__27105, __no translation__)

3. conj (frequency:5)

   54. In no event will our and/or the promotion partners’ total aggregate liability to you exceed the  — (ja102__159, __no translation__)

   63. In the event of any dispute, our and any judges’ decisions are final, and no correspondence will  — (ja102__185, __no translation__)

4. advmod:emph (frequency:5)

   Make we no disgrace our' sef...  — (bbc__9081, __no translation__)

   Di group tok say na true say president Buhari tok say make we tell our sef truth.  — (bbc__35073, __no translation__)

5. conj:dicto (frequency:4)

   Even all dis hardship wey dey for our country, im don dey affect our, our girl.  — (ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__33, Even all this hardship in our country has started affecting our, our girls.)

   Our, di only ting wey e go happen be sey noting person e fit, only one person e no fit finish everyting.  — (LAG_05_Government-Dey-Try_M__20, Our... the only thing that will happen is that there is nothing someone can... only one person cannot perfect/complete everything.)

6. case-conj:dicto (frequency:2)

   De say de no wan moh fetch water for our... for deir place.  — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__68, They say they don’t want us to fetch water from our... from their place.)

   Mey de no let government, mey de no let, mey do no let bad ting happen for dis coun~, our government o for our, for our, for our, for our nation o,  — (NST_cleaned__30455, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• their 0.66 3355, deir 0.64 954, dia 0.60 11206, your 0.57 5542, we 0.56 25536, dier 0.55 44, us 0.47 9416, oursef 0.45 60, my 0.44 6496

Antonyms

• their 0.66 3355, deir 0.64 954, dia 0.60 11206, your 0.57 5542, we 0.56 25536, dier 0.55 44, us 0.47 9416, oursef 0.45 60, my 0.44 6496

Translations

• English: no definition