our
Naija
Alternative forms
- aw
Etymology
Borrowed from English our
Pronunciation
- ɑr
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
- - (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: pl pron,to show wetin belong to us.
- 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.)
- 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.)
Derived forms
- oursef
Synonyms
- we 0.56 25536, us 0.47 9416, oursef 0.45 60,
Antonyms
- their 0.66 3355, deir 0.64 954, dia 0.60 11206
Translations
- English: someting wey belong to us