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| − | * Make person or someting dey | + | * Make person or someting go dey di [[level]] of anoder ting. |
:*{{ux|dv|E never '''reach''' im papa [[level]] for di work now.|(Egbokhare_2021, He has not got to the same point as his father has at work.)}} | :*{{ux|dv|E never '''reach''' im papa [[level]] for di work now.|(Egbokhare_2021, He has not got to the same point as his father has at work.)}} | ||
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| + | # Make person or someting fit do someting. | ||
:*{{ux|dv|Im don know how much go '''reach''' you.|(IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__148, He already knows how much money you will be given.)}} | :*{{ux|dv|Im don know how much go '''reach''' you.|(IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__148, He already knows how much money you will be given.)}} | ||
:*{{ux|dv|Know where your power '''reach'''.|(jw__21938, Accept your limitations.)}} | :*{{ux|dv|Know where your power '''reach'''.|(jw__21938, Accept your limitations.)}} | ||
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Revision as of 22:24, 3 August 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: English reach
Pronunciation
- rîʃ
Verb
- Make person or someting go dey di level of anoder ting.
- E never reach im papa level for di work now. — (Egbokhare_2021, He has not got to the same point as his father has at work.)
- Make person or someting fit do someting.
- Im don know how much go reach you. — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__148, He already knows how much money you will be given.)
- Know where your power reach. — (jw__21938, Accept your limitations.)
Synonyms
Translation
- English: to be enough, to extend to something/somewhere
Serial Verb
- Na where time meet person or where someting no fit waka pass again.
- Na so Okoye talk reach with ordinary language. — (katakata__361, That was where Okoye left it off without being bombastic.)
- Make the way you dey sing, loud reach how you dey talk. — (jw__17096, Your voice pitch when singing should be the same as when you speak.)
- Di guy fine reach me? — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__130, Is the guy as handsome as I am?)
- E lead dem reach Red Sea and tell dem sey make dem build small tent. — (jw__18129, He led them as far as the Red Sea and told them to make a small tent.)
- Di attack wey begin on Tuesday and reach Thursday don cause many pipo to abandon dia house and run comot. — (bbc__33149, The attack that lasted from Tuesday to Thursday made many persons flee their homes.)
Translations
- English: for something to be as much as/as far as, the extent of something