Difference between revisions of "say"

 
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===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
 
* [[sey]]
 
* [[sey]]
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
From English ''say''
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From: English ''say''
 
 
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* sé
 
* sé
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-say.m.ogg</sm2>
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-say.m.ogg</sm2>
  
===Frequency===
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===Verb===
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 705
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* Make person talk someting for mouth
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 35
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:* {{ux|dv| Make we '''say''' someting.|(We should say something.)}}
* Frequency in raw corpus: 48357
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:* {{ux|dv| E even give me transport, '''say''' "oya go school, go school". |(ABJ_GWA_03_Cost-Of-Living-In-Abuja_MG__107, He even gave me the transportation fare and said, "go to school, go to school".)}}
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 9
 
 
 
===Transitive Verb===
 
* Make person talk someting.
 
 
 
#{{ux|dv|Moh '''say''' someting. |(NSC_Tella_2021, You should say something.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|E no wan '''say''' di truth. |(NSC_Tella_2021, He doesn't want to say the truth.)}}
 
 
 
===Intransitive Verb===
 
:{{ux|dv|E even give me transport, '''say''' oya go school, go school. |(ABJ_GWA_03_Cost-Of-Living-In-Abuja_MG__107, He even gave me the transportation fare and said, ' go to school, go to school' .)}}
 
 
 
===Serial Verb===
 
:{{ux|dv|E follow dem '''say''' rubbish. |(NSC_Tella_2021, He joined them to pass a senseless talk.)}}
 
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[talk]]
 
* [[talk]]
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''say''
 
* English: ''say''
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===Subordinating conjuction===
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* Go look [[sey]]

Latest revision as of 14:46, 9 March 2024

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English say

Pronunciation

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Verb

  • Make person talk someting for mouth
  • Make we say someting.  — (We should say something.)
  • E even give me transport, say "oya go school, go school".  — (ABJ_GWA_03_Cost-Of-Living-In-Abuja_MG__107, He even gave me the transportation fare and said, "go to school, go to school".)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: say

Subordinating conjuction