Difference between revisions of "say"

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===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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====Transitive Verb====
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 35
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 48357
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 9
 
 
 
===Transitive Verb===
 
 
* Make person talk someting.
 
* Make person talk someting.
 
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:* {{ux|dv| Moh '''say''' someting.|(NSC_Tella_2021, You should say something.)}}
#{{ux|dv|Moh '''say''' someting. |(NSC_Tella_2021, You should say something.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| E no wan '''say''' di truth. |(NSC_Tella_2021, He doesn't want to say the truth.)}}
#{{ux|dv|E no wan '''say''' di truth. |(NSC_Tella_2021, He doesn't want to say the truth.)}}
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====Intransitive Verb====
 
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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.)}}
===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===
 
===Serial Verb===
 
:{{ux|dv|E follow dem '''say''' rubbish. |(NSC_Tella_2021, He joined them to pass a senseless talk.)}}
 
:{{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''

Revision as of 18:47, 3 August 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English: say

Pronunciation

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Verb

Transitive Verb

  • Make person talk someting.
  • Moh say someting.  — (NSC_Tella_2021, You should say something.)
  • E no wan say di truth.  — (NSC_Tella_2021, He doesn't want to say the truth.)

Intransitive Verb

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

E follow dem say rubbish.  — (NSC_Tella_2021, He joined them to pass a senseless talk.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: say