see

Naija

Alternative forms

• look 0.71 2331, know 0.71 7861, remember 0.61 893, understand 0.60 1148, survive 0.59 296, hear 0.59 2191, touch 0.58 489, feel 0.58 1488, surprise 0.57 436

Etymology

Borrowed from English see

Pronunciation

• si

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 476
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 42
• Frequency in raw corpus: 8116
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 49

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

see: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. obj (frequency:736)

   See X.  — (IBA_18_Money-Wahala_M__58, See ...)

   See am!  — (WAZP_02_Porico_M__63, See it.)

2. - (frequency:239)

   See!  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__510, Look !)

   See…  — (ONI_14_Girlfriends_DG__30, See...)

3. nsubj (frequency:148)

   I see.  — (LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__137, I see.)

   You see.  — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__38, You see ?)

4. ccomp (frequency:133)

   See make I…  — (ENU_27_Mechanic-Guys_DG__142, look, let me ...)

   See if na… ,  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__4, See, if it's...)

5. aux-obj (frequency:64)

   Con see di boy XX.  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__138, Then if you see the boy...)

   Meh dey see road o!  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__34, Go out!)

6. mark (frequency:51)

   For see...  — (NST_cleaned__33924, __no translation__)

   We dey happy to see  — (jw__39137, __no translation__)

7. cc-obj (frequency:32)

   Come, and see everywhere.  — (PRT_10_Market_DG__15, Come and see everywhere.)

   I will try, and see if deir…  — (NST_cleaned__3446, __no translation__)

8. obl:arg (frequency:31)

   See for yasef;  — (bbc__87475, __no translation__)

   Who you go like see for Paradise?  — (jw__22689, __no translation__)

9. dep (frequency:20)

   See di…  — (ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__68, Look at the...)

   See if na… ,  — (NST_cleaned__6874, __no translation__)

10. aux (frequency:15)

    Dey see,  — (ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__45, Do you see ?)

    Try dey see,  — (jw__38287, __no translation__)

11. dep-obj (frequency:13)

    Your face do as if I dey, I dey see you before.  — (ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__12, Your look like someone I have seen before.)

    Ah see' hell fire for seka say I wan win Miss Cameroon'  — (bbc__8634, __no translation__)

12. advcl (frequency:10)

    Di light from her phone make am see as dem dey rape her daughter.  — (bbc__17370, __no translation__)

    But e no punish dem, e try see if dem don change the kind bad mind wey dem get.  — (jw__21626, __no translation__)

13. advmod (frequency:6)

    Just see!  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__132, Just see !)

    Haha see now, I don dey lean.  — (JOS_23_Wedding_DG__143, Haha look, I have become thin.)

14. cc (frequency:4)

    And see!  — (jw__20452, __no translation__)

    If you you ask dat question, me o, I dey work, and I see…  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__58, If you... you asked that question... in my own case, I am working and I see...)

15. conj (frequency:3)

    Suleiman Kadir, wey be NEMA tok tok pesin, tell AFP say, As e be so, na 26 deadi bodi we don take our eyes see and recover but di number fit increase from Monday attack.  — (bbc__92562, __no translation__)

    Di last day wey Nigerians go take see or buy shayo wey dem dey sell inside small small 'nylon' sachets and plastic bottles na January 31, 2024, according to new order from Nigerian goment.  — (bbc__35551, __no translation__)

16. iobj (frequency:2)

    See aint notin you can do about it.  — (NST_cleaned__31079, __no translation__)

    Di Ondo state government go also host, oga Osinbajo to one chop-chop owambe party dis evening and e go today e go visit some school-dem and market-dem wey dey across di state, to use ein own eye see for di very first time, how de dey implement di social investment programs-dem wey government put for yonda, wey some of dem include di home grown school feeding program and di government enterprise empowerment program.  — (ja102__1618, __no translation__)

17. cc-dep (frequency:2)

    sey see di...  — (NST_cleaned__37765, __no translation__)

    I will try, and see if deir…  — (JOS_39_Driver-Lady_M__19, I will try and see if their...)

Derived forms

• sey see

1. E be like sey I see bobo here.  — (ENU_17_Buying-Grocery_DG__133, It seems like I saw bobo here.)

   You no dey waka, e be like sey you no dey see road!  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__32, If you don't go around, it's as if you're not aware of the things going on around you.)

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Synonyms

• look 0.71 2331, know 0.71 7861, remember 0.61 893, understand 0.60 1148, survive 0.59 296, hear 0.59 2191, touch 0.58 489, feel 0.58 1488, surprise 0.57 436

Antonyms

• look 0.71 2331, know 0.71 7861, remember 0.61 893, understand 0.60 1148, survive 0.59 296, hear 0.59 2191, touch 0.58 489, feel 0.58 1488, surprise 0.57 436

Translations

• English: no definition