Difference between revisions of "sey"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* [[say]]
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
From English ''say''
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From English: ''say''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* sé
 
* sé
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-sey.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-sey.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-sey.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-sey.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 1702
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 9
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 20306
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 23
 
 
 
  
 
===Subordinating conjunction===
 
===Subordinating conjunction===
* e dey join big and small talk together.
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* Word wey person dey use join [[talk talk ]].
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:* {{ux|dv| My oga talk sey e no dey di matter. |(My boss said that he is out of the matter.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|E come house '''sey''' dem no dey give am food chop.|(He came to the house that he/she is not being fed.)}}
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====Translations====
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* English: ''that''
  
#{{ux|dv|My oga talk sey e no dey di matter. |NSC_Tella_2021, My boss said that he is out of the matter.}}
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===Verb===
#{{ux|dv|E come house '''sey''' dem no dey give am food chop.| NSC_Ajede_2020, (He came to the house that he/she is not being fed }}
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* Go look [[say]]
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''that''.
 

Latest revision as of 12:25, 5 June 2023

Naija

Etymology

From English: say

Pronunciation

Play Play

Subordinating conjunction

  • My oga talk sey e no dey di matter.  — (My boss said that he is out of the matter.)
  • E come house sey dem no dey give am food chop.  — (He came to the house that he/she is not being fed.)

Translations

  • English: that

Verb