Difference between revisions of "shey"
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 153 | * Frequency in raw corpus: 153 | ||
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| + | ===Modal verb=== | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv|'''Shey''' pile go show?.|NSC_2020, Will the pile show?)}} | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| '''Shey''' you fit cook? |(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Can you cook?)}} | ||
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| + | Na wetin dem dey use ask question. | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| So I con enter '''shey''' you know Yankwura? |(JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__117, So, I then entered, you know Yankwura right?)}} | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| '''Shey''' you understand, '''shey''' you understand, |(NST_cleaned__35044, Do you understand?)}} | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| '''Shey''' na, '''shey''' na you marry am come, na me go marry am go. |(NST_cleaned__31749, Aren't you the one who married her? I will her too.)}} | ||
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Revision as of 12:59, 12 February 2021
Naija
Etymology
From Yoruba: shey
Pronunciation
- ʃé
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 24
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 398
- Frequency in raw corpus: 153
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1570
Modal verb
- Shey pile go show?. — NSC_2020, Will the pile show?)
- Shey you fit cook? — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Can you cook?)
Translations
- English: modal verb
Particles
Na wetin dem dey use ask question.
- So I con enter shey you know Yankwura? — (JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__117, So, I then entered, you know Yankwura right?)
- Shey you understand, shey you understand, — (NST_cleaned__35044, Do you understand?)
- Shey na, shey na you marry am come, na me go marry am go. — (NST_cleaned__31749, Aren't you the one who married her? I will her too.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: Question tag