Difference between revisions of "shey"

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<sm2>Pcm-ng-shey.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-shey.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-shey.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
===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===
 
===Modal verb===
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* Wetin dem take dey ask question.
 
:* {{ux|dv|'''Shey''' pile go show?.|NSC_2020, Will the pile show?)}}
 
:* {{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?)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| '''Shey''' you fit cook? |(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Can you cook?)}}

Revision as of 15:48, 2 July 2021

Naija

Etymology

From Yoruba: shey

Pronunciation

  • ʃé

Play Play

Modal verb

  • Wetin dem take dey ask question.
  • 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