Difference between revisions of "so"

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===Adverb===
 
===Adverb===
 
# Word wey de dey use talk as tings wey de don talk be.
 
# Word wey de dey use talk as tings wey de don talk be.
#:* {{ux|dv| Na '''so''' de do am. |(NST_cleaned__20831, That's how they did it.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Na '''so''' de do am. |(NST_cleaned__20831, So that's how they did it.)}}
#: {{ux|dv| Na '''so''' dem talk, |(NST_cleaned__26044, That's what they said.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Na '''so''' dem talk |(NST_cleaned__26044, So that's what they said.)}}
# As people take dey.
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# As someting or people take dey.
#: {{ux|dv| To see original Beetle fit dey hard now, but no be '''so''' for Ethiopia. |(bbc__94353, )}}
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#: {{ux|dv| To see original Beetle fit dey hard now, but no be '''so''' for Ethiopia. |(bbc__94353, It is difficult to find original Beetle, but it's not so in Ethiopia.)}}
#: {{ux|dv| Naim I con dey do dis my small tailor work wey I dey do '''so'''. |(ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__12, Then, I started doing this my little tailoring work that I'm doing.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv| Naim I con dey do dis my small tailor work wey I dey do '''so'''. |(ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__12, Then, I started doing this my little tailoring work that I'm doing so.)}}
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# Wetin person dey use [[yarn]] to show how [[matter]] take dey drag.
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#:* {{ux|dv| Na '''so''' '''so''' book-me-down plenty o. |(deuber__6507, There's a lot of book-me-down.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Na '''so''' '''so''' wahala. |(deuber__2721, It is very problematic.)}}
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====Translation====
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* English: ''so''
  
#: {{ux|dv|Na '''so''' '''so''' book-me-down plenty o. |(deuber__6507, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na '''so''' '''so''' wahala. |(deuber__2721, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv| And I know sey e go be like '''so'''. |(jw__1349, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|But you know sey for '''so''', for some area, de dey, de no dey gree all kind one. |(NST_cleaned__19182, __no translation__)}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv| Di '''so''', baby con yellow again. |(NST_cleaned__28617, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv| And di way I marry dat time, no be di '''so'''... |(NST_cleaned__37490, __no translation__)}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv| Her case serious afta she born anoda girl pikin di following year '''so''' tey she get to fight for her life. |(bbc__55736, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|But after Morgan Tsvangirai win am, Mr Mugabe show im self '''so''' tey e swear say na only God fit remove am from office. |(bbc__21746, __no translation__)}}
 
# obl:mod (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|dis '''so''' '''so''' dirty wey una dey talk '''so'''. |(deuber__2387, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dey learn, dey learn, dey learn untill I come improve reach di level wen I dey '''so'''. |(PRT_04_Gospel-Music_M__55, Was learning, was learning, was learning, untill I got to the level that I am in.)}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|and all dis one '''so'''... |(NST_cleaned__37018, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''So''' dis guy wey come meet you now sey mey you help am do dis ting. |(LAG_02_Oliver-And-Cy_T__18, So, this guy that came to see you now that you should help him to do this thing,)}}
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
* [[so dat|so dat]]
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Take do, eh... take cook di soup so dat di thing go dey thick. |(BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__83, Use them to... use them to cook the dish so it's thick.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Den if na starch, you wan take eat am o if na semo o but according to banga soup sha, na starch, na im go wit am so dat e go dey well. |(BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__84, Then if it's starch you want to eat it with, if it's semo... but banga, starch is what goes well with it, so it tastes good.)}}
 
* [[so far|so far]]
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Even if adult no fit buy, so far, we go buy for children. |(IBA_02_Igwe-Festival_MG__28, Even if the adults couldn't buy anything '''so far''', they'll buy for the children.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wey be sey even if you finish di money wey dem give you, we go dey pay you dey go so far you don come tell us sey you want protect dat money wey you collect. |(LAG_12_Insurance_MG__78, Which means that if you spent all the money they gave you, we will continue paying you as far as you've asked us to protect the money which you collected.)}}
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* but 0.52 15021, why 0.52 4261, because 0.52 7992, ehen 0.48 871, if 0.47 11277, just 0.47 5577, time 0.47 7196, dere 0.46 1047, place 0.45 2592
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* but 0.52 15021, why 0.52 4261, because 0.52 7992, ehen 0.48 871, if 0.47 11277, just 0.47 5577, time 0.47 7196, dere 0.46 1047, place 0.45 2592
 
  
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===Conjunction===
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* Word wey person dey use form small talk talk with big talk talk.
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#:* {{ux|dv| '''So''' dis guy wey come meet you now sey mey you help am do dis ting. |(LAG_02_Oliver-And-Cy_T__18, So, this guy that came to see you now that you should help him to do this thing,)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Take do, eh... take cook di soup '''so''' dat di thing go dey thick. |(BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__83, Use it, to cook the soup so that it would be thick.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Den if na starch, you wan take eat am o if na semo o but according to banga soup sha, na starch, na im go wit am '''so''' dat e go dey well. |(BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__84, Then if it's starch you want to eat it with, if it's semo. But banga goes well with starch, so it tastes good.)}}
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition
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* English: ''so''
 
 
 
 
  
 
===Subordinating Conjunction===
 
===Subordinating Conjunction===

Revision as of 01:22, 31 August 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: so

Pronunciation

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Adverb

  1. Word wey de dey use talk as tings wey de don talk be.
    • Na so de do am.  — (NST_cleaned__20831, So that's how they did it.)
    • Na so dem talk  — (NST_cleaned__26044, So that's what they said.)
  2. As someting or people take dey.
    To see original Beetle fit dey hard now, but no be so for Ethiopia.  — (bbc__94353, It is difficult to find original Beetle, but it's not so in Ethiopia.)
    Naim I con dey do dis my small tailor work wey I dey do so.  — (ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__12, Then, I started doing this my little tailoring work that I'm doing so.)
  3. Wetin person dey use yarn to show how matter take dey drag.
    • Na so so book-me-down plenty o.  — (deuber__6507, There's a lot of book-me-down.)
    • Na so so wahala.  — (deuber__2721, It is very problematic.)

Translation

  • English: so


Conjunction

  • Word wey person dey use form small talk talk with big talk talk.
    • So dis guy wey come meet you now sey mey you help am do dis ting.  — (LAG_02_Oliver-And-Cy_T__18, So, this guy that came to see you now that you should help him to do this thing,)
    • Take do, eh... take cook di soup so dat di thing go dey thick.  — (BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__83, Use it, to cook the soup so that it would be thick.)
    • Den if na starch, you wan take eat am o if na semo o but according to banga soup sha, na starch, na im go wit am so dat e go dey well.  — (BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__84, Then if it's starch you want to eat it with, if it's semo. But banga goes well with starch, so it tastes good.)

Translations

  • English: so

Subordinating Conjunction

so: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

  1. So we just need justice so pipo fit know say pesin fit do struggle witout violence.  — (bbc__72448, __no translation__)



  1. Dem come meet Jesus so that dem go hear wetin e dey teach and so that e go cure dem.  — (jw__30206, __no translation__)
    John 3:​16 talk sey: ‘God love this world well well sotey e come send im only special Son, so that anybody wey continue to get faith for am no go die, but e go get life wey no go end.’  — (jw__46930, __no translation__)

Related Forms

so so,

Translations

  • English: so