some

Naija

Alternative forms

• many 0.73 4476, plenty 0.62 2558, plenti 0.60 1474, thousands 0.57 271, those 0.53 807, two 0.52 5555, different 0.52 3023, most 0.50 1242, small-small 0.49 146

Etymology

Borrowed from English some

Pronunciation

• səm

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 244
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 68
• Frequency in raw corpus: 8024
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 51

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Article

some: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:5953)

   some women.  — (deuber__904, __no translation__)

   Some, some.  — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__82, Some, some.)

2. advmod (frequency:10)

   no be say na just some hungry people.  — (deuber__2543, __no translation__)

   Even some people, deir countries, de dey mostly use schools...  — (NST_cleaned__39546, __no translation__)

3. obl:mod (frequency:7)

   some of her friends no gree pick her phone calls on top say she get vitiligo.  — (bbc__68937, __no translation__)

   Pipo for Twitter no get chill at all, as some of dem dey blame Presido Buhari for di drop.  — (bbc__81528, __no translation__)

4. conj:dicto (frequency:7)

   Dem don dupe some, so many people,  — (IBA_28_Moshood-And-Hassan_DG__143, They have duped some, so many people.)

   Some, some, some of dem good sha, some of dem good.  — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__135, Some... some... some of them are good of course, some of them are good.)

5. dep (frequency:5)

   But you know sey e dey some si~, some part of ehm Kwara, and Kogi,  — (NST_cleaned__13692, __no translation__)

   For places wen di kontris get di same rank ontop some mata dem, na di ranking of past years na im help chose di winner  — (bbc__102480, __no translation__)

6. advcl:relcl (frequency:4)

   Satan de shoot us with some ‘arrows wey e get fire.’ E fit lie say Jehovah no love you and e no fit love you.  — (jw__31644, __no translation__)

   Bible talk sey, God dey ‘teach us im way’ make we fit ‘do wetin e want.’ God don gather some ‘people wey dey answer im name’ make dem help other people dem sabi wetin e want for this world.— Acts 15:14 .  — (jw__4820, __no translation__)

7. conj:dicto-dep (frequency:3)

   But you know sey e dey some si~, some part of ehm Kwara, and Kogi,  — (IBA_14_Bukky-And-Ope_DG__136, But you know that it can be found in some si... some part of ehm, Kwara and Kogi.)

   From di, from January, from January to, for some... from January to February, God, help my, help my mum.  — (ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__13, From the... from January... from January to, for some... from January to February, God, help my, help my mom.)

8. cc (frequency:2)

   And some I-no-gree people wey di popular musician Charlie Boy dey support wan know why Mrs Ololo no come to dia rescue when di state government demolish new market for Owerri.  — (bbc__15224, __no translation__)

   On dat day, Catholic and some oda orthodox church members go waka go dia church to collect ash in form of cross sign for dia forehead to remind dem say dem be dust and dem go still return to dust wen dem die.  — (bbc__77850, __no translation__)

9. discourse (frequency:2)

   Some hunter group, some soldier group, some, eh... some area boys group.  — (IBA_04_Alaska-Pepe_MG__104, Some were hunters, some soldiers, some uh... some, area boys.)

   because if you go see some uh second-hand e go just be like already made  — (deuber__4574, __no translation__)

10. advcl:relcl-cc (frequency:2)

    As we gather so, we dey enjoy with our brothers and sisters wey come from different different congregation and some wey come from different different country.  — (jw__7593, __no translation__)

    One eyewitness Isah Attahiru wey speak to BBC on Thursday yan say some gunmen attack Kwari villagers as market day dey happun around 3pm and kill 31 pipo, injure many and some wey run enter bush still dey missing.  — (bbc__78219, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• many 0.73 4476, plenty 0.62 2558, plenti 0.60 1474, thousands 0.57 271, those 0.53 807, two 0.52 5555, different 0.52 3023, most 0.50 1242, small-small 0.49 146

Antonymes

• many 0.73 4476, plenty 0.62 2558, plenti 0.60 1474, thousands 0.57 271, those 0.53 807, two 0.52 5555, different 0.52 3023, most 0.50 1242, small-small 0.49 146

Translations

• English: no definition

Pronoun

some: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. nmod (frequency:1179)

   some of dem.  — (deuber__3403, __no translation__)

   Some of dem na:  — (jw__40284, __no translation__)

2. - (frequency:536)

   Some, some.  — (NST_cleaned__19993, __no translation__)

   Some, some…  — (NST_cleaned__31071, __no translation__)

3. case-nmod (frequency:180)

   Make we hear from some of dem.  — (jw__12070, __no translation__)

   Mek we talk about some of dem.  — (jw__27023, __no translation__)

4. cc-nmod (frequency:39)

   And some of wo-...  — (NST_cleaned__32458, __no translation__)

   Make we learn about Josiah and some of im friend.  — (jw__47877, __no translation__)

5. acl:relcl (frequency:34)

   Some wey never born, fit born.  — (jw__23167, __no translation__)

   E get some wey dey sey God slow,  — (jw__8593, __no translation__)

6. dep (frequency:27)

   Some of… ,  — (BEN_24_Bunkering_DG__36, Some of...)

   Some of dis feminist...  — (WAZP_07_Imonirhua-Lifestory_MG__86, Some of these feminists...)

7. case (frequency:12)

   For some, money is everything.  — (ONI_13_Current-Interests_DG__64, For some, money is everything.)

   For some, e help dem career and odas, e get as e be.  — (bbc__38926, __no translation__)

8. dep-nmod (frequency:9)

   But if some of dem sey dem no like to hear,  — (jw__5411, __no translation__)

   Some of us we dey go, some dey go secondary school.  — (NST_cleaned__23261, __no translation__)

9. conj-nmod (frequency:7)

   Im add say di filling station give some of dem pumping machine and washing machine to help dem.  — (bbc__18520, __no translation__)

   Mek we see some of the condition, and how we go fit show sey our hand no dey for politics matter.  — (jw__35936, __no translation__)

10. acl (frequency:5)

    Wetin some of God prophet talk really happen.  — (jw__42692, __no translation__)

    Some of dem kwanu, dem dey force dem comot from school or dem go lie to dem say dem don get scholarship abroad.  — (bbc__64674, __no translation__)

11. cc (frequency:3)

    Some young and some na old people.  — (jw__6532, __no translation__)

    Make we no just dey look our brothers and sisters sey some ‘strong’ and some ‘weak.’ Instead, we go remember sey all of us get where we dey try and where we no dey try.  — (jw__13789, __no translation__)

12. det (frequency:3)

    De some, very serious source of worry-worry to costumer-dem wey dey use dia network-dem.  — (ja102__792, __no translation__)

    If, if, if you settle down dey work for person, you go just see di person, some go just start to dey curse you.  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__109, if you you are relaxed working for someone, some will start insulting you.)

13. discourse (frequency:3)

    So dose ones, even pastor wey you dey see so, wey dey go church so, some yeah dey dere.  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__12, So those ones, even the pastors you see around, who go to church, yeah, are not left out.)

    You know alakowe people, de go just eh take ehn some back to di b~, to di nylon bag, and go away.  — (IBA_18_Money-Wahala_M__44, You know the educated people, they will just pack ehn some back in the b... in the nylon bag and go away.)

14. conj (frequency:2)

    Deh arrest 124 pipo free some and odas still den for police cell.  — (bbc__27935, __no translation__)

    As you dey collect money, dey put some money, put am back for di motor so dat di motor go fit dey good condition,  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__147, As you are collecting money, put aside some money and reinvest it in the vehicle, so that the vehicle can remain in a good condition.)

15. advmod (frequency:2)

    Dem bin dey use excavator, oda simple tools even some dey use dia ordinary hand.  — (bbc__28379, __no translation__)

    I no fit remove all now some dey rotten for wia I keep dem so evritin don loss.  — (bbc__89206, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• many 0.73 4476, plenty 0.62 2558, plenti 0.60 1474, thousands 0.57 271, those 0.53 807, two 0.52 5555, different 0.52 3023, most 0.50 1242, small-small 0.49 146

Antonymes

• many 0.73 4476, plenty 0.62 2558, plenti 0.60 1474, thousands 0.57 271, those 0.53 807, two 0.52 5555, different 0.52 3023, most 0.50 1242, small-small 0.49 146

Translations

• English: no definition