talk

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English talk

Pronunciation

  • tɔk

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 361
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 52
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 12755
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 35

The word is used more in written texts than orally.


Noun

talk: yan


  1. Wetin person yan
    Riana dey use Tandroy language give talk  — (jw__31390, __Riana is using Tandroy to give a talk__)
    I happy sey na im give the talk.  — (jw__22023, __I am happy that it was him who gave the talk__)
    Powerful talk.  — (bbc__8444, __A powerful talk__)

Derived forms

  1. NASSCO follow BBC talk say, dia work start for 2016 and na about 17 states for Nigeria dem don go.  — (bbc__69357, __no translation__)
    Umaru Fofana wey dey cover dis elections for BBC talk say di women dey camp for di capital of Monrovia, and other public spaces across di country.  — (bbc__97090, __no translation__)
  1. So we dey do talk show.  — (LAG_36_Marriage_DG__14, So, we are doing a talk show.)
    This kind talk show sey dem dey blame God for wetin happen.  — (jw__32808, __no translation__)
  1. Forward, I no get any too much talk, talk  — (LAG_24_Focus-On-Your-Life_M__192, forward. I don't have much to say.)
    Dis matter don cause plenty talk talk ontop social media.  — (bbc__40896, __no translation__)
    Di former talk talk man don always maintain say im collect di money under di order of Jonathan to help im election campaign for 2015.  — (bbc__34736, __no translation__)
  1. Di zoo talk say di wound wey di zoo worker get no too serious like that.  — (bbc__39753, __no translation__)
    Di zoo talk say for di third quarter of di year di list for dead horse go increase because di owners dey like give dia horse one final ride for summer, before dem kill dem.  — (bbc__39754, __no translation__)

Synonyms

  • think 0.73 2296, argue 0.68 197, complain 0.63 431, yarn 0.62 330, tell 0.61 9162, warn 0.59 447, believe 0.59 1742, write 0.59 1946, feel 0.58 1488

Antonyms

  • think 0.73 2296, argue 0.68 197, complain 0.63 431, yarn 0.62 330, tell 0.61 9162, warn 0.59 447, believe 0.59 1742, write 0.59 1946, feel 0.58 1488

Translations

  • English: no definition

Verb

talk: yan


  1. yan
    Im talk say di light wey dem dey see no dey even reach 30 minutes but Nepa go still dey bring crazy bill every month.  — (bbc__58019, __no translation__)
  2. nsubj (frequency:973)
    Wetin I talk?  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__96, What did I say ?)
    Adeyeye talk.  — (bbc__2235, __no translation__)
  3. - (frequency:406)
    Talk!  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__7, Talk !)
    go talk.  — (deuber__2941, __no translation__)
  4. obl:arg (frequency:213)
    I be wan talk to you o.  — (BEN_07_Child-Spacing_DG__4, I want to talk to you o.)
    Talk to people, open up.  — (NST_cleaned__9300, __no translation__)
  5. obj (frequency:204)
    Na you talk am.  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__192, It's you that said it.)
    Who talk dat one?  — (WAZA_04_Press-Review_DG__41, Who said that ?)
  6. ccomp (frequency:109)
    Talk sey make dem just obey.  — (jw__34213, __no translation__)
    Na me use my mouth talk sey I fine,  — (BEN_28_Radio-Drama-Flirting_DG__147, It is me that used my mouth to say that I am fine.)
  7. mark (frequency:83)
    Kurugh talk.  — (bbc__2947, __no translation__)
    I no know which one to talk  — (deuber__1327, __no translation__)
  8. aux (frequency:62)
    Na who, go talk?  — (ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__56, Who will speak up?)
    wey dey use am dey talk  — (deuber__211, __no translation__)
  9. dep (frequency:59)
    talk about.  — (NST_cleaned__41165, __no translation__)
    No be you talk sey…  — (NST_cleaned__9466, __no translation__)
  10. advmod (frequency:28)
    Talk now!  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__2, Talk !)
    Talk now,  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__5, Talk !)
  11. aux-obj (frequency:27)
    dey talk dis.  — (deuber__4983, __no translation__)
    Con talk sey okay.  — (BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__83, Then he said, okay.)
  12. aux-dep (frequency:27)
    don talk about.  — (jw__48686, __no translation__)
    Dey talk sey na we dey cause am,  — (NST_cleaned__6750, __no translation__)
  13. obl:mod (frequency:25)
    Wetin make am talk like that?  — (jw__31260, __no translation__)
    She no follow me talk dat day.  — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__20, She didn't talk to me that day.)
  14. advcl (frequency:20)
    Talk loud!  — (BEN_34_Tale_MG__48, Speak up!)
    Okoye sabi talk plenty.  — (katakata__594, __no translation__)
  15. cc-obj (frequency:16)
    Wetin you go do if person do or talk wetin you no like?  — (jw__12879, __no translation__)
    E good make we think well before we do or talk something.  — (jw__18337, __no translation__)
  16. cc-dep (frequency:9)
    First Time Na Video: Play the video and talk about-am.  — (jw__10681, __no translation__)
    First Return Visit Na Video Play the video and talk about-am.  — (jw__10668, __no translation__)
  17. conj (frequency:8)
    Talk, talk, talk.  — (NST_cleaned__17181, __no translation__)
    Dem say na Namibia im wan talk and wetin im talk about business make sense.  — (bbc__79549, __no translation__)
  18. cc (frequency:7)
    The man start to dey see and talk.  — (jw__5687, __no translation__)
    If person dey find my trouble, Wetin I go do or talk na:  — (jw__16270, __no translation__)
  19. det (frequency:2)
    So as I con tell her dat talk, she con tell me sey okay, make I do di nails for her,  — (KAD_22_Chatting-At-The-Restaurant_DG__64, So, when I told her that, she said okay, I should do the manicure for her.)
    Oga of di senate, Bukola Saraki stamp am after senator Abdullahi Gobir raise hand say make dem postpone dia talk, im say make dem shift dia talk to Tuesday 20 February 2018 while dem repair di place for di weekend.  — (bbc__77046, __no translation__)

Derived forms

  1. Bible talk say people be like water for sea.  — (jw__9398, __no translation__)
    You think sey wetin Bible talk fit help us today?  — (jw__47604, __no translation__)
  1. I remember sey you wey dey for dere, wey be sey dey talk say disease no dey kill black man.  — (WAZA_08_Body-Matter_MG__11, I remember those of you out there who say diseases don’t kill black men.)
    So and di fact wey be sey de talk sey she dey follow young men, my mama is happily married.  — (KAD_09_Kabir-Gymnasium_MG__99, So... and the fact that... you were saying that she is chasing after young men, <eng> my mother is happily married. <eng>)
  1. Di commission say for Odinga to fit comot, im must fill some kain forms as law talk.  — (bbc__33624, __no translation__)
    Di gumbody country dem sign say dem go respect di right of di pikin to keep im identity, plus country, name and family people as law talk, wey no person fit terfere.  — (gumbody__118, __no translation__)
  1. Trump no dey cover mouth talk when e reach North Korea matter.  — (bbc__95878, __no translation__)
    Anyting you see someting be now wey no dey in order, open your mouth talk,  — (ONI_24_We-Must-Do-Something_M__86, We need to see some things that are not in order, open your mouth to talk)

Synonyms

  • think 0.73 2296, argue 0.68 197, complain 0.63 431, yarn 0.62 330, tell 0.61 9162, warn 0.59 447, believe 0.59 1742, write 0.59 1946, feel 0.58 1488

Antonyms

  • think 0.73 2296, argue 0.68 197, complain 0.63 431, yarn 0.62 330, tell 0.61 9162, warn 0.59 447, believe 0.59 1742, write 0.59 1946, feel 0.58 1488

Translations

  • English: no definition
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