Difference between revisions of "tell"

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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
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====Intransitive Verb====
 
* Make person yarn give somebody.
 
* Make person yarn give somebody.
:* {{ux|dv|E '''tell''' am. |(IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__61, He told him.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| E '''tell''' am. |(IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__61, He told him.)}}
:* {{ux|dv|'''Tell''' am sey e dey leak. |(BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__71, Tell him that it's leaking.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| '''Tell''' am sey e dey leak. |(BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__71, Tell him that theres a leakage.)}}
===Intransitive Verb===
 
 
:* {{ux|dv|I no wan '''tell'''. |(KAD_24_Biography_M__134, I don't want to tell...)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|I no wan '''tell'''. |(KAD_24_Biography_M__134, I don't want to tell...)}}
:* {{ux|dv|Why I no go go '''tell'''? |(KAD_17_Turkeys_MG__106, Why won't I report it?)}}
 
 
===Serial Verb===
 
===Serial Verb===
 
:* {{ux|dv|So dat time I no w~, I no sabi '''tell''' di Pidgin as e be. |(NST_cleaned__145, So that time I don't w-, I don't know how to qualify Pidgin then.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|So dat time I no w~, I no sabi '''tell''' di Pidgin as e be. |(NST_cleaned__145, So that time I don't w-, I don't know how to qualify Pidgin then.)}}

Revision as of 16:34, 28 July 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: tell

Pronunciation

  • tɛl

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Verb

Intransitive Verb

  • Make person yarn give somebody.
  • E tell am.  — (IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__61, He told him.)
  • Tell am sey e dey leak.  — (BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__71, Tell him that theres a leakage.)
  • I no wan tell.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__134, I don't want to tell...)

Serial Verb

  • So dat time I no w~, I no sabi tell di Pidgin as e be.  — (NST_cleaned__145, So that time I don't w-, I don't know how to qualify Pidgin then.)
  • My pile con call tell dem sey I no dey .  — (NSC_Tella_2021, My father then called and told them that I was not around.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: to talk