Difference between revisions of "tell"
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* Make person yarn give somebody. | * Make person yarn give somebody. | ||
:* {{ux|dv| E '''tell''' am. |(IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__61, He told him.)}} | :* {{ux|dv| E '''tell''' am. |(IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__61, He told him.)}} | ||
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:* {{ux|dv| '''Tell''' am sey e dey leak. |(BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__71, Tell him that theres a leakage.)}} | :* {{ux|dv| '''Tell''' am sey e dey leak. |(BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__71, Tell him that theres a leakage.)}} | ||
:* {{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...)}} |
Revision as of 16:35, 28 July 2021
Naija
Etymology
From English: tell
Pronunciation
- tɛl
Verb
Transitive Verb
- Make person yarn give somebody.
- E tell am. — (IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__61, He told him.)
=Intransitive
- 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