Difference between revisions of "tell"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
 
From English: ''tell''
 
From English: ''tell''
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:* {{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.)}}
 
====Intransitive====
 
====Intransitive====
:* {{ux|dv| '''Tell''' am sey e dey leak. |(BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__71, Tell him that theres a leakage.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| '''Tell''' am sey e dey leak. |(BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__71, Tell him that there's a leakage.)}}
:* {{ux|dv|I no wan '''tell'''. |(KAD_24_Biography_M__134, I don't want to tell...)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|I no wan '''tell'''. |(KAD_24_Biography_M__134, I don't want to tell.)}}
====Serial verb====
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:* {{ux|dv| I no sabi '''tell''' di Pidgin as e be. |(NST_cleaned__145, I don't know how to speak the 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.)}}
 
 
:* {{ux|dv| 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.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| 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====
 
====Synonyms====

Revision as of 18:27, 27 August 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: tell

Pronunciation

  • tɛ̂l

Play Play

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 there's a leakage.)
  • I no wan tell.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__134, I don't want to tell.)
  • I no sabi tell di Pidgin as e be.  — (NST_cleaned__145, I don't know how to speak the 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