Difference between revisions of "tell"

Latest revision as of 19:06, 5 June 2023

From English: tell

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 there's a leakage.)
My pile con call tell dem sey I no dey . — (My father then called and told them that I was not around.)

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 ==Naija==
 ===Etymology===
 From English: ''tell''
 ===Pronunciation===
-* tɛl
+* tɛ̂l
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-tell.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-tell.m.ogg</sm2>
 ===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.)}}
+:* {{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.)}}
+:* {{ux|dv| '''Tell''' am sey e dey leak. |(BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__71, Tell him that there's a leakage.)}}
-===Intransitive Verb===
+:* {{ux|dv| My [[pile]] con call '''tell''' dem sey I no dey . |(My father then called and told them that I was not around.)}}
-:* {{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===
-:* {{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.)}}
 ====Synonyms====
 * [[yarn]], [[say]], [[talk]]
 ====Translations====
 * English: ''to talk''