tell

Naija

Etymology

From English: tell

Pronunciation

• tɛ̂l

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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

• yarn, say, talk

Translations

• English: to talk