try

Naija

Etymology

From: English try

Pronunciation

• traɪ

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 120
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 118
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2731
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 149

Verb

1. Na to struggle to do someting.

   • Na because I try well well and God come bless me join na im i take blow  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. My success is due to hardwork and the blessings of God.)
   • Na only people wey try reach there go see food chop.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Only those who make it will be fed.)

2. Na to praise person effort.

   • ah you try you try  — (deuber__5067. "you did well".)
   • E try well well.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. He did his best.)

3. Na to say na person final position person don take so.

   • Na last price I don give you so. I try.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. What I have given you is rock bottom price.)
   • I try.  — (ENU_17_Buying-Grocery_DG__22, I have reduced the price.)

Synonyms

• push

Translations

• English: attempt