Difference between revisions of "understand"

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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
* Make person know de meaning of someting im hear.
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# Make person know di meaning of someting im hear.
:* {{ux|dv|'''Understand''' wetin dem dey talk?. |(WAZK_13_On-Pidgin_DG__94, Do you understand what they are saying?)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Understand''' wetin dem dey talk? |(WAZK_13_On-Pidgin_DG__94, Do you understand what they are saying?)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| I '''understand'''. |(JOS_40_Travelling-On-Nigerian-Roads_DG__193, I now have a grip of the meaning intended.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| I '''understand'''. |(JOS_40_Travelling-On-Nigerian-Roads_DG__193, I now have a grip of the meaning intended.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|I wan woman wey '''understand''' me. |(ONI_04_Women_M__65, I want a woman that understands me.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|I wan woman wey '''understand''' me. |(ONI_04_Women_M__65, I want a woman that understands me.)}}
* Make person reason matter wit anoder person.
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Make person reason matter wit anoder person.
:* {{ux|dv|Oga landlord, I beg '''understand''' my condition. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021, Landlord, kindly consider my circumstance.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|Oga landlord, abeg '''understand''' my condition. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021, Landlord, kindly consider my circumstance.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| Try to '''understand''' wetin dey their mind. |(jw__38302, Try to reason with them.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| Try to '''understand''' wetin dey their mind. |(jw__38302, Try to reason with them.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|But after every, every de try '''understand''' wit me. |(ENU_09_Angry-Neighbours_MG__54, But at the end of the day, they reasoned with me.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|But after every, every de try '''understand''' wit me. |(ENU_09_Angry-Neighbours_MG__54, But at the end of the day, they reasoned with me.)}}

Revision as of 14:05, 5 August 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English understand

Pronunciation

  • ˌúndàstànd

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Verb

  1. Make person know di meaning of someting im hear.
  • Understand wetin dem dey talk?  — (WAZK_13_On-Pidgin_DG__94, Do you understand what they are saying?)
  • I understand.  — (JOS_40_Travelling-On-Nigerian-Roads_DG__193, I now have a grip of the meaning intended.)
  • I wan woman wey understand me.  — (ONI_04_Women_M__65, I want a woman that understands me.)
  1. Make person reason matter wit anoder person.
  • Oga landlord, abeg understand my condition.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, Landlord, kindly consider my circumstance.)
  • Try to understand wetin dey their mind.  — (jw__38302, Try to reason with them.)
  • But after every, every de try understand wit me.  — (ENU_09_Angry-Neighbours_MG__54, But at the end of the day, they reasoned with me.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: understand, reason