understand

Naija

Alternative forms

• know 0.77 7861, sabi 0.72 2162, feel 0.71 1488, believe 0.71 1742, tink 0.71 588, wonder 0.70 257, teach 0.69 1674, consider 0.68 234, think 0.68 2296

Etymology

Borrowed from English understand

Pronunciation

• ˌəndərˈstænd

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 72
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 183
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1075
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 338

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

understand: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. obj (frequency:84)

   Understand wetin de dey talk.  — (WAZK_13_On-Pidgin_DG__94, Understand what they are saying.)

   Because e try understand dem.  — (jw__38311, __no translation__)

2. nsubj (frequency:63)

   I understand,  — (IBA_08_Music-And-Art-Students_DG__67, I understand.)

   I understand.  — (JOS_40_Travelling-On-Nigerian-Roads_DG__193, I understand.)

3. mark-obj (frequency:43)

   I wan woman wey understand me.  — (ONI_04_Women_M__65, I want a woman that understands me.)

   Try to understand wetin dey their mind.  — (jw__38302, __no translation__)

4. - (frequency:28)

   Understand,  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__234, you understand ?)

   Understand?  — (ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__22, Understand.)

5. mark (frequency:18)

   Read to understand.  — (jw__31207, __no translation__)

   E hard am to understand.  — (jw__39911, __no translation__)

6. aux-nsubj (frequency:15)

   You don understand?  — (WAZL_10_Oga-Madam_DG__94, You understand ?)

   &na im you go understand  — (deuber__3157, __no translation__)

7. aux-obj (frequency:8)

   Con understand am.  — (WAZK_13_On-Pidgin_DG__117, Then understand it.)

   Dis woman want make pipo understand wetin she tok.  — (bbc__42938, __no translation__)

8. cc-obj (frequency:7)

   Dem want read and understand am.  — (jw__41721, __no translation__)

   Disciple na person wey learn and understand the things wey Jesus teach.  — (jw__31093, __no translation__)

9. ccomp (frequency:4)

   For her, social media dey help her understand as her pickin dey reason.  — (bbc__93123, __no translation__)

   Dem no understand this matter the same way dem no take understand sey Jesus must die.  — (jw__10003, __no translation__)

10. advmod (frequency:3)

    You suppose understand now.  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__161, You should understand.)

    To make us understand well, make we use example of papa wey dey teach im pikin how to drive motor.  — (jw__44943, __no translation__)

11. conj-obj (frequency:3)

    So now di present goment dey try understand much di pensioners don contribute and wia dem pay am to.  — (bbc__90562, __no translation__)

    But papa and mama need to know the language wey go make the pikin understand wetin Bible talk and help am near Jehovah more more.  — (jw__5955, __no translation__)

12. conj (frequency:2)

    WHY E GOOD: When Bible students prepare, e go help dem understand and remember wetin we teach dem.  — (jw__38786, __no translation__)

    So if you invite dem to follow for una discussion, you fit ask dem direct question, dis fit help dem understand and respond well.  — (bbc__90531, __no translation__)

13. obl:arg (frequency:2)

    But after every, every de try understand wit me.  — (ENU_09_Angry-Neighbours_MG__54, But at the end of the day, they tried to understand me.)

    So I believe if we can spend more time to develop oursef musically, get materials, study, study materials to understand more about music.  — (PRT_04_Gospel-Music_M__13, So, I believe if we can spend more time to develop ourselves musically, get materials, study... study materials to understand more about music.)

14. dep-mark (frequency:2)

    Now which me, I come to understand sey people wey dey come from street, na dem get story to talk about.  — (NST_cleaned__3078, __no translation__)

    But for us to move forward, na for di youth dem to understand sey dat one tin wey be sey de dey give dem say okay if election come o, take go vote for me, take go scatter dis, take go thief ballot box... until we realize sey we dey mortgage... (when I say mortgage, na grammar) we dey sell we future. (WAZA_05_Big-Mo_MG__31, But for us to move ahead, the youth will have to understand that when they come and say if an election comes up, take this, go vote for me, disorganize things, and steal ballot boxes... until we realize that we are mortgaging...  — (when I say mortgage, that's not clear), we are selling our future.)

Synonyms

• know 0.77 7861, sabi 0.72 2162, feel 0.71 1488, believe 0.71 1742, tink 0.71 588, wonder 0.70 257, teach 0.69 1674, consider 0.68 234, think 0.68 2296

Antonyms

• know 0.77 7861, sabi 0.72 2162, feel 0.71 1488, believe 0.71 1742, tink 0.71 588, wonder 0.70 257, teach 0.69 1674, consider 0.68 234, think 0.68 2296

Translations

• English: no definition