Difference between revisions of "understand"

 
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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* ˌúndàstànd
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* ɔ̀ndàstànd
 
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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.)}}
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#:* {{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.)}}
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#:* {{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. |(Landlord, kindly consider my circumstance.)}}
:* {{ux|dv| Try to '''understand''' wetin dey their mind. |(jw__38302, Try to reason with them.)}}
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#:* {{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.)}}
 
  
 
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''Understand, reason''
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* English: ''understand, reason''

Latest revision as of 19:39, 5 June 2023

Naija

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Etymology

From: English understand

Pronunciation

  • ɔ̀ndàstànd

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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.)
  2. Make person reason matter wit anoder person.
    • Oga landlord, abeg understand my condition.  — (Landlord, kindly consider my circumstance.)
    • 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