understand
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From: English understand
Pronunciation
- ˌúndàstànd
Verb
- 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.)
- 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