Difference between revisions of "when"

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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
From English ''when''
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From English: ''when''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-when.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-when.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-when.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-when.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 327
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 56
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 6393
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 66
 
 
 
===Definition===
 
De dey use am show direct and indirect question for time.
 
  
  
 
===Adverb===
 
===Adverb===
 
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* De dey use talk about someting wey [[gats]] do with time.
#{{ux|dv|So all dese things put togeda, and '''when''' you go enter gallop, pah! |(LAG_31_Road-Safety_MG__58, So putting all these things together, and when you go into a ditch, pah!)}}
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*: {{ux|dv|So all dese things put togeda, and '''when''' you go enter gallop, pah! |(LAG_31_Road-Safety_MG__58, So putting all these things together, and when you go into a ditch, pah!)}}
#{{ux|dv|'''When''' e go end? |(jw__44607, __when will it end?__)}}
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*: {{ux|dv|'''When''' e go end? |(jw__44607, when will it end?)}}
 
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*: {{ux|dv|E feel the pain wey we dey feel '''when''' person wey we love die. |(jw__20306, He felt the pain that we feel when a person we love die.)}}
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* sotay 0.55 416, while
 
 
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: at that time.
 
 
 
===Subordinating Conjunction===
 
We dey use am join clause for time.
 
 
 
#{{ux|dv|E feel the pain wey we dey feel '''when''' person wey we love die. |(jw__20306, __He felt the pain that we feel when a person we love die.__)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|dem go just go lock di thing to make sure say people-- you know say '''when''' people dey suffer. |(deuber__5866, they will just lock the thing to be sure that people, you know that when people are suffering)}}
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* while
 
 
 
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: We use it to connect clauses.
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* English: ''when''

Revision as of 11:14, 26 July 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

  • wen

Etymology

From English: when

Pronunciation

  • wɛn

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Adverb

  • De dey use talk about someting wey gats do with time.
    So all dese things put togeda, and when you go enter gallop, pah!  — (LAG_31_Road-Safety_MG__58, So putting all these things together, and when you go into a ditch, pah!)
    When e go end?  — (jw__44607, when will it end?)
    E feel the pain wey we dey feel when person wey we love die.  — (jw__20306, He felt the pain that we feel when a person we love die.)

Translations

  • English: when