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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|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|'''When''' e go end? |(jw__44607, __no translation__)}} | #: {{ux|dv|'''When''' e go end? |(jw__44607, __no translation__)}} | ||
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: at that time | * English: at that time | ||
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===Subordinating Conjunction=== | ===Subordinating Conjunction=== |
Revision as of 14:49, 16 September 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- wen 0.68 4261
Etymology
from English when
Pronunciation
- wɛn
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 327
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 56
- Frequency in raw corpus: 6393
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 66
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Definition
when: at that time -- we dey use am show direct and indirect question for time
Adverb
- 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, __no translation__)
Synonyms
- sotay 0.55 416, while
Translations
- English: at that time
Subordinating Conjunction
we dey use am join clause for time
- E feel the pain wey we dey feel when person wey we love die. — (jw__20306, __no translation__)
- dep (frequency:10)
- conj (frequency:5)
- dem go just go lock di thing to make sure say people-- you know say when people dey suffer. — (deuber__5866, __no translation__)
Synonyms
- while
Translations
- English: We use it to connect clauses