Difference between revisions of "when"

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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!)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''When''' e go end? |(jw__44607, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|'''When''' e go end? |(jw__44607, __when will it end?__)}}
  
  

Revision as of 14:49, 16 September 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • wen 0.68 4261

Etymology

from English when

Pronunciation

  • wɛn

Play Play

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

  1. 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?__)


Synonyms

  • sotay 0.55 416, while


Translations

  • English: at that time

Subordinating Conjunction

we dey use am join clause for time


  1. E feel the pain wey we dey feel when person wey we love die.  — (jw__20306, __no translation__)
  2. dep (frequency:10)
  3. 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