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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.__)}} |
| − | # | + | #{{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)}} |
Revision as of 15:00, 6 November 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
Definition
De 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, __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.
- 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.__)
- 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
- English: We use it to connect clauses.