when

Naija

Alternative forms

• wen

Etymology

From English when

Pronunciation

• wɛn

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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

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!)
2. 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, __He felt the pain that we feel when a person we love die.__)
2. 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.