when

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Alternative forms

  • wen 0.68 4261, before 0.67 5895, after 0.67 4737, where 0.64 3085, as 0.62 20188, self 0.62 595, if 0.60 11277, sotay 0.55 416, sef 0.54 1597

Etymology

Borrowed from English when

Pronunciation

  • wɪn

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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

The word is used more orally than in written texts.


Adverb

when: no definition, when.Q -- Definition in Naija?


  1. advcl:relcl (frequency:273)
    When I dey...  — (NST_cleaned__34454, __no translation__)
    When e don...  — (NST_cleaned__34620, __no translation__)
  2. dep (frequency:44)
    When e…  — (IBA_18_Money-Wahala_M__43, When she...)
    When you…  — (WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__158, When you...)
  3. advcl:cleft (frequency:27)
    when we...  — (NST_cleaned__41109, __no translation__)
    when when...  — (NST_cleaned__34460, __no translation__)
  4. ccomp (frequency:26)
    when e meet dem  — (deuber__2499, __no translation__)
    When we dey talk.  — (jw__45069, __no translation__)
  5. acl:relcl (frequency:19)
    When I dey...  — (LAG_11_Adeniyi-Lifestory_MG__31, When I was...)
    When you call me...  — (KAD_12_Mechanic-At-Work_MG__36, When you call me...)
  6. - (frequency:13)
    When?  — (PRT_03_Football_DG__99, When ?)
    when when...  — (NST_cleaned__34460, __no translation__)
  7. conj (frequency:2)
    When and how Jesus take enter Jerusalem as King?  — (jw__44501, __no translation__)
    Now everybody finger dey crossed dey watch whether dis time di world go true-true end on 21 October 2017 but until then if person put eye for all dis prediction dem wey don fail di answer fit be say no body don know when and how di world go end.  — (bbc__75613, __no translation__)
  8. discourse (frequency:2)
    Okay when…  — (JOS_33_Changing-Nigeria_DG__91, Okay when)
    Anyone when ehn…  — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__226, Anyone that ehn...)
  9. conj:dicto (frequency:2)
    Wetin John mean when e sey Jesus na God Lamb?  — (jw__41210, __no translation__)
    Na wetin I dey use cool my high BP when, each time wen I dey dance.  — (ENU_14_I-Like-Dance-Well-Well_M__45, It's what I use to cool my High BP when... each time I am dancing.)
  10. acl:relcl-cc (frequency:2)
    And when you say you just come...  — (KAD_12_Mechanic-At-Work_MG__49, And when you say you just came...)
    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!)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • wen 0.68 4261, before 0.67 5895, after 0.67 4737, where 0.64 3085, as 0.62 20188, self 0.62 595, if 0.60 11277, sotay 0.55 416, sef 0.54 1597

Antonyms

  • wen 0.68 4261, before 0.67 5895, after 0.67 4737, where 0.64 3085, as 0.62 20188, self 0.62 595, if 0.60 11277, sotay 0.55 416, sef 0.54 1597

Translations

  • English: no definition, when.Q


Subordinating Conjunction

when: no definition, when.Q -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:5815)
    When you…  — (NST_cleaned__30181, __no translation__)
    But when us…  — (NST_cleaned__23196, __no translation__)
  2. advcl:relcl (frequency:77)
    When di man dey… ,  — (NST_cleaned__14343, __no translation__)
    when you dey preach:  — (jw__48894, __no translation__)
  3. nsubj (frequency:14)
    When Jesus sey ‘the Kingdom don near,’ wetin e mean?  — (jw__26645, __no translation__)
    E feel the pain wey we dey feel when person wey we love die.  — (jw__20306, __no translation__)
  4. dep (frequency:10)
    When mama, when, when, when man dey hustle for money for here, e no dey easy o.  — (NST_cleaned__20042, __no translation__)
    E con be sey na someting wey don happen since one year ago, wey don happen when di...  — (NST_cleaned__38552, __no translation__)
  5. conj:dicto (frequency:6)
    When, when… ,  — (NST_cleaned__13206, __no translation__)
    When when you talk about ehm... di student now, for you to... ehn... for you to get admission now, e no easy.  — (LAG_07_Johns-Biography_MG__15, When, when you talk about um... the students now, for you to... um... it's not easy for you to get into school now.)
  6. advcl:cleft (frequency:6)
    When e go end?  — (jw__44607, __no translation__)
    When we need to dey patient?  — (jw__45188, __no translation__)
  7. 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__)
    Odah say di wahala begin when one of di villagers wey die and some herdsmen begin fight-fight on top di farm of di victim.  — (bbc__76190, __no translation__)
  8. advcl (frequency:3)
    e no know when to stop.  — (deuber__3167, __no translation__)
    When wuna de do family worship, make you remember say one advice fit no work for all your children.  — (jw__41521, __no translation__)
  9. dep-obl:mod (frequency:2)
    Since when de…  — (NST_cleaned__9792, __no translation__)
    If to sey I start am since when I start work sef, I for don go far now.  — (ABJ_NOU_03_Open-University_DG__122, If I had started it since when I started working really, I would have gone far now.)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • wen 0.68 4261, before 0.67 5895, after 0.67 4737, where 0.64 3085, as 0.62 20188, self 0.62 595, if 0.60 11277, sotay 0.55 416, sef 0.54 1597

Antonyms

  • wen 0.68 4261, before 0.67 5895, after 0.67 4737, where 0.64 3085, as 0.62 20188, self 0.62 595, if 0.60 11277, sotay 0.55 416, sef 0.54 1597

Translations

  • English: no definition, when.Q
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