will
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From: English will
Pronunciation
- wɪl
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 74
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 178
- Frequency in raw corpus: 470
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 676
Usage
- Dem hardly dey use am in Naija, rather, dem dey use go
Auxiliary
- Make e be say person go do someting.
- De will, I will slap you now, — (WAZL_09_Talk-Show-Catman_DG__13, I will slap you now.)
- If your motor have fuel, I go ask you before di motor stop, di mo-... will, will... di motor gave you sign? — (KAD_12_Mechanic-At-Work_MG__3, If there's fuel in your car, I'll ask, before the car broke down, the mo-... will, will... did the car show any signs?)
- Maybe we will see de girl mama first before de papa — (NSC_Legbeti__2021, _Maybe we will see the girl's mother rather than the father._)
Synonyms
Antonyms
- won't
Translations
- English: no definition
Noun
- Na document where person explain how dem go take share im tings when im don die.
- she bring di case because her husband no write her name inside im will. — (bbc__39572. She took the case to court because her name was included in the will.)
- Nobody know say the man born pikin outide until dem read im will where he give am de de mansion. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Everybody discovered he had a child outside only when his will was read and his mansion was given to the child.)
- Where e sey di person wey adopt di pikin die and e no write will, dem go treat di pikin wey dem adopt like di pikin wey di person born for belle. — (childrights__942, _ He said the adopted child will still be protected even if his name is not included in the will.)
Translations
- English: formal declaration of how properties should be shared after death