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| − | * hm 0.82 1176, toh 0.77 307, okay 0.76 1302, ehen 0.74 871, haha 0.73 836, mstchew 0.72 423, oh 0.69 337, shey 0.66 167, abeg 0.63 467
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| | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== |
| − | Borrowed from English yes
| + | From English: ''yes'' |
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| | ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
| − | * jɛs | + | * jɛ̂s |
| | <sm2>Pcm-ng-yes.f.ogg</sm2> | | <sm2>Pcm-ng-yes.f.ogg</sm2> |
| − | <sm2>Pcm-ng-yes.m.ogg</sm2> | + | <sm2>Pcm-ng-yes.m.ogg</sm2> |
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| − | ===Frequency===
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| − | * Frequency in NSC treebank: 66
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| − | * Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 195
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| − | * Frequency in raw corpus: 596
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| − | * Frequency rank in raw corpus: 569
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| − | The word is used more orally than in written texts.
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| | ===Interjection=== | | ===Interjection=== |
| − | yes: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
| + | * Word wey de dey use dey gree for someting. |
| − | | + | :* {{ux|dv|'''Yes'''. |(IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__94, Yes.)}} |
| − | | + | :* {{ux|dv| De ask am if na you tief di bag, she say '''yes''', na you.|(She was asked if you were the one who stole the bag and she said yes, it was you.)}} |
| − | # - (frequency:306)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''yes''' |(deuber__6309, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes'''. |(IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__94, Yes.)}}
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| − | # discourse (frequency:28)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Ah '''yes'''. |(IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__78, Ah. Yes.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Oh '''yes'''! |(KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__209, Oh yes !)}}
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| − | # advmod:emph (frequency:15)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' o! |(WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__19, Yes.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' o. |(BEN_19a_Man-Must-Wack_DG__26, Yes, indeed.)}}
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| − | # dep (frequency:9)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' for inside house, |(KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__6, Yes, at home.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|If '''yes''', BBC dey find you. |(bbc__101649, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # vocative (frequency:6)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' Ma, |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__91, Yes Ma.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' Ma. |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__190, Yes, Ma.)}}
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| − | # conj (frequency:3)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' or no? |(KAD_12_Mechanic-At-Work_MG__4, Yes or no?)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' and we are expecting… |(LAG_19_Nepa-Wahala_DG__95, yes and we are expecting,)}}
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| − | # advmod (frequency:3)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Exactly '''yes'''! |(WAZL_06_Na-Your-Health_DG__123, Exactly. Yes.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' so di woman go try make she... |(IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__117, Yes, so, the woman should try to be...)}}
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| − | # obl:mod (frequency:3)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|For Nigeria now, '''yes'''. |(BEN_23_Introducing-New-Machines_DG__29, In Nigeria now, yes.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' of fight-fight don scata di infrastructure wey dey allow clean water and toilets especially for North-East areas. |(bbc__101579, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # obl:arg (frequency:3)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Only no, no, no, no '''yes''' for una language, |(JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__50, Only no, no, no; no yes in your language ? )}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na 391 MPs vote no to di 242 wey say '''yes''' to di deal. |(bbc__69717, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # dislocated (frequency:3)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Wetin, '''yes'''! |(NST_cleaned__19625, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|To show di world dat '''yes''' we, Nigeria, we can make it. |(NST_cleaned__11367, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # cc (frequency:2)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Sey '''yes'''. |(ONI_24_We-Must-Do-Something_M__84, That yes.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|But '''yes'''. |(KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__78, But... Yes.)}}
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| − | # conj:dicto (frequency:2)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''', no, Dasuu. |(JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__281, yes... no Dasuu.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|So dat '''yes''', '''yes''', yesterday, naim e call me, |(ABJ_GWA_04_Tins-Don-Hard-For-Everywhere_DG__55, Yesterday,was when he called me.)}}
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| − | ====Derived forms====
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| − | ====Synonyms====
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| − | * hm 0.82 1176, toh 0.77 307, okay 0.76 1302, ehen 0.74 871, haha 0.73 836, mstchew 0.72 423, oh 0.69 337, shey 0.66 167, abeg 0.63 467
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| − | ====Antonyms====
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| − | * hm 0.82 1176, toh 0.77 307, okay 0.76 1302, ehen 0.74 871, haha 0.73 836, mstchew 0.72 423, oh 0.69 337, shey 0.66 167, abeg 0.63 467
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| − | ====Translations====
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| − | * English: no definition
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| − | ===Verb===
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| − | yes: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
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| − | # - (frequency:5)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na finger ladies '''yes'''. |(NST_cleaned__36348, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|So dat meh de know sey '''yes''' dat ting now we see, e no dey good. |(NST_cleaned__9299, __no translation__)}}
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| − | ====Derived forms====
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| − | ====Synonyms====
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| − | * hm 0.82 1176, toh 0.77 307, okay 0.76 1302, ehen 0.74 871, haha 0.73 836, mstchew 0.72 423, oh 0.69 337, shey 0.66 167, abeg 0.63 467
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| | ====Antonyms==== | | ====Antonyms==== |
| − | * hm 0.82 1176, toh 0.77 307, okay 0.76 1302, ehen 0.74 871, haha 0.73 836, mstchew 0.72 423, oh 0.69 337, shey 0.66 167, abeg 0.63 467
| + | [[no]] |
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| | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
| − | * English: no definition
| + | English: ''yes'' |