Difference between revisions of "yes"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* 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
 
  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English ?
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From English: ''yes''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* jɛs
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* jɛ̂s
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-yes.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-yes.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-yes.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-yes.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 66
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 195
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 596
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 569
 
 
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
 
 
  
 
===Interjection===
 
===Interjection===
yes:  -- Definition in Naija?
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* Word wey de dey use dey gree for someting.
 
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Yes'''. |(IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__94, Yes.)}}
 
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:* {{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.)}}
# -
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====Antonyms====
#: {{ux|dv|306|no translation}}
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[[no]]
#: {{ux|dv|'''yes''' |(deuber__6309, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes'''. |(IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__94, Yes.)}}
 
# cc
 
#: {{ux|dv|2|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Sey '''yes'''. |(ONI_24_We-Must-Do-Something_M__84, That yes.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|But '''yes'''. |(KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__78, But... Yes.)}}
 
# dep
 
#: {{ux|dv|9|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' for inside house, |(KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__6, Yes, at home.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|If '''yes''', BBC dey find you. |(bbc__101649, __no translation__)}}
 
# obj
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|So for future '''yes''', but for now... Na wetin im add. |(bbc__1623, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj
 
#: {{ux|dv|3|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' or no? |(KAD_12_Mechanic-At-Work_MG__4, Yes or no?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' and we are expecting… |(LAG_19_Nepa-Wahala_DG__95, yes and we are expecting,)}}
 
# ccomp
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|As I know sey '''yes''', dat oder guy don comot, wey e don go like dis, I just drop di shoe for am, say oga, if you no sell am for four thousand naira, I no dey buy. |(NST_cleaned__12537, __no translation__)}}
 
# nsubj
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' I'm di first born I'm di female three broders, and den anoder girl dey for last. |(KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__31, Yers, I'm the first child, i'm the female, three brothers and a girl as the last.)}}
 
# advmod
 
#: {{ux|dv|3|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Exactly '''yes'''! |(WAZL_06_Na-Your-Health_DG__123, Exactly. Yes.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' so di woman go try make she... |(IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__117, Yes, so, the woman should try to be...)}}
 
# obl:mod
 
#: {{ux|dv|3|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|For Nigeria now, '''yes'''. |(BEN_23_Introducing-New-Machines_DG__29, In Nigeria now, yes.)}}
 
#: {{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__)}}
 
# obl:arg
 
#: {{ux|dv|3|no translation}}
 
#: {{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 ? )}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na 391 MPs vote no to di 242 wey say '''yes''' to di deal. |(bbc__69717, __no translation__)}}
 
# vocative
 
#: {{ux|dv|6|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' Ma, |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__91, Yes Ma.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' Ma. |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__190, Yes, Ma.)}}
 
# discourse
 
#: {{ux|dv|28|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Ah '''yes'''. |(IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__78, Ah. Yes.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Oh '''yes'''! |(KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__209, Oh yes !)}}
 
# dep-nsubj
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|I sey '''yes'''. |(jw__15881, __no translation__)}}
 
# dislocated
 
#: {{ux|dv|3|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wetin, '''yes'''! |(NST_cleaned__19625, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|To show di world dat '''yes''' we, Nigeria, we can make it. |(NST_cleaned__11367, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj:dicto
 
#: {{ux|dv|2|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''', no, Dasuu. |(JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__281, yes... no Dasuu.)}}
 
#: {{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.)}}
 
# advmod:emph
 
#: {{ux|dv|15|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' o! |(WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__19, Yes.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' o. |(BEN_19a_Man-Must-Wack_DG__26, Yes, indeed.)}}
 
# dep-obl:mod
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' ehn at least wit dis particular ehn good news wey my broder Chukwu don talk, wey don, wey don dey everywhere at least ehn. |(NST_cleaned__9656, __no translation__)}}
 
# advcl:relcl
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di Senate go likely say '''yes''' to dis one, wey fit make Catalan parliament to say dem want independence one-time. |(bbc__32456, __no translation__)}}
 
# dep-obl:arg
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Well, a new report by di National Bureau of Statistics, NBS don talk say the answer to dis questions na '''yes''' for one out of every three Nigerians. |(bbc__98489, __no translation__)}}
 
# ccomp-nsubj
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|The day wey you baptize, dem ask you sey, “Because Jesus die for you, you don repent from your sin and give Jehovah your life to do wetin e want?” And you sey, '''yes'''. |(jw__26380, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonymes====
 
*  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
 
 
 
====Antonymes====
 
*  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
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Verb===
 
yes:  -- Definition in Naija?
 
 
 
 
 
# -
 
#: {{ux|dv|5|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na finger ladies '''yes'''. |(NST_cleaned__36348, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|So dat meh de know sey '''yes''' dat ting now we see, e no dey good. |(NST_cleaned__9299, __no translation__)}}
 
# obj
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|If you sey '''yes''', why? |(jw__47318, __no translation__)}}
 
# nsubj
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Boys no dey born pickin, but girls '''yes''', and e show say na di big difference. |(bbc__745, __no translation__)}}
 
# obl:arg
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dem vote '''yes''' for fairness, '''yes''' for commitment, '''yes''' for love. |(bbc__1269, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj-mark
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|All di letters, text message and calls to di All Progressives Congress APC candidate, Chief Great Ogboru no receive any response weda '''yes''' or no. |(bbc__13958, __no translation__)}}
 
# advmod-obj
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' domestic violence especially, especially nowadays, di tings are terrible. |(KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__153, Yes, domestic violence especially... especially now that things are getting terrible.)}}
 
# parataxis:conj-vocative
 
#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|my uncles my auntie '''yes''' de dey Kaduna |(deuber__2876, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonymes====
 
*  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
 
 
 
====Antonymes====
 
*  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
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ?
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English: ''yes''

Latest revision as of 06:48, 26 December 2022

Naija

Etymology

From English: yes

Pronunciation

  • jɛ̂s

Play Play

Interjection

  • Word wey de dey use dey gree for someting.
  • Yes.  — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__94, Yes.)
  • 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.)

Antonyms

no

Translations

English: yes