Difference between revisions of "yes"

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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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Borrowed from English ?
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Borrowed from English yes
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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===Interjection===
 
===Interjection===
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yes: -- Definition in Naija?
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yes: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
  
  
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# -
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# - (frequency:-)
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#: {{ux|dv|306|no translation}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''yes''' |(deuber__6309, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''yes''' |(deuber__6309, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes'''. |(IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__94, Yes.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes'''. |(IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__94, Yes.)}}
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# cc
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# discourse (frequency:discourse)
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#: {{ux|dv|2|no translation}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Ah '''yes'''. |(IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__78, Ah. Yes.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Sey '''yes'''. |(ONI_24_We-Must-Do-Something_M__84, That yes.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Oh '''yes'''! |(KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__209, Oh yes !)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|But '''yes'''. |(KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__78, But... Yes.)}}
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# advmod:emph (frequency:advmod:emph)
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# dep
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' o! |(WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__19, Yes.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|9|no translation}}
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' o. |(BEN_19a_Man-Must-Wack_DG__26, Yes, indeed.)}}
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# dep (frequency:dep)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' for inside house, |(KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__6, Yes, at home.)}}
 
#: {{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__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|If '''yes''', BBC dey find you. |(bbc__101649, __no translation__)}}
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# obj
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# vocative (frequency:vocative)
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' Ma, |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__91, Yes Ma.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|So for future '''yes''', but for now... Na wetin im add. |(bbc__1623, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' Ma. |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__190, Yes, Ma.)}}
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# conj
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# conj (frequency:conj)
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#: {{ux|dv|3|no translation}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' or no? |(KAD_12_Mechanic-At-Work_MG__4, Yes or no?)}}
 
#: {{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,)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''' and we are expecting… |(LAG_19_Nepa-Wahala_DG__95, yes and we are expecting,)}}
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# ccomp
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# advmod (frequency:advmod)
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{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__)}}
 
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# nsubj
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{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.)}}
 
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# advmod
 
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#: {{ux|dv|3|no translation}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Exactly '''yes'''! |(WAZL_06_Na-Your-Health_DG__123, Exactly. Yes.)}}
 
#: {{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...)}}
 
#: {{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
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# obl:mod (frequency:obl:mod)
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#: {{ux|dv|3|no translation}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|For Nigeria now, '''yes'''. |(BEN_23_Introducing-New-Machines_DG__29, In Nigeria now, yes.)}}
 
#: {{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__)}}
 
#: {{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
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# obl:arg (frequency:obl:arg)
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#: {{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|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__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na 391 MPs vote no to di 242 wey say '''yes''' to di deal. |(bbc__69717, __no translation__)}}
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# vocative
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# dislocated (frequency:dislocated)
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#: {{ux|dv|6|no translation}}
 
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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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# discourse
 
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#: {{ux|dv|28|no translation}}
 
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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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# dep-nsubj
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|I sey '''yes'''. |(jw__15881, __no translation__)}}
 
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# dislocated
 
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#: {{ux|dv|3|no translation}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wetin, '''yes'''! |(NST_cleaned__19625, __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__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|To show di world dat '''yes''' we, Nigeria, we can make it. |(NST_cleaned__11367, __no translation__)}}
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# conj:dicto
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# cc (frequency:cc)
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#: {{ux|dv|2|no translation}}
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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:conj:dicto)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yes''', no, Dasuu. |(JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__281, yes... no Dasuu.)}}
 
#: {{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.)}}
 
#: {{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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# advmod:emph
 
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#: {{ux|dv|15|no translation}}
 
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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-obl:mod
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{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__)}}
 
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# advcl:relcl
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{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__)}}
 
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# dep-obl:arg
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{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__)}}
 
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# ccomp-nsubj
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{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====
 
====Derived forms====
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====Synonymes====
 
====Synonymes====
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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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* 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====
 
====Antonymes====
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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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* 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====
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* English: ?
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* English: no definition
  
  
  
 
===Verb===
 
===Verb===
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yes: -- Definition in Naija?
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yes: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
  
  
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# -
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# - (frequency:-)
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#: {{ux|dv|5|no translation}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na finger ladies '''yes'''. |(NST_cleaned__36348, __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__)}}
 
#: {{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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# obj
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|If you sey '''yes''', why? |(jw__47318, __no translation__)}}
 
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# nsubj
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Boys no dey born pickin, but girls '''yes''', and e show say na di big difference. |(bbc__745, __no translation__)}}
 
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# obl:arg
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Dem vote '''yes''' for fairness, '''yes''' for commitment, '''yes''' for love. |(bbc__1269, __no translation__)}}
 
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# conj-mark
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{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__)}}
 
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# advmod-obj
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{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.)}}
 
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# parataxis:conj-vocative
 
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#: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|my uncles my auntie '''yes''' de dey Kaduna |(deuber__2876, __no translation__)}}
 
  
 
====Derived forms====
 
====Derived forms====
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====Synonymes====
 
====Synonymes====
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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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* 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====
 
====Antonymes====
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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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* 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====
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* English: ?
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* English: no definition

Revision as of 18:59, 9 August 2020

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

Borrowed from English yes

Pronunciation

  • jɛs

Play Play

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

yes: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:-)
    yes  — (deuber__6309, __no translation__)
    Yes.  — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__94, Yes.)
  2. discourse (frequency:discourse)
    Ah yes.  — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__78, Ah. Yes.)
    Oh yes!  — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__209, Oh yes !)
  3. advmod:emph (frequency:advmod:emph)
    Yes o!  — (WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__19, Yes.)
    Yes o.  — (BEN_19a_Man-Must-Wack_DG__26, Yes, indeed.)
  4. dep (frequency:dep)
    Yes for inside house,  — (KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__6, Yes, at home.)
    If yes, BBC dey find you.  — (bbc__101649, __no translation__)
  5. vocative (frequency:vocative)
    Yes Ma,  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__91, Yes Ma.)
    Yes Ma.  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__190, Yes, Ma.)
  6. conj (frequency:conj)
    Yes or no?  — (KAD_12_Mechanic-At-Work_MG__4, Yes or no?)
    Yes and we are expecting…  — (LAG_19_Nepa-Wahala_DG__95, yes and we are expecting,)
  7. advmod (frequency:advmod)
    Exactly yes!  — (WAZL_06_Na-Your-Health_DG__123, Exactly. Yes.)
    Yes so di woman go try make she...  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__117, Yes, so, the woman should try to be...)
  8. obl:mod (frequency:obl:mod)
    For Nigeria now, yes.  — (BEN_23_Introducing-New-Machines_DG__29, In Nigeria now, yes.)
    Yes of fight-fight don scata di infrastructure wey dey allow clean water and toilets especially for North-East areas.  — (bbc__101579, __no translation__)
  9. obl:arg (frequency:obl:arg)
    Only no, no, no, no yes for una language,  — (JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__50, Only no, no, no; no yes in your language ? )
    Na 391 MPs vote no to di 242 wey say yes to di deal.  — (bbc__69717, __no translation__)
  10. dislocated (frequency:dislocated)
    Wetin, yes!  — (NST_cleaned__19625, __no translation__)
    To show di world dat yes we, Nigeria, we can make it.  — (NST_cleaned__11367, __no translation__)
  11. cc (frequency:cc)
    Sey yes.  — (ONI_24_We-Must-Do-Something_M__84, That yes.)
    But yes.  — (KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__78, But... Yes.)
  12. conj:dicto (frequency:conj:dicto)
    Yes, no, Dasuu.  — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__281, yes... no Dasuu.)
    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.)

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: no definition


Verb

yes: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:-)
    Na finger ladies yes.  — (NST_cleaned__36348, __no translation__)
    So dat meh de know sey yes dat ting now we see, e no dey good.  — (NST_cleaned__9299, __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: no definition
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