yes
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 ?
Pronunciation
- jɛs
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: -- Definition in Naija?
- -
- 306 — no translation
- yes — (deuber__6309, __no translation__)
- Yes. — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__94, Yes.)
- cc
- 2 — no translation
- Sey yes. — (ONI_24_We-Must-Do-Something_M__84, That yes.)
- But yes. — (KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__78, But... Yes.)
- dep
- 9 — no translation
- 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__)
- obj
- 1 — no translation
- So for future yes, but for now... Na wetin im add. — (bbc__1623, __no translation__)
- conj
- 3 — no translation
- 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,)
- ccomp
- 1 — no translation
- 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
- 1 — no translation
- 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
- 3 — no translation
- 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...)
- obl:mod
- 3 — no translation
- 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__)
- obl:arg
- 3 — no translation
- 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__)
- vocative
- 6 — no translation
- Yes Ma, — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__91, Yes Ma.)
- Yes Ma. — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__190, Yes, Ma.)
- discourse
- 28 — no translation
- Ah yes. — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__78, Ah. Yes.)
- Oh yes! — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__209, Oh yes !)
- dep-nsubj
- 1 — no translation
- I sey yes. — (jw__15881, __no translation__)
- dislocated
- 3 — no translation
- Wetin, yes! — (NST_cleaned__19625, __no translation__)
- To show di world dat yes we, Nigeria, we can make it. — (NST_cleaned__11367, __no translation__)
- conj:dicto
- 2 — no translation
- 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.)
- advmod:emph
- 15 — no translation
- Yes o! — (WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__19, Yes.)
- Yes o. — (BEN_19a_Man-Must-Wack_DG__26, Yes, indeed.)
- dep-obl:mod
- 1 — no translation
- 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
- 1 — no translation
- 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
- 1 — no translation
- 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
- 1 — no translation
- 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?
- -
- 5 — no translation
- 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__)
- obj
- 1 — no translation
- If you sey yes, why? — (jw__47318, __no translation__)
- nsubj
- 1 — no translation
- Boys no dey born pickin, but girls yes, and e show say na di big difference. — (bbc__745, __no translation__)
- obl:arg
- 1 — no translation
- Dem vote yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love. — (bbc__1269, __no translation__)
- conj-mark
- 1 — no translation
- 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
- 1 — no translation
- 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
- 1 — no translation
- 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
- English: ?