Difference between revisions of "you"

Latest revision as of 23:00, 9 March 2024

From English: you

De dey use am dey talk about person wey im and anoder person am dey follow talk when e no want call im name.

Wey you? — (ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__36, Where are you?)
You you dey smile? — (NST_cleaned__7146, You are smiling?)
Our love dey grow for ourself and for you. — (jw__28656, Our love is growing for each other and for you.)
No be like dis you dey do before o. — (deuber__1676, You were not behaving this way before.)
E no suppose do like dat to you now. — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__106, She is not supposed to behave that way to you.)

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 ==Naija==
-===Alternative forms===
-* yourself 0.73 332, i 0.73 22807, somebody 0.69 191, someone 0.66 64, your 0.65 5542, we 0.63 25536, nobody 0.62 634, am 0.62 25602, me 0.61 7747
 ===Etymology===
-Borrowed from English you
+From English: ''you''
 ===Pronunciation===
-* ju
+* jû
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-you.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-you.m.ogg</sm2>
-===Frequency===
-* Frequency in NSC treebank: 2580
-* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 5
-* Frequency in raw corpus: 22969
-* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 20
-The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 ===Pronoun===
-Use am talk about person who be man or woman.
+* De dey use am dey talk about person wey im and anoder person am dey follow talk when e no want call im name.
-:* {{ux|dv| Wey '''you'''? |(ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__36, Where are you !)}}
+:* {{ux|dv| Wey '''you'''? |(ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__36, Where are you?)}}
 :* {{ux|dv|'''You''' '''you''' dey smile? |(NST_cleaned__7146, You are smiling?)}}
 :* {{ux|dv|Our love dey grow for ourself and for '''you'''. |(jw__28656,  Our love is growing for each other and for you.)}}