you

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 ?

Pronunciation

• ju

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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

you: -- Definition in Naija?

1. -

   17953  — no translation

   You.  — (JOS_27_Man-And-Woman_DG__1, You...)

   You?  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__88, You ?)

2. cc

   47  — no translation

   Me, abi you?  — (KAD_21_Cameroon-School_DG__87, You or me ?)

   Because you… ,  — (WAZA_06_Cigarettes_T__75, Because you..)

3. dep

   69  — no translation

   You wey score…  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__310, You who score...)

   Na you dem want.  — (jw__26696, __no translation__)

4. det

   5  — no translation

   Jarawa, di you know ehn...  — (NST_cleaned__36885, __no translation__)

   No be like dis you dey do before o.  — (deuber__1676, __no translation__)

5. acl

   1  — no translation

   Face me say na me, you wan kill, instead of you to kill me, na me, go kill you first for dis town.  — (WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__56, He pointed the gun at me saying, You want to kill me, but instead, I'll be the first person to kill you in this town.)

6. obj

   3  — no translation

   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.)

   You “understand everything” wey you need to do to make God happy?  — (jw__41296, __no translation__)

7. aux

   1  — no translation

   I no fit judge am because Bible say make you no judge.  — (BEN_15c_Theology-Church-Finances_DG__157, I cannot judge him because the Bible says you should not judge.)

8. cop

   3  — no translation

   Na you.  — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__145, It is you.)

   Na you…  — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__144, It's you.)

9. case

   779  — no translation

   for you  — (deuber__3261, __no translation__)

   Wey you?  — (ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__36, You !)

10. amod

    33  — no translation

    You alone?  — (KAD_15_Money-Wahala_MG__108, Just you?)

    Na only you,  — (NST_cleaned__17085, __no translation__)

11. conj

    75  — no translation

    You dis girl?  — (JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__146, You, this girl ?)

    You, and your male?  — (IBA_10_Recession_DG__74, Your mother and you ?)

12. nmod

    14  — no translation

    N~, no you…  — (JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__154, No...no you...)

    You, you, you of all people!  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__152, You, you,you of all people)

13. nsubj

    7  — no translation

    You you dey smile?  — (NST_cleaned__7146, __no translation__)

    You X dey waka eh,  — (IBA_17_Julie-And-Danile_DG__12, You X go out a lot, eh !)

14. appos

    5  — no translation

    You guy chop di bone, everyting.  — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__117, The guy ate the bones and everything.)

    She say “thank you Nma.” She dey peel yam and green vegetable and beans dey inside basket near am.  — (katakata__626, __no translation__)

15. ccomp

    2  — no translation

    Na this one make Philippians 2:12 talk sey make you “continue to dey fear God and dey do things wey go save” you.  — (jw__19288, __no translation__)

    Una hear wetin dat small pikin sing, e say train up your child when e dey small, so dat when e grow, you self wey be im mama go rest.  — (deuber__1695, __no translation__)

16. advmod

    31  — no translation

    You just.  — (KAD_11_Edikaikong-Gbegiri_M__8, You just...)

    You undderstand?  — (WAZP_08_Your-Heart-Dey-Heavy_M__19, You understand ?)

17. cc-dep

    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__)

18. dep-det

    1  — no translation

    Alright ehm if you dey dere right now, you dey listen to us, and di ehm you from inside Military Hospital, you dey hear us,  — (NST_cleaned__1950, __no translation__)

19. case-cc

    6  — no translation

    And if you...  — (NST_cleaned__41114, __no translation__)

    Our love dey grow for ourself and for you.  — (jw__28656, __no translation__)

Derived forms

1. of you

   Na because of only you, I circumcise my pikin?  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__61, Is it because of you alone I circumcised my child?)

   Dere is a real person inside of you wey be di spirit.  — (PRT_11_A-Man-Named-Jesus_MG__44, There is a real person inside you, which is the Spirit.)

2. you Abdulmajid Sanni

   We still dey confirm sey happpy, happy baiday to you Abdulmajid Sanni.  — (WAZK_04_Call-In-Programme_M__19, We still confirm that happy, happy birthday to you, Abdulmajid Sanni.)

3. you Buhari

   Panic for Tema afta fire den explosion hit Ghana military base Ghana explosion: We dey with you - Buhari  — (bbc__80397, __no translation__)

4. you Miyetti Allah Di

   Plenti pipo don enta road to protest against Plateau killings Plateau killings: No be do me I do you - Miyetti Allah Di plenti times President Buhari don 'assure' Nigerians on 'unfortunate killings'  — (bbc__81993, __no translation__)

5. you X

   E no go even feed you X, your parent, your siblings.  — (KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__100, It will not even feed you...your parents and your siblings.)

   When you know sey you wan come look for job for dis side, make you not just come cause immediately you X.  — (NST_cleaned__22109, __no translation__)

6. you guy

   Ah you dis bad guy.  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__18, Ah, you that's a bad guy.)

Synonymes

• 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

Antonymes

• 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

Translations

• English: ?