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Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by teamsynergy: 9:03am On Feb 09, 2017 |
I gave up on all these pronunciation ish the day I first witnessed an English man conversing with a market woman and the man was able to pick and understand what the woman was saying..... if you have been to other African countries and hear them speak English, u go give credit to Naija wa....walahi, we dey try 1 Like |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by twaintoy(f): 9:04am On Feb 09, 2017 |
"I am not hearing you" embarrassed me some weeks ago. English is too complex. 1 Like |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by katniss(f): 9:05am On Feb 09, 2017 |
I hate it when people say "more better" 2 Likes |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by fpeter(f): 9:06am On Feb 09, 2017 |
Nice one there! |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by theway83: 9:06am On Feb 09, 2017 |
I done Bleep up in big time. |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by emmanuel4758(m): 9:07am On Feb 09, 2017 |
GreenMavro:yes as far as u no get sense |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Nobody: 9:07am On Feb 09, 2017 |
i speak, u undastnd. knowin all these wont put food on my table.
;Di speak, u undastnd. knowin all these wont put food on my table. |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by 989900: 9:07am On Feb 09, 2017 |
Revert. Kindly revert. #correct Etymology is ephemeral.
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Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Royalfurnitures: 9:08am On Feb 09, 2017 |
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Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by theway83: 9:08am On Feb 09, 2017 |
English is my problem while Yoruba is my hobbies 1 Like |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Bustincole(m): 9:13am On Feb 09, 2017 |
Check dis pix and u will see a bunch of Naijiriya artist Most of dare music are usually in Yoruba and Pidgin So the Bleep is dat who English epp
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Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by EMMAXBLESS(m): 9:18am On Feb 09, 2017 |
thanks man
but I love my own language than anything else
#shout_out_to_great_naija_languages |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Nobody: 9:21am On Feb 09, 2017 |
2romantic: Simply put: HEAR is a Non-continuous Verb. |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Nobody: 9:22am On Feb 09, 2017 |
BodePolScience:nice tot sir, we be English ppl? Chaina they succeed without English, why they wan kill us, tomorrow somebody will still come and say the corrected one is also wrong, wetin sef 1 Like |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Kaxmytex(m): 9:22am On Feb 09, 2017 |
Comprehension ni koko jor... inasmuch u comprehend wetin i dey yahn....i fink we are good to go why giving myself unnecessary problem ontop anoda man's language.... shey theresa may and trump sabi yoruba ni? |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Nobody: 9:23am On Feb 09, 2017 |
metallisc: |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by ImaIma1(f): 9:24am On Feb 09, 2017 |
But it is our lingua franca GreenMavro: 1 Like |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by MrDraey(m): 9:30am On Feb 09, 2017 |
revert verb rɪˈvəːt/ 1. return to (a previous state, practice, topic, etc.). "he reverted to his native language" synonyms: return, go back, come back, change back, retrogress, regress, default; More 2. INDIAN reply or respond to someone. "we texted both Farah and Shirish, but neither of them reverted" 2romantic: |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Gaskia: 9:32am On Feb 09, 2017 |
OP, kindly see meaning no. 12 below: pronunciation (IPA): /ɹə.ˈvɜː(ɹ)t/ etymology ▼ show Noun (plural reverts) 1. One who, or that which, reverts. (religion) One who reverts to that religion which he had adhered to before having converted to another ▼ show (Islam) A convert to Islam. ▼ show (computing) The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state. We've found that git reverts are at least an order of magnitude faster than SVN reverse merges. translations (Islamic usage: convert to Islam) French: conversion 2. Verb (reverts, present participle reverting; past and past participle reverted) 3. (transitive) To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse. ▼ show To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate. 4. (transitive) To cause to return to a former condition. 5. (intransitive) To return; to come back. If they attack, we will revert to the bunker. ▼ show 6. (intransitive) To return to the possession of. When a book goes out of print, rights revert from the publisher to the author. 7. (intransitive) Of an estate: To return to its former owner, or to his or her heirs, when a grant comes to an end. 8. (transitive) To cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner. Sometimes a publisher will automatically revert rights back to an author once a book has gone out of print. 9. (intransitive) To return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc. 10. (intransitive) To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type. 11. (intransitive) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse. Phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts. (intransitive) To take up again or return to a previous topic. (intransitive) To convert to Islam. ▼ show 12. (intransitive) To reply; to come back. Please revert before Monday. 13. (transitive) To treat (a series, such as y = a + bx + cx2 + ..., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x), so as to find the second variable x expressed in a series arranged in powers of y. translations (to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse) ▼ show translations (biology: to return to an earlier or primitive type or state) ▼ show This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license 1 Like |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by ralph28(m): 9:33am On Feb 09, 2017 |
Pronunciation is non academic. |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by smudge2079(m): 9:37am On Feb 09, 2017 |
olaezebala:na d beginning of crazy be dat! No dey fear to express ur self... Tabon mehnnn... Gbo gbo gbosa |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Davifeghe(m): 9:42am On Feb 09, 2017 |
See how i come waste my mb |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by mrjaybaba(m): 9:43am On Feb 09, 2017 |
You are blocking my view . Who builded this gada ? Enter your shuu and follow me |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by jaymantin(m): 9:43am On Feb 09, 2017 |
[quote author=BodePolScience post=53542302]lots of embarrassment, I think language or grammar ought not to trouble us as correct pronunciation doesn't really matter, what matters the most is efficient communication. We have the US, Austria and British pronunciations so why should we be bothered with lots of rules and seemingly inconsistencies inherent in language. True bro, just check pronunciation of the word DIARY....you will see that one is British while the other is American. Na only for naija we dey carry English for head forgetting the real info 1 Like |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by ayabemm16: 9:52am On Feb 09, 2017 |
In the dictionary, the word ate is transcribed /et;/ thus, pronunciation is just et and not as "hate" |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by excel4us: 10:05am On Feb 09, 2017 |
[color=#006600][/color]good thinking |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by adamsfriday27(m): 10:15am On Feb 09, 2017 |
Imagine hw dis guy is commandin english dat am strngling 2 hear or learn vry welll...God help my unborn children 2 b beta dan dis guy..amen |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Chiefobdk1: 10:15am On Feb 09, 2017 |
Even English men still gbagam... Why should I be worried.... Wayne rooney still get corrected on twitter steady. |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Inferno17: 10:23am On Feb 09, 2017 |
No, English is our father tongue...
Hope u were taught with ur "moda tongue" in school?
Abasha. Look and learn GreenMavro: |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Omonigeriarere: 10:30am On Feb 09, 2017 |
2romantic: You forgot to add that over 80% of Nigerian graduates will use the word 'am' instead of "I'm". |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by Yezzy(m): 10:44am On Feb 09, 2017 |
2romantic: Well. Am of a different opinion when it comes to ate. Jst imagine u trying to say you ate eight chocolates you hate. Wats it gonna sound like. We need to focus more on application and usage. Besides based on my observations and findings the RP for ate is /et/ |
Re: Common Mistakes In English That Might Embarrass You by bollify(m): 10:57am On Feb 09, 2017 |
Op, the first one is called stative verb as opposed to dynamic verb. Other of such verbs are like, hate, love etc. Their ING form is a noun we call gerund. As for Ate, both pronunciation are correct. I.e /eit/ or /et/. |
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