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#{{transitive verb}} When you [[hit]] something, you '''strike''' it. <> doki, yi wa duka, buga. | #{{transitive verb}} When you [[hit]] or [[attack]] something, you '''strike''' it. <> doki, yi wa duka, buga. kai [[hari]]. | ||
#: '' | #: ''"why did you '''strike''' him?"'' <> "mḕ ya sâ ka '''[[doke|dṑkē]]''' shì?" | ||
# When an idea strikes you, it [[occur]]s to you [[sudden]]ly or with [[force]]. | # When an idea strikes you, it [[occur]]s to you [[sudden]]ly or with [[force]]. | ||
#: ''To [[play]] with [[fire]] '''strikes''' me as a bad idea.'' | #: ''To [[play]] with [[fire]] '''strikes''' me as a bad idea.'' | ||
# to '''strike''' a match <> [[kunna]] wuta ko [[tada]] ashana. ƙyastà/ƙyattà àshānā. | |||
# When a [[clock]] [[ring]]s a [[bell]] to tell you the [[time]], the clock '''strikes''' the time. | # When a [[clock]] [[ring]]s a [[bell]] to tell you the [[time]], the clock '''strikes''' the time. | ||
#: ''The [[child]]ren ran out of the [[school]] when the clock '''struck''' [[twelve]].'' | #: ''The [[child]]ren ran out of the [[school]] when the clock '''struck''' [[twelve]].'' | ||
Revision as of 14:19, 5 December 2020
(verb) doki/duka
(noun) yaji e.g. yajin aiki, yajin cin abinci (hunger strike)
Pronunciation
Verb
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Plain form |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- (transitive) When you hit or attack something, you strike it. <> doki, yi wa duka, buga. kai hari.
- "why did you strike him?" <> "mḕ ya sâ ka dṑkē shì?"
- When an idea strikes you, it occurs to you suddenly or with force.
- to strike a match <> kunna wuta ko tada ashana. ƙyastà/ƙyattà àshānā.
- When a clock rings a bell to tell you the time, the clock strikes the time.
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Plain form (yanzu) |
3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) |
Past tense (ya wuce) |
Past participle (ya wuce) |
Present participle (ana cikin yi) |
- A disease can strike a person. That person is stricken with disease.
- The child was stricken with a serious blood disease.
- When you strike a part from a document, it is stricken from the document.
- The errors were stricken from the dictionary.
- When bad luck strikes you, you are stricken with bad luck.
Usage Notes
Most of the time the past participle of “strike” is “struck.” The exceptions are that you can be stricken with guilt, a misfortune, a wound or a disease; and a passage in a document can be stricken out. The rest of the time, stick with “struck.” This rule does not seem to be authoritative. The past participle is stricken.
When dealing with the verb "to strike" in a labour union context, the use of the past participle "struck" sounds awkward at best, and is confusing. If you write "the union struck three times since the 1970s" the reader is left to wonder "struck what?- a deal? or something else?". In such situations the use of one of the following locutions is most often used: "went on strike", "took strike action" to express the simple past.
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