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*[[caution]] (yi wa [[taka tsantsan]]) | *[[caution]] (yi wa [[taka tsantsan]]) | ||
*[[rebuke]] | *[[rebuke]] | ||
* [[chastise]] | |||
Revision as of 00:03, 2 December 2016
Verb
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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) |
- (transitive) When you scold someone, you angrily tell them that they are doing something bad. <> kyara, tsawata wa, (idiomatic) ja kunne
- his mother scolded him for hitting his sister <> da ya daki ƙanwarsa sai uwarsu ta kyare shi.
- (abusively) zaga / zagi
- she scolded the child thoroughly <> ta yi ta zagin yaro sosai.
Synonyms
- caution (yi wa taka tsantsan)
- rebuke
- chastise