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==Verb==
==Verb==
{{verb|pay attention|pays attention|paying attention|paid attention}}
{{verb|pay attention|pays attention|paid attention|paying attention}}
# {{cx|idiomatic}} {{intransitive}} To [[attend#Verb|attend]]; to be [[attentive]]; to [[focus]] one's [[attention]]. <> maida [[hankali]] kan wani abu, [[kula]], [[lura]] da.  
# {{cx|idiomatic}} {{intransitive}} To [[attend#Verb|attend]]; to be [[attentive]]; to [[focus]] one's [[attention]]. <> maida [[hankali]] kan wani abu, [[kula]], [[lura]] da.  
#:''They don't '''pay (much) attention''' to their kids.'' <> ba su '''mai da hankali''' sosai kan yadda ‘ya’yansu.
#:''They don't '''pay (much) attention''' to their kids.'' <> ba su '''mai da hankali''' sosai akan ‘ya’yansu.


===Synonyms===
===Synonyms===
* {{cx|sense: to attend}} [[give heed]], [[pay]] [[heed]], [[take heed]].
* {{cx|sense: to attend}} [[give heed]], [[pay]] [[heed]], [[take heed]].

Latest revision as of 05:36, 17 October 2019

Pronunciation

Verb

Plain form (yanzu)
pay attention

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi)
pays attention

Past tense (ya wuce)
paid attention

Past participle (ya wuce)
paid attention

Present participle (ana cikin yi)
paying attention

  1. (idiomatic) (intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention. <> maida hankali kan wani abu, kula, lura da.
    They don't pay (much) attention to their kids. <> ba su mai da hankali sosai akan ‘ya’yansu.

Synonyms