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{{adjective|cross|crosser|crossest}} | {{adjective|cross|crosser|crossest}} | ||
#Someone who is '''cross''' is [[angry]] or [[annoyed]]. | #Someone who is '''cross''' is [[angry]] or [[annoyed]]. <> [[mai fushi]] [https://archive.org/details/hausaenglishengl00awde/page/220/mode/2up] | ||
#: ''Jill spoke to me [[rude]]ly because she was '''cross'''.'' | #: ''Jill spoke to me [[rude]]ly because she was '''cross'''.'' | ||
Revision as of 15:39, 20 March 2021
(verb) tsallaka, ƙetare, gifta
(noun) kuros
Pronunciation
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) If you cross something, you go from one side of it to the other side.
- Don't cross the street until the light turns green.
- We can cross the river at the bridge, or we can get wet.
- (transitive) If you cross something, you put one part over another perpendicularly.
- She crossed her ankles: she put one foot on the other side of the other foot.
- (transitive) If you cross someone, you do something that the person does not like.
- Don't cross me. Make sure to agree with me.
- (intransitive) If you cross, you go in a path that will intersect with someone else's path.
- Boats crossing from starboard have right-of-way.
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See also
Noun
- (countable) A cross is a figure made of two straight lines or bars that intersect each other such that at least one of them bisects the other. <> kuros.
- In Christianity, the death of Jesus is represented by a cross.
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Adjective
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Comparative |
Superlative |
- Someone who is cross is angry or annoyed. <> mai fushi [1]
- Jill spoke to me rudely because she was cross.