Yoruba for Academic Purpose: Yorùbá fún Olùsọ Èdè Mìíràn: Fi Kún Ìmọ̀ Yorùbá Rẹ (Yorùba for Speakers of other Languages: Improve Your Yorùbá)

Mo ń lọ sí oko ‘I am going to the farm’, Mo wà ní ilé ‘I am at home’, Mo lọ sí ọjà ‘I went to the market’, Alága wa nìyí ‘This is our chairman’, Agbègbè wa nìyí ‘This is our district’, Ọ̀gbọ́ wa nìyí ‘This is our ward’, Àdúgbo wa nìyí ‘This is our quarter’, Ìlú mi nìyí ‘This is my town’, Ìjọba ìbílẹ̀ wa nìyí ‘This is our Local Government Council’, Ìpínlẹ̀ wa nìyí ‘this is our state’.

Ebi ń pa mí ‘I am hungry’, Òǹgbẹ́ ń gbẹ mí ‘I am thirsty’, Ara ń ro mí ‘My body pains me’, Àìsàn ń ṣe ọ́ ‘You are sick’, Ó rẹ̀ yín ‘You are tired’, Ọwọ́ ń ro mí ‘My hands pains me’, Ara rẹ kò dá ‘You are not well’, Ibà ń ṣe é ‘He has fever’.

Ọ̀kan nì yẹn ‘That is one’, Ọwọ́ mi nìyí ‘This is my hand’, Ọwọ̀ mi nìyí ‘This is my broom’, Ìgbálẹ̀ mi nìyí ‘This is my broom’, Dọ́sítà mi nìyí ‘this is my duster’, Ṣọ́ọ̀kì mi nìyí ‘this is my piece of chalk’, Ibùsùn mi nìyí ‘This is my bed’, Bẹ́ẹ̀di mi nìyí ‘This is my bed’, Adìyẹ mi nìyí ‘This is my hen’, Ẹja nìyí ‘This is a fish’, Ẹṣin nìyí ‘This is horse’, Kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́kẹ́ nìyí ‘This is a donkey’, Ewúrẹ́ nìyí ‘This is a goat’, Ìkòkò nìyí ‘This is a pot’, Síbí nìyí ‘This is a spoon’, Orí mi nì yí ‘This is my head’, Imú mi nìyí ‘This is my nose’, Ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ wa nìyí ‘This is our school’, Ilé wa nìyí ‘This is our house’, Àga mi nìyí ‘This is my chair’.

Mélòó? ‘How many?’; Márùn-ún ‘Five’.

Mélòó? ‘How many?’; Mẹ́wàá ‘Ten’.

Mélòó? ‘How many?’ Ogún ‘twenty’.

Èló? ‘;How much?’; Náírà mẹ́wàá ‘ten naira’

Èló? ‘How much?; Náírà mẹ́sàn-án ‘nine naira’

Èló? ‘How much?’; Ogún náírà ‘twenty naira’.

Olú: Níbo ni o lọ? ‘Where did you go?’

Adé: Mo lọ sí ilé-ìwòsàn ‘I went to the hospital’

Olú: Ta ni o rí níbẹ̀? ‘Who did you see there?’

Ade: Mo rí dókítà ‘I saw doctors’

Olú: Kí ni o tún ri? ‘What else did you see?’

Adé: Mo tún rí oògún ‘I saw medicines’

Adé: Àwọn wo nìyẹn? ‘Who are those?’

Olú: Àwọn ọmọ ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ ni ‘They are students’

Adé: Kí ni wọ́n ń ṣe? ‘What are they doing?’

Olú: Wọ́n ń ra ìwé ‘They are buying books’

Adé: Níbo? ‘Where?’

Olú: Nílé ìtàwé kan ‘In a bookshop’

Olú: Fi ìwé kan hàn mí ‘Show me a book’

Adé: Ìwé kan nìyí ‘This is a book’

Olú: Tọ́ka sí àga ‘Point to a chair’

Adé: Àga nìyẹn ‘That is a chair’

Olú: Ta ni ó jókòó? ‘Who sat down?’

Adé: Èmi ni mo jókòó ‘I was the one who sat down’

Olú: Ta ni ó nàró? ‘Who stood up?’

Adé: Ìwọ ni o nàró ‘You were the one who stood up’

Olú: Níbo ni ìwé mi wà? ‘Where is my book?’

Adé: Ó wà lórí tábìlì ‘It is on the table’

Olú: Níbo ni bọ́ọ̀lù rẹ wà? ‘Where is your ball?’

Adé:Ó wà lórí àga ‘It is on the chair’

Olu: Èwo ló wà lókè? ‘Which one is on the top?’

Adé: Eléyìí ló wà lókè ‘This one is on the top’

Olú: Níbo ni Òjó wà?’Where is Òjó?’

Adé: Ó wà nínú ilé ‘He is inside the house’

A: Ata ‘pepper’, ahéré ‘hut’, apẹ ‘pot’, abẹ ‘pen-knife’, ajá ‘dog, àkẹtẹ̀ ‘hat ’agogo ‘bell’, agẹmọ ‘chameleon’, adé ‘crown’ àga ‘chair’, akèrègbè ‘gourd’, àtùpà ‘lantern’, àṣá ‘hawk’, àdá ‘cutlass’, àdán ‘bat’, adìẹ ‘hen’.

B: Baba ‘father’, bàtà ‘shoe’, bèbè ‘waist bead’, bọ́ọ̀lù ‘ball’, dòjé ‘scythe/sickle’.

D: Dùùrù ‘organ/harmonium’, dígí ‘mirror’, dòdò ‘fried plantain’.

E: Ebè ‘heaps’, ejò ‘snake’ eku ‘rat’, erè ‘boar constrictor’, ewé ‘leaf’, edé ‘lobster’ erin ‘elephant’, èso ‘fruit’, ewúrẹ́ ‘goat’, eṣinṣin ‘fly’.

Ẹ: Ẹyẹ ‘bird’, ẹja ‘fish’, ègà ‘palm bird’, ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ ‘pig’, ẹ̀pà ‘groundnut’, ègẹ́ ‘cassava’ ẹ̀wọ̀ ‘chain’.

F: Fìlà ‘cap’, fìtílà ‘lamp’, fèrè ‘flute’, fọ̀ ‘to wash’, fọ́ ‘to break/to shatter’.

G: Gèlè ‘head-kerchief/head tie’, gorodóòmù ‘drum’, gẹ̀gẹ̀ ‘goiter’.

H: Háhá (àgbàdo) ‘sheath (of corn)’, hàn ‘to appear/become visible’.

I: Ilé ‘house’, ìgò ‘bottle’, iṣu “yam’, ìbọn ‘gun’, igún ‘vulture’, ìwé ‘book’, ìyẹ́ ‘feather’, idà ‘sword’, ìwọ̀ ‘hook’.

J: Jagunjagun ‘soldier’, jà ‘to fight’, jọ ‘to resemble’.

K: Kẹ̀kẹ́ ‘bicycle’, kíákíá ‘quickly’, kàkàkí ‘trumpet’, kọ̀ǹkọ̀sọ̀ ‘sieve’, kìnìún ‘lion’.

L: Lékèélékèé ‘cattle egret’, labalábá ‘butterfly’.

M: Màlúù ‘cow’, màrìwò ‘Fender palm fronds’.

N: Ńlá ‘big, ǹsó ‘go ahead (of me)’, nà ‘beat’.

O: Obì ‘kolanut’, òde ‘outside’, odò ‘river’, ògòǹgò ‘ostrich’.

Ọ: Ọ̀pọ̀lọ́ ‘toad’, ọlọ́pàá ‘policeman’, ọ̀pẹ ‘palmtree’.

P: Pẹ́pẹ́yẹ ‘duck’, pàṣán/ọrẹ́/ẹgba ‘whip’, pósí ‘coffin’, pàkúté ‘trap’.

R: Ràkunmí ‘camel’, rọ̀ ‘to be soft’, rọ ‘to forge’, rántí ‘remember’.

S: Sálúbàtà ‘slippers’, sáré ‘to run’, sàráà ‘charity’, sè ‘to cook’.

Ṣ: Ṣíbí ‘spoon’, ṣòkòtò ‘trousers’, ṣọ́ọ̀sì ‘church’, ṣaworo ‘small brass bell’.

T: Tábìlì ‘table’, tafàtafà ‘bow-man’, tata ‘grasshopper’, tòlótòló ‘turkey’, tìmùtìmù ‘cushion’.

W: Wàláà ‘koranic slate’, wú ‘to dig’, wù ‘to please’.

Y: Yẹrí/yẹtí ‘ear-ring’, yànmùyánmú ‘mosquito’.

Bísí: Ǹjẹ́ o wo eré orí tẹ́lì lánàá? ‘Did you watch the play on the telivision yesterday?’

Adé: Ti orí OGBC? ‘The one on OGBC?’

Bísí: Rárá, OSBC ‘No, OSBC’

Adé: Rárá, mi ò wò ó. Ṣé ó dùn díẹ̀? ‘No, I didn’t. Was it any good?’

Bisi: Ó dùn gan-an ni. ‘It was quite good’.

Bísí: Níbo ni o ti ra ẹran yìí? ‘Where did you buy this meat?’

Adé: Lọ́jà. Kíló dé? ‘At the market. Why?’

Bísí: Bí awọ ni ó rí lẹnu. Ṣé ó dá ọ lójú pé ẹran ni? ‘It tastes like leather. Are you sure it’s meat?’

Adé: Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, ẹran gidi ni. ‘Yes, it’s meat all right’

Bísí: Mi ò rò bẹ́ẹ̀ ‘I don’t think so’.

Bísí: Níbo ni a ó ti pàdé? ‘Where shall we meet?’

Adé: Níwájúu tésàn ‘In the front of the station’’

Bísí: Nígbà wo? ‘When?’

Adé: Lọ́sàn-án ọ̀la ‘Tomorrow afternoon’.

Mo wọ aṣọ mi ‘I put on my clothes’; Mo wọ ẹ̀wù mi ‘I put on my garment’; Mo wọ ṣòkòtò mi ‘I put on my trousers’; Mo dé fìlà mi ‘I put my cap on’; Wọ́ dé mi ládé ‘I was crowned’; Mo ṣí fìlà mi ‘I removed my cap’; Mo ṣí adé mi ‘I removed my crown’; Mo wé gèlè mi ‘I put on my headkerchief’; Mo ró aṣọ ‘I put on my body cloth’.

Ó ga ‘He is tall’; Ó gùn ‘It is long’; Ó kúrú ‘It is short’; Igi gígùn ‘A long tree’; Igi gíga ‘A high tree’; Ọkùnrin gíga ‘A tall man’; Ọkùnrin kúkurú ‘A short man’; Ó kéré ‘It is small’;s Ọmọ kékeré ‘A small child’; Ó tóbi ‘It is big’; Màlúù títóbi ‘A big cow’.

Ìṣẹ́jú márùn-ún ‘five minutes’; Wákàtí kan ‘one hour’; Ọjọ́ méjì ‘two days’; Ọjọ́ mọ́ńdè ‘Monday’; Ọjọ́ Jímọ́-ọ̀n ‘Friday’; Ọ̀sẹ̀ kan ‘One week’; Oṣù méjì ‘Two months’; Ìgbà ẹ̀ẹ̀rùn ‘Dry season’; Ìgbà òjò ‘Rainy season’; Ó dé lójijì ‘He came suddenly’; Ojú ti mọ́ ‘It is daylight/It is morning’; Ilẹ̀ ti mọ́ ‘It is daylight/it is morning’; Ọ̀sán tip ọ́n ‘It is mid-day’; Oòrùn ti yọ ‘The sun is up’.

Yoruba for Academic Purpose

Thursday, 4 June 2015

Yorùbá fún Olùsọ Èdè Mìíràn: Fi Kún Ìmọ̀ Yorùbá Rẹ (Yorùba for Speakers of other Languages: Improve Your Yorùbá)

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