Chance

1.                  Chance - (Àǹfààní) Noun, Verb, Adj[1].

English Usage: It was a chance I have been waiting for

Yorùbá Usage: Ó jẹ́ àǹfààní tí mot i ń dúró dè

2.                  Cheap – (Pọ́ọ́kú, ṣ e àìwọ́n) Adj. Adv.

English Usage: Ade bought a cheap cloth for his brother’s wedding ceremony

Yorùbá Usage: Adé ra aṣọ olówó pọ́ọ́kú fún ìgbéyàwo ẹgbọ́n rẹ̀

English Usage: The goods that I bought in Onitsha market is very cheap

Yorùbá Usage: Àwọn ọjà tí mo rà ní ọjà Ònìṣà kò wọ́n

3.                  Cheese – (Wàràǹkàsì) Noun

English Usage: The cheese is good for child to eat

Yorùbá Usage: Ó dára fún ọmọdé láti máa jẹ wàràǹkàsì

4.                  Chemical – (këmíkà) Noun

English Usage: Dada pour acidic chemical on Kúnlé’s body

Yorùbá Usage: Dàda da Kẹ́míkà olóró sí ara Kúnlé

5.                  Chest – (Àyà) Noun

English Usage: The bullet enter his chest

Yorùbá Usage: Qta ìbọn náà wọ inú àyà rẹ̀

6.                  Chief – (Olóyè/Olórí) Noun

English Usage: He was appointed a chief.

Yorùbá UsageWọ́n yàn án ní olóyè.

English Usage: The chief of the armed robbers was caught last week

Yorùbá Usage: Wọ́n mú olórí àwọn olè náà ní ọsẹ̀ tí ó kọjá

7.                  Chin (Àgbọ̀ ìsàlẹ̀) Noun

English Usage: My chin is paining me

Yorùbá Usage: Àgbôn ìsàlê mi ń dùn mí

8.                  Church – (Ilé ìjọsìn) Noun

English Usage: The woman prayed in the church

Yorùbá Usage: Obìnrin náà gbàdúrà nínú ṣọ́ọ̀sì

9.                  Circle – (Òlóbìrípo) Noun

English Usage: We sat in a circle

Yorùbá Usage: A jókòó ní olóbìrípo

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[1] Adetoyi Adetoyese translated these words.