Èdè Yorùbá

Yára

Fast / Quick

Àfihàn ìgbà.

Time marker.

Ọkùnrin tí ó wá.

The man who came.

Kọ gbólóhùn alábùkún.

Write a complex sentence.

Lo ọ̀rọ̀ asọ́pọ̀.

Use linking words.

Àfihàn

Indicator/Marker

Àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ arọ́pò

Relative clauses

Gbólóhùn alábùkún

Complex sentence

Ọ̀rọ̀ Asọ́pọ̀

Linking word

Rọra

Slowly / Gently

Burúkú

Bad / Ugly

Mo ka ewì.

I read poetry.

Ìtàn àròsọ dára.

The novel is good.

A wo eré oníṣe.

We watched a play.

Àkàwé sọ pé...

The critic said...

Ewì

Poetry

Ìtàn àròsọ

Fiction/Novel

Eré Oníṣe

Drama/Play

Àkàwé

Literary critic

Gígùn

Long / Tall

Kúkurú

Short

Ẹ̀fà ènìyàn wà.

Six people are here.

Ìlépa wa ni...

Our goal is...

Ètò wa dára.

Our plan is good.

Ọjà wa dára.

Our product is good.

Oníbàárà wá.

A customer came.

Ìlépa

Goal/Aim

Oníbàárà

Customer

Kí ni?

What?

Ta ni?

Who?

Ìtumọ̀ dára.

Good translation.

Yorùbá ni èdè abínibí mi.

Yorùbá is my mother tongue.

Gẹ̀ẹ́sì jẹ́ èdè àjèjì.

English is a foreign language.

Èdè abínibí

Mother tongue

Èdè àjèjì

Foreign language

Ìgbà wo?

When?

Nítorí kí ni?

Why?

Ọjọ́ èje ni ọ̀sẹ̀ kan.

One week has seven days.

Ẹ̀yà ìsọ̀rọ̀sí yàtọ̀.

Dialects differ.

Ó ń sọ èdè Ìjẹ̀bú.

He speaks Ijebu dialect.

Èdè Ẹ̀kìtì yàtọ̀.

Ekiti dialect is different.

Ẹ̀yà ìsọ̀rọ̀sí

Dialect

Èdè Ìjẹ̀bú

Ijebu dialect

Èdè Ẹ̀kìtì

Ekiti dialect

Ṣé?

Is it? (yes/no)

Mélòó?

How many?

Lè

Can / Able to

Ṣe ìgbèjà rẹ.

Make your argument.

A nílò ìtanijí.

We need enlightenment.

Àpejọ ńlá wà.

There is a big assembly.

Ìgbèjà

Defense/Argument

Ìtanijí

Enlightenment

Àpejọ

Assembly/Meeting

Gbọdọ̀

Must

Ẹ̀sán ènìyàn wá.

Nine people came.

Ìrọ̀rí rẹ dára.

Your thinking is good.

Ṣe àtúpalẹ̀.

Do an analysis.

Ojú ìwòye mi yàtọ̀.

My perspective differs.

Ìrọ̀rí

Thought/Thinking

Àtúpalẹ̀

Analysis

Ojú ìwòye

Perspective

Bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí

Begin to

Dáwọ́ dúró

To stop

Tún...ṣe

To do again

Àmúsọrọ̀ dára.

Good communication.

Àmúsọrọ̀

Communication

Tàbí

Or

Mo ní ẹ̀wá.

I have ten.