AfricanApple:
what u have to do is list out d words u will like to know and I translate

If only you can start with yoruba alphabets; how words are formed; differencies in pronounciations etc.

It might be hard right?

Bantino:


If only you can start with yoruba alphabets; how words are formed; differencies in pronounciations etc.

It might be hard right?

it would be hard o, I'm not good in those aspects

should I call Jb to come help out?

AfricanApple:
it would be hard o, I'm not good in those aspects

should I call Jb to come help out?

Noooo; I learn faster and better when taught by a damsel....

Ok start by translating what I said above..

Bantino:


Noooo; I learn faster and better when taught by a damsel....

Ok start by translating what I said above..

Lol, dats not true



I can start with words but before I do, scroll up and check d ones dat has been written before

ah wan enrol in ur school..whch class i go start baioga tisa

AfricanApple:
Lol, dats not true

I can start with words but before I do, scroll up and check d ones dat has been written before

Na me be de learner while you are the teacher; so am telling you how I learn faster and better; please don't dispute it.

Ok let me scroll up then.

Meanwhile let us agree on time for us to be available online;
I will suggest between 11pm - 12midnight unto night crawling things; what do you think? What time will be suitable for u?

Bantino:


Na me be de learner while you are the teacher; so am telling you how I learn faster and better; please don't dispute it.

Ok let me scroll up then.

Meanwhile let us agree on time for us to be available online;
I will suggest between 11pm - 12midnight unto night crawling things; what do you think? What time will be suitable for u?

is there any need for dat? when ever I come on, I will always see your posts. so just post anytime

Ayo199:
ah wan enrol in ur school..whch class i go start baioga tisa

no be only enrol abi make I employ u sef

AfricanApple:
is there any need for dat? when ever I come on, I will always see your posts. so just post anytime

Joo mabinu; ele yi gidi gan. Moti so kwe time owa important

hope I made sense above?

Bantino:


Joo mabinu; ele yi gidi gan. Moti so kwe time owa important

hope I made sense above?

abeg translate let me know exactly what u wanna say

u try though

AfricanApple:
no be only enrol abi make I employ u sef

e b lyk say u no lyk ur student..well,u cn employ me..shebi na 2 dey teach dem yoruba..

AfricanApple:
abeg translate let me know exactly what u wanna say

u try though

Tankx for commending me. I just wanted to say: make u no vex; this one go hard and also that time is important.

Kinda like playing around with the words; you get?

#TeamNightCrawlers#

Has my teacher gone AWOL?
@AfricanApple

Bantino:
Has my teacher gone AWOL?
@AfricanApple

nope, I'm here

Bantino:


Tankx for commending me. I just wanted to say: make u no vex; this one go hard and also that time is important.

Kinda like playing around with the words; you get?

#TeamNightCrawlers#

joor mabinu, eleyi ma le gon o. asiko shey Pataki

dats how to say it

AfricanApple:
joor mabinu, eleyi ma le gon o. asiko shey Pataki

dats how to say it

Is pataki; time or important?

#TeamNightCrawlers#

Bantino:


Is pataki; time or important?

#TeamNightCrawlers#

important

Its been a long vocation... Hope you're doing good Africanapple?

Exjoker:
Its been a long vocation... Hope you're doing good Africanapple?

I'm very fine o.
where have u been

AfricanApple:
I'm very fine o.
where have u been

Just went on a personal break...i was acting low...what is happening now, hope i didnt miss a lot?

Exjoker:
Just went on a personal break...i was acting low...what is happening now, hope i didnt miss a lot?

u didn't miss much

u could cine in here and make do with some fun https://www.nairaland.com/1193535/forum-games-chat-thread-thread/296#28172217

AfricanApple:
u didn't miss much

u could cine in here and make do with some fun https://www.nairaland.com/1193535/forum-games-chat-thread-thread/296#28172217

I will check out on the link...

As-salam....

I am too among those interest in this nasal-language i.e Yoruba.

Hope of getting helper in learning the bases of the language here. More especially the native ones.

Thanks ! I am Hausa boy, if any interests in mine; I'd purposely ready to help him/her so.

I want you if possible to teach YORUBA.
Musamman ma irin su kamar gaisuwa haka, da kuma dan sauran abubuwan da ba'arasa ba.

Ina godiya !

I want you if possible to teach YORUBA.
Musamman ma irin su kamar gaisuwa haka, da kuma dan sauran abubuwan da ba'arasa ba.
Kamar haka misali:

Good morning,
Good noon/day,
Good afternoon,
Good night.

How are you ?/I am fine,
How family ?/All are fine,
How market ?/Everything is fine,
How school ?/Nice !.

From where're you coming ?/From....(theatre).
Where're you going to ?/I'm(or we're) going to....(hospital).
What are you going to do there ?/I'm(or we're) going to....(see my doctor).

What is your name ?/My name is Abdul,
Your brother's, please !/His name is Nuurdin,
What about your sister's ?/Husnah is her name.

At school, which class are you ?/I'm in class 3,
What is your most-preferable subject ?/Science indeed,
Don't you hasten to step into science class as most students ?/Why should I ?,

Ina godiya !

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the Yoruba alphabet consists of 25 letters, which comprises of Eighteen Consonants and Seven vowels. The following list provides the Yoruba Alphabets and words that help with the understanding of the sound.
There are three sets of sounds which make up Yoruba words, they are:
· Vowels
· Consonants
· Tones

Yoruba Tones
Note: This is where beginners miss it, getting fed up and frustrated thinking there is need to master all tones, thereby give up learning. Instead of stressing over mastering the tones, skip over this topic as a beginner and simply listen to word as you hear them from people or the media then try your best by repeating them melodically. This is how most languages are being learnt. Babies don’t learn English language accent by mastering a book but become familiar with the accent as they hear them, Children in Yorubaland also do not start speaking by learning the tones; they perfect the tonal aspect as they grow in speaking the language. Do not get bothered about the tones and just move with the flow.
Tonal signs are important in Yoruba language as it makes it easy to read Yoruba because a word may have numerous meanings according to the way it sounds which are distinguished by sounds sign.
The tonal language has three tones: L(ow) known as Dò, M(id) known as Re and H(igh) known as Mí which are generally marked on vowels and so rarely on nasal consonants.
· For a Low tone, vowels are marked a backslash
[à è ẹ̀ ì ò ọ̀ ù]
· For a Mid tone, vowels are not marked
[a e ẹ i o ọ u]
· For a High tone, vowels are marked forward slash
[á é ẹ́ í ó ọ́ ú]

The following illustrate the distribution of tones in words of one syllable with same vowel and consonants; the only difference is that they are of different tones Read more>>>

AfricanApple:
it would be hard o, I'm not good in those aspects

should I call Jb to come help out?

It would be difficult: O ma nira
It would be hard: O ma le
I am not good in that: mi o da ni apa yẹn
Or I am not good in that aspect: mi o da ni Aspect yẹn (mix Yoruba with English)
Should I call Jb to come help : Ṣe ki n pe JB ki o wa ran ẹ lọwọ OR Ṣe ki n pe JB ki o wa ran ẹ ṣe. OR Ṣe kin pe JB ki o wa ASSIST ẹ (mix Yoruba with English)

Should: Ṣe
Should: S'̣e
I: kin / Emi ( Subject/ object)
Call: pè
Come: wa
help you: ran ẹ lọwọ
You: ẹ
help: Iranwọ OR Iranlọwọ

walexsho:


Should: Ṣe
I: kin / Emi ( Subject/ object)
Call: pe
Come: wa
help you: ran ẹ lọwọ
You: ẹ
help: Iranwọ OR Iranlọwọ

There's a problem with offering translations in Yoruba in this way. It's prone to inaccuracies.

You've just implied above that ṣé means should. If the person you're teaching then goes on to accept that, they'd be making blunders everywhere! They'd say:


English: You should go.
Yoruba: O ṣé lọ. (ehn)


Ṣé is called a sentential modifier in Yoruba grammar, which is, it modifies the whole sentence. In this case, it's used simply to turn a whole statement into a question. In some cases when translating, you can never really find direct translations, only close equivalents between languages. Ṣé might be loosely translated as "Is it (that)...?" In French, they sometimes say "Est-ce que...?" in front of a statement to ask a question, similar to ṣé


Kín does not mean I. It's only the n part that means I, the kí is a separate word. So it's written as kí n, not kín
So, what is kí?



Kí is called an introducer or a complementizer marking the irrealis mood. Eeehn? What's all this grammar, you might ask.

Kí is also a word put in front of a whole sentence (that's why it is called an introducer). I'll leave out the explanation of complementizer, don't wanna get too complex. Irrealis nko? Irrealis talks about words that express concepts like wishes, prayers, fears, doubts, hopes, obligations, permission, commands etc. within the predicate of a sentence. Some languages like French might call it the subjunctive mood. The opposite of this is the realis mood, which might be called the indicative mood.


When I say, "should I go?" like in your example above, I'm expressing the need for someone's permission, maybe a doubt. That's what kí signifies. It's not only kí that can signify this irrealis mood in Yoruba, there are other words like gbọ́dọ̀ (must), ní láti (have to, need to) and lè (can), but lemme leave it at that.


When the first person singular subject pronoun is used with kí, it changes from mo to n. So it's kí n, not kí mo.

Now, see these examples illustrating these ideas.

I did it. = Mo ṣe é. (realis)

Did I do it? = Ṣé mo ṣe é? (realis. Weird, huh, since it's an expression of possible self doubt. I'll explain some other time)

Should I do it? = Ṣé kí n ṣe é? (irrealis, seeking permission or command)

Should I do it? = Ṣé mo gbọ́dọ̀ ṣe é? (irrealis, obligation as in "Must I do it?", "Have I to do it?", "Do I have to do it?" )

Should I do it? = Ṣé mo ní láti ṣe é? (irrealis, necessity as in "Need I do it?", "Do I need to do it?" )

To the learners, I'm sure by now you can say "Can I go do it?" in Yoruba. The words you need are here in this comment, put two and two together.


All these nuances, very interesting, shey (ṣé)? Maybe I should even just write a book (bóyá kí n tiẹ̀ kúkú kọ̀wé kan sílẹ̀ ni o).