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Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Bantino(m): 1:43pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
AfricanApple: If only you can start with yoruba alphabets; how words are formed; differencies in pronounciations etc. It might be hard right? |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by AfricanApple(f): 2:17pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
Bantino:it would be hard o, I'm not good in those aspects should I call Jb to come help out? |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Bantino(m): 2:21pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
AfricanApple: Noooo; I learn faster and better when taught by a damsel.... Ok start by translating what I said above.. |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by AfricanApple(f): 3:13pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
Bantino:Lol, dats not true I can start with words but before I do, scroll up and check d ones dat has been written before |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Ayo199(m): 3:27pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
ah wan enrol in ur school..whch class i go start bai ![]() |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Bantino(m): 3:52pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
AfricanApple: 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? |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by AfricanApple(f): 4:30pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
Bantino:is there any need for dat? when ever I come on, I will always see your posts. so just post anytime ![]() |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by AfricanApple(f): 4:31pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
Ayo199:no be only enrol ![]() |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Bantino(m): 5:04pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
AfricanApple: Joo mabinu; ele yi gidi gan. Moti so kwe time owa important ![]() |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by AfricanApple(f): 7:19pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
Bantino: ![]() ![]() u try though |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Ayo199(m): 9:51pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
AfricanApple:e b lyk say u no lyk ur student..well,u cn employ me..shebi na 2 dey teach dem yoruba.. |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Bantino(m): 11:16pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
AfricanApple: 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# |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Bantino(m): 3:37pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
Has my teacher gone AWOL? @AfricanApple |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by AfricanApple(f): 7:27pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
Bantino:nope, I'm here ![]() |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by AfricanApple(f): 7:28pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
Bantino:joor mabinu, eleyi ma le gon o. asiko shey Pataki dats how to say it |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Bantino(m): 12:43am On Nov 18, 2014 |
AfricanApple: Is pataki; time or important? #TeamNightCrawlers# |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by AfricanApple(f): 12:58am On Nov 18, 2014 |
Bantino:important |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Exjoker(m): 5:43pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
Its been a long vocation... Hope you're doing good Africanapple? |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by AfricanApple(f): 6:07pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
Exjoker:I'm very fine o. where have u been |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Exjoker(m): 10:01pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
AfricanApple:Just went on a personal break...i was acting low...what is happening now, hope i didnt miss a lot? |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by AfricanApple(f): 10:40pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
Exjoker:u didn't miss much u could cine in here and make do with some fun ![]() |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Exjoker(m): 9:04am On Nov 20, 2014 |
AfricanApple:I will check out on the link... |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Abdulbsd(m): 4:51pm On Jun 10, 2017 |
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. |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Abdulbsd(m): 4:35am On Jun 13, 2017 |
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 ! |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Abdulbsd(m): 4:52am On Jun 13, 2017 |
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 ! |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by walexsho(m): 9:30pm On Jul 16, 2017 |
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Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Ennyforeal(f): 1:11pm On Jul 19, 2017 |
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Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by walexsho(m): 1:37pm On Jul 19, 2017 |
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
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Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by walexsho(m): 1:41pm On Jul 19, 2017 |
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>>> |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by walexsho(m): 1:47pm On Jul 19, 2017 |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by walexsho(m): 2:33pm On Jul 19, 2017 |
AfricanApple: 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: S'̣e I: kin / Emi ( Subject/ object) Call: pè Come: wa help you: ran ẹ lọwọ You: ẹ help: Iranwọ OR Iranlọwọ |
Re: Teach Me Yoruba Language(come In If U Are Interested In Learning Too) by Loluores: 4:24am On Dec 09, 2017 |
walexsho: 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). ![]() |
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