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Which Nigerian Languages can You Speak? / Do You Think In English Language Or Your Mother Tongue? / Do You Speak Yoruba? (2) (3) (4)

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Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by tpiah: 5:12pm On Jun 09, 2010
OMO IBO:

My Igbo and Yoruba are just above average.


se were ni e ni?

when did yoruba become your mother tongue, you this ill mannered troll of a dog.


Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by cecegorz(m): 5:54pm On Jun 09, 2010
'Does any know what LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY is called in their mother tongue'

Ihe mmiri mmiri kpukoro akpuko na e gosikwa

Go figure, guys.

Absolutely i agree with the guy that hinted that no nation can be technologically strong with out kids being taught basic sciences; Integrated science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) in the native language.

It just cannot work. A friend went to South Korea and could not find Windows XP English version anywhere in the shops to install. That is the way to go.

But who do you blame here, when all your job applications/interviews are conducted in English?
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Nobody: 6:47pm On Jun 09, 2010
davidif:

I regret that i can only speak basic yoruba, i wish i could speak ekiti cry cry cry. FOR ALL THOSE NAIJA PEOPLE WEY SABI SPEAK UNA DIALECT I ADMIRE UNA O.
cry cry Same here. But I can understand Ekiti 100%, just cant speak it anymore. So my own is berra grin

Now, sun_temi makes me wish I could speak the dialect. "Yeye re siko". . . ."in ora lule ni be i, se ke si?" cry cry cry

cecegorz:

'Does any know what LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY is called in their mother tongue'
In Yoruba; Liquid to crystal ninu display  grin grin


asan ewele lati  fi se ashehan
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Newest: 7:08pm On Jun 09, 2010
I Speak and hear Yoruba very very well, but i cant read and write well, and i can also speak in my mums native language=Ijesha, lol
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Nobody: 8:03pm On Jun 09, 2010
I can understand my second language perfectly, though not really good at speaking it.
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Wallie(m): 9:36pm On Jun 09, 2010
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

Someone asked if LCD can be translated into their native language. Here you go “Likwi crista diplay”:-)

Yoruba language tends to be very descriptive which is probably partly due to underdeveloped/stagnated vocabulary.

I speak Lagos Yoruba and I write it by phonetically spelling out the syllables. If I can vocalize it, I can easily spell it by stringing the syllables together. Reading is a little harder as it requires me to try different sounding syllables until it makes sense.

I have given up on languages but I would want my kids to be multilingual (Yoruba, English, French, and Chinese).
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by dayokanu(m): 9:40pm On Jun 09, 2010
^^ Epic fail.

In Yoruba language, 2 consonants can not follow themselves so

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY IS Likuidi Kirisitali Disipile
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by denzel2009: 9:42pm On Jun 09, 2010
Just call it El sidi
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Nobody: 9:50pm On Jun 09, 2010
LMAO! @ you guys grin
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by UyiTech: 9:53pm On Jun 09, 2010
please can any one tell me about US Student visa interview[color=#000099][/color]
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by denzel2009: 9:55pm On Jun 09, 2010
UyiTech:

please can any one tell me about US Student visa interview[color=#000099][/color]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvJm7qGg0aQ


You really need to meet this guy called Bembe aladisa. . . He sang E jowo e fun mi ni visa eyin oyinbo.
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Idowuogbo(f): 9:59pm On Jun 09, 2010
^lmao , great ansa olu
tell him 2 eeven listen 2 more obey tracks den jand go sweet am
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Nobody: 1:55am On Jun 10, 2010
I was born and brought up in d north about 18hrs drive 4rm my state of origin(enugu), i really cann't blame myslf 4 my inability 2 speak igbo, thou i speak hausa fluently.
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Nobody: 1:55am On Jun 10, 2010
I was born and brought up in d north about 18hrs drive 4rm my state of origin(enugu), i really cann't blame myslf 4 my inability 2 speak igbo, thou i speak hausa fluently.
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by ennainot(f): 3:00am On Jun 10, 2010
@ OP thanks for your observation.
I am in my mid-twenties and can speak,read and write Edo lang( my mother tongue) fluently. The issue of mother tongue neglect is more common with minority ethnic groups in the Niger Delta region. Some languages in Edo state have gone extinct within the last 15 years,some others have less than 20 speakers. Its a sad state of affairs. A lot of parents speak only English to their kids at home out of ignorance thinking it is the civilised thing to do. Well,i never spoke any English until i started school and i did well, even better than my peers in learning Eng Lang. Research has shown that children who are exposed to several languages before they are 5 when their Language Acquisition Device (LAD) is at its most active state will master all of them.

BTW, LCD -Liquid Crystal Display may not have a single word to match it in our native languages because our languages have not grown or coined suitable words to accommodate new words and expressions  especially the ones that have no root in our culture. Can you think of a word for snow in your native language? I didnt say a word that describes snow, but an equivalent word meaning snow?Aha! Therein lies your answer.
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by shilling(f): 5:47am On Jun 10, 2010
Don't speak it.
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by shilling(f): 5:48am On Jun 10, 2010
UyiTech:

please can any one tell me about US Student visa interview[color=#000099][/color]

What do you want to know? BTW, there's a board for that.
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by omoodoagba: 6:43am On Jun 10, 2010
As for me omoodoagba. mo le e ko, mo si tun le ka because dis na my heritage, dis na my Culture.
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Falajuro(m): 3:35pm On Jun 10, 2010
Shey eni ori agbado ni? grin
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by youfreshie: 6:21pm On Jun 10, 2010
I speak the language so well that I even have an english accent!  cheesy
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by gmailer: 8:46pm On Jun 10, 2010
I wish i could speak my mother-tongue fluently (or even at all), and i'd love to learn other languages (Hausa, Yoruba).
I completely understand when my parents speak to me, but i cant reply (quite shameful tho), but i probably wasn't born with that ability.
Do hope my kids will be different, (learn from my partner)
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Obodo999(m): 9:20pm On Jun 10, 2010
@ Fun Atokun
Ki lo de ti o lo akole be yen, "Ede Iya". Ede Baba n ko abi iya nikan lo bi omo ni. E mi o de Nigeria ri o. Nitoripe ilu oyinbo ni won bi mi si ati pe baba mi nikan ni yoruba. Baba mi na lo si ko mi ni ede won. E yi fihan gedegbe pe ko n se dandan ki eyan lo si ile ki o to gbo ede baba e.

Se o ti gbo?
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by allman(m): 9:44pm On Jun 10, 2010
@silverluke
sounds like a jamb question bt let em try:::
lagbara oloun e sun un ke ju shay
i gues dat settles for a typical Ekt guy.lol
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by ceasyc(f): 5:07pm On Jun 12, 2010
@topic
speak n write *well well*
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by tpia1: 6:21am On Jul 08, 2014
fairly well, why do you ask.
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by tpia1: 6:47am On Jul 08, 2014
suntemi1: I always envy my mum whenever she speaks yoruba in Ekiti dialect. She will be like 'Yeye re siko'? and the reply will be 'O wa lule'.  I can speak lagos yoruba wellaly but other ones men 'I dey struggle ni'.

that should be "e lule", not "o wa lule" which mixes standard yoruba with the dialectal one.
Re: How Well Can You Speak Your Mother Tongue? by Maakhir(m): 6:51am On Jan 01, 2015
Not well.

I'm horrible at it.

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