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Yoruba by gbking(m): 8:15pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
Hi. I am trying to learn Yoruba. Since I have been in the UK all my life I never really got taught the language. Could someone tell me how to say the following in Yoruba: Hello How are you? I love you Goodnight Thank you What are you doing? And any other basic phrases you can think of. Also I am getting a few tattoos and I'd like to have the following in Yoruba: Nigerian roots Rest in peace Only God can judge me Thank you. |
Re: Yoruba by Idowuogbo(f): 8:36pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
gbking , wassup i was exactly like u but i started to have yoruba friends , socializing mostly around yorubas it might help it took me years to speak fluently tho since am on thread i can help wiv d little i no Helo how are u - ba wo ni i love u - mo ni fe e goodnight - odaro thank you - oseun what are you doing - ki lon she how was today - ba wo leni goodmorning- Karo i want to go and eat - mo fe lo jeun i have added a few bits , digest dose 1 first den we can begin another lecture peace 1 Like |
Re: Yoruba by gbking(m): 8:49pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
Thanks man. I hear my family speaking Yoruba and I have always wanted to pick up on it so I could teach my kids some of their roots that they wouldn't really see otherwise as I am only mixed race with a white partner. I am Nigerian and English, so my kids are quarter-caste (me being half-caste, mulatto, mixed race, what ever label you would like to put on it) and my girlfriend being white. Those phrases are pretty easy to master I think, got any more? |
Re: Yoruba by Idowuogbo(f): 9:10pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
hmm are u sure u mastered the ones i listed king u would sit a test dis week o |
Re: Yoruba by gbking(m): 9:13pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
Yes they seem easy. Don't know if i'm pronouncing them right but I can type them for sure. |
Re: Yoruba by Dsense(m): 9:18pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
Idowuogbo:I trust my person . . . Hmmmm you don reach here I wish i can contribute but my yoruba is not that perfect! |
Re: Yoruba by Idowuogbo(f): 9:21pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
@king awwh it takes a while to hit d pronounciation dear okay bye bye ,- odabo i am jus coming bck from work -mo she she de la ti bishe i am ill - ara mi o ya what are we eating tonite - ki la ma je la le yi breakfast - ounje aro now u have to master d pronounciation , good luck @@dsense teach him d few u no joor , he wants to learn b ur brodas keeper |
Re: Yoruba by Dsense(m): 9:24pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
OP. I love D-sense = Mo ni fe D-sense. I want to marry D-sense = Mo fe fe D-sense. |
Re: Yoruba by gbking(m): 9:28pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
@Idowuogbo I will get my gran to help me with pronunciation when I see her. I'm learning them you just taught me now. @D-sense haha, joker. |
Re: Yoruba by Dsense(m): 9:31pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
^^ |
Re: Yoruba by tayoast(m): 9:32pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
U need 2 learn d insults also. You need it |
Re: Yoruba by Dsense(m): 9:33pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
^^Means we should try insult her small |
Re: Yoruba by Idowuogbo(f): 9:36pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
gbking:good thinking , yep granny is a plus u wud learn faster , she wud b also proud of her granbaby efforts emmh i shal teach ur first insult repeat after me = ewure ni tayo (tayo is a goat ) |
Re: Yoruba by tayoast(m): 9:38pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
@gbking, pls i need you to indicate whether u want 2 learn insults or not. I'm willin 2 assist |
Re: Yoruba by gbking(m): 9:42pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
Yeah man, insults are needed too. When the uncles are out of line |
Re: Yoruba by Dsense(m): 9:49pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
I'm In to teach insults Freee of charge |
Re: Yoruba by gbking(m): 9:53pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
Hit me with insults and I'll learn them. Oseun everybody by the way. I have a question though. Is Yoruba grammar the same as English? Do you put things in the same order? Also, I've looked through some posts and people are speaking fluent Yoruba and then have a random English word in there. Why is this?? |
Re: Yoruba by tayoast(m): 9:55pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
that happens wen pple esp d younger generation r tryna speak 'touche' yoruba. They mix English in between. |
Re: Yoruba by Dsense(m): 10:00pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
Having a random words mixed with yoruba is normal . . .We enjoy speaking it so much! These are some insullts in Yoruba . . . . Oloshi = Misfortunate or poor. Omoale = Bastaarrd . Ewure/ Ogunfe = a goat. Ode = Dumb. Ole = Thief. Olodo = Novice or Loser. |
Re: Yoruba by gbking(m): 10:03pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
@tayo_ast Whats touche Yoruba? I think I get what you mean though. @D-sense Oseun, but, Both you and Idowuogbo have said goat as an insult, why is this? |
Re: Yoruba by Idowuogbo(f): 10:06pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
notin serious jus a normal insult just d same way americans sey hefer for cow |
Re: Yoruba by Dsense(m): 10:09pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
Yep yep yep . . . . . .Idowuogbo is Ewure **Running far away** |
Re: Yoruba by Idowuogbo(f): 10:11pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
hehehe,wam wam wam u is an obuko dudu |
Re: Yoruba by gbking(m): 10:13pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
haha okay Whats an obuko dudu? |
Re: Yoruba by Dsense(m): 10:13pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
Hahahaha too much Idowu |
Re: Yoruba by tayoast(m): 10:15pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
@gbking, u can also call sm1 a eranko buburu (wild animal) e.g. Idowuogbo is a wild animal Eranko buburu ni idowuogbo. . . . no offense |
Re: Yoruba by gbking(m): 10:18pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
So in Yoruba you would say: Eranko buburu ni tayo_ast (Wild animal is tayo_ast) instead of tayo_ast is a wild animal? |
Re: Yoruba by tayoast(m): 10:22pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
wat?? You'll say, eranko buburu ni gbking |
Re: Yoruba by Dsense(m): 10:24pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
. . . . .Clowns |
Re: Yoruba by tayoast(m): 10:26pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
thats Yoruba for u. The insult precedes d subject. . . ya dig e.g Baba were ni gbking (gbking don dey madt) instead of saying madt is gbking. . . .hope i'm not complicatin tins for ya |
Re: Yoruba by Dsense(m): 10:30pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
^^^You just did for her! |
Re: Yoruba by gbking(m): 10:31pm On Dec 23, 2010 |
I get the insult comes first bit. Baba were ni gbking (gbking don dey madt) instead of saying madt is gbking I just don't get what the bit in bold means, teach me? |
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