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kola oloye (m)
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This is an opportunity for any sensible person who desire to speak and even write Yoruba very well. This is how it goes: At the end of every lesson there shall be an assignment to be taken by the students. Such answers shall be mailed to arckola05@yahoo.co.uk for corrections.If any desires his/her corrections to be done on this thread or on any given e-mail address the person should consider it done. This thread is mainly for learning please THANK YOU ALL  |
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kola oloye (m)
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LESSON ONE
Parts of the body------------------------Awon eya ara
HEAD ---------------- ORI
EYE --------------- OJU
EAR --------------- ETI
NOSE --------------- IMU
MOUTH --------------- ENU
LIP -------------------- ETE
UPPER LIP --------- ETE OKE upper means oke
LOWER LIP --------- ETE ISALE lower means isale
NECK ------------ ORUN
ARM ---------------- APA
LEG -------------- ESE
RIGHT means OTUN
LEFT means OSIN
FRONT means IWAJU
BACK means EYIN / EHIN
WHAT means KI NI?
WHY means KILODE or KI NI IDI?
REASON means IDI
WHERE means NIBO
HOW MANY means ME LO
Assignment
1. What is apa otun?
2. What is ese osin?
3. What is enu for?
4. Me lo ni eti?
5. Where is orun?
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ife-eco-06 (m)
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Oluko ,Left is 'osi', not 'osin'
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coi
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thank you so much for the opportunity.
you are wonderful.
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iice (f)
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Aww this is great!
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ibkaye (f)
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E Se Gan Kola!  I desire to do mine on the thread, this is a great help  Assignment 1. What is apa otun? 2. What is ese osin? 3. What is enu for? 4. Me lo ni eti? 5. Where is orun? Answers 1. Right Arm 2. Left Leg 3. Mouth is for talking and eating 4. Means How many ears and there are two 6. Neck is below the Head |
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fataiiyo (m)
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Below i smine, The same speeling but different meaning
OK
OKO Stone
OKO Penis
OKO Husband
OkO Farm
OB
OBO Pussy (this has a small dot under d 'O')
OBO Monkey
ILE
ILE------Home
ILE------Floor
And more
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makavele (m)
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You NO GET WORK OH I CAN TEACH YOU ALL YORUBA LANG . . . . N12,000/SEMESTER . . CONTACT ME xpcute1221@yahoo.com |
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mecussey (m)
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Nice thread, make una continue now
watin be ---WERE--- ?
I suspect is goat
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auska
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it great to still ve people like u still proud of been a yoruba man but not an american man
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ibkaye (f)
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Kola where you dey now?  |
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PHEMOUR (m)
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oluko what is ekule in english.
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dominique (f)
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its almost impossible to learn just by reading it like this, some words are spelt exactly the same but sounds different. pronunciation is the koko.
ma lo----go
ma lo----don't go
ogun----state
ogun----medicine
ogun-----will
ogun-----twenty
ogun-----war
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kola oloye (m)
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Kola where you dey now? Sorry for not been around.Am fully back now. its almost impossible to learn just by reading it like this, some words are spelt exactly the same but sounds different. pronunciation is the koko.
ma lo----go
ma lo----don't go
ogun----state
ogun----medicine
ogun-----will
ogun-----twenty
ogun-----war
There is a way i think we are going to solve this challenge.We need to work on it seriously. |
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kola oloye (m)
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Please note the following:
\ d:
r: (it has no symbol),
/ m:
\ / v: (it is usually used in this type of a case below)
/ \/
Police ,------ Olopaa ,----- r:m:v
Let us note the following
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ogun (d:d) ----- , state. Your pitch here is low (down)
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ogun (r:m)----- , twenty / will. Your pitch here is high (up)
ogun (r:r)----- , war.
As time goes on we shall be going deeper on this.
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kola oloye (m)
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LESSON TWO
Note the following:
I means emi (d:r)
You ------ Iwo (d:r)
We ------- Awa (d:r)
Male ------ Okunrin (r:d:r)
Female----- Obirin (r:d:r)
He --------- Arakunrin (r:m:d:r)
She -------- Arabirin (r:m:d:r)
Small ------- Kere /kekere (m;m)
Big ------- Nla /Nila (m:m)
Assignment
Transliteration
1. Ki ni oju nla?
2. Apa kekere
3. Enu nla
4. Me lo ni ete
5. Iwaju ori
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Tattooboy (m)
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@kano shawty u're here? no long thing  @Teacher please kindly fi ami si awon gbolohun yen to make sense thank u TB |
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kola oloye (m)
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@Teacher
please kindly fi ami si awon gbolohun yen to make sense
thank u TB
OK.I will do that as soon as possible |
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kola oloye (m)
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LESSON TWO
Assignment
Transliteration
/ / / /
1. Ki ni oju nla?
/ / /
2. Apa kekere
/ /
3. Enu nla
/ \/ \ \
4. Me lo ni ete
/ / /
5. Iwaju ori
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kola oloye (m)
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May be i should simplify it further
LESSON TWO
Assignment
Transliteration
/ / / /
1. Ki ni oju nla? m: r: r:m m:m?
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2. Apa kekere r:m m:r:m
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3. Enu nla r:r m:m
/ \/ \ \
4. Me lo ni ete m: v: r: d:d
/ / /
5. Iwaju ori r:m:m r:m
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kola oloye (m)
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EXPO
Go through lesson one again for easiest way out.
Never forget this: you can ask any question but not on the assignment given.
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