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NiyiRocks! (m)
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Shame on 'em.  |
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curlyS (f)
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i want to learn Yoruba,who can help me?
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mdsocks (m)
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i don't think that would help much, but in addition but you can get someone to speak yoruba together you learn faster that way,  |
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curlyS (f)
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yes sure,who wants to be my language partner?
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curlyS (f)
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Is not really helpful,because everything is just need to buy or go to school   |
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bluehorizo (m)
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Ok.
Greetings in Yoruba are:
Good Morning= E kaaro
Good afternoon= E kaasan
Good evening= E kaale
Goodnight= O daaro
Maybe we should go from here and you need to understand how they are pronounced.
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mdsocks (m)
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yes sure,who wants to be my language partner? don't have the time though, but we can help out others. What about trying to talk basic yoruba here on the forum, it might develop into a more comprehensive thing later. Am starting, E karo.- Meaning (good morning) you reply with "E karo" also, Hope that helps we can now building on that, |
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curlyS (f)
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Ok.
Greetings in Yoruba are:
Good Morning= E kaaro
Good afternoon= E kaasan
Good evening= E kaale
Goodnight= O daaro
Maybe we should go from here and you need to understand how they are pronounced.
E kaasan! My dear friend is very helpful,thank u so much,i wouldlike to larn more!  |
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curlyS (f)
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don't have the time though, but we can help out others.
What about trying to talk basic yoruba here on the forum, it might develop into a more comprehensive thing later.
Am starting, E karo.- Meaning (good morning) you reply with "E karo" also,
Hope that helps we can now building on that,
E kaasan my friend! |
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bluehorizo (m)
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E kaasan my friend!
You said it well. My=mi I=Emi Me=mi Friend=Ore Good afternoon my friend= kaasan ore mi |
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curlyS (f)
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You said it well.
My=mi
I=Emi
Me=mi
Friend=Ore
Good afternoon my friend= kaasan ore mi
that's so nice! thank u so much! how r u doing? how's life? |
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bluehorizo (m)
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You are always welcome and i'm doing good. What about you?
female=obinrin
male=Okunrin
You=iwo
They=awon
Our=awa
Mine=Temi
Money=owo
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curlyS (f)
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You are always welcome and i'm doing good. What about you?
female=obinrin
male=Okunrin
You=iwo
They=awon
Our=awa
Mine=Temi
Money=owo
E kaaro ore mi i'm doing ok. how to say, how r u,how is life? |
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bluehorizo (m)
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How are you= Bawo ni?
How is everything=Bawo ni gbogbo nkan?
how=Bawo
is=ni
every=gbogbo
thing=nkan
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curlyS (f)
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How are you= Bawo ni?
How is everything=Bawo ni gbogbo nkan?
how=Bawo
is=ni
every=gbogbo
thing=nkan
E kaasan ore mi! Bawo ni brothere mi? |
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D-reloaded (f)
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brother is either aburo or egbon according to whether the person is younger or older than you
Are you Nigerian, Curly
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mdsocks (m)
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*****good work bluehorizo******
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curlyS (f)
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brother is either aburo or egbon according to whether the person is younger or older than you
Are you Nigerian, Curly
hello! what is pade mi? |
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curlyS (f)
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brother is either aburo or egbon according to whether the person is younger or older than you
Are you Nigerian, Curly
well,i'm not really Nigerian,i'm mix Why r u asking? |
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D-reloaded (f)
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mixed as in? Oh. just want to know why out of the many languages of Nigeria you decided on Yoruba  |
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curlyS (f)
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mixed as in? Oh. just want to know why out of the many languages of Nigeria you decided on Yoruba well,i know many languges,n i'm fluent in,but only one i don't know is my mum mother tong. Yorubo woman n Russia man |
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mdsocks (m)
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hello!
what is pade mi?
pade mi---meet me padi mi(slang) ----a friend or pal |
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bluehorizo (m)
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@curly
mdstocks translated it right. Keep it up.
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curlyS (f)
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pade mi---meet me
padi mi(slang) ----a friend or pal
What is pal? also slang? |
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mdsocks (m)
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hmm, where are the yoruba learners ? seems you are no more interested  too hard? What is pal? also slang? yeah slang, same as "friend" |
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curlyS (f)
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NOoooo,i still waiting for new words!
but nobody writing,
where is teachers?
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mdsocks (m)
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oh sorry about that,
Thought you were not interested,
hmm, :-?
where should we continue from,
ok,
I want to eat, ----Mo fe jeun
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TopBooty (f)
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i think the problem is that many parents want there children to be "civilised"according to them and they therefore force their children to speak english language only.there is need for us as indegenious people to encourage our children to speak our mother tongue because it is part of our culture,grammer is not! That is the new trend in Nigeria now, handed down to the rest of the west by lagosians. I just can't understand how a parent can deny his/her child an opportunity to learn something. I have three uncles from both sides that raised their kids that way and all their children(14 in total) can hardly understand yoruba how much less speaking it besides, when you speak it to them, they act like you are speaking aramaric or urdu. What about all these butter wannabe yoruba girls here in the US that pretend like yoruba is chinese whenever you speak to them even though they grew up in Nigeria(west)? I can understand yorubas that grew up in the east, north, even lagos etc not speaking yoruba well but how can you grow up in Ibadan and claim to me that you cannot speak or understand yoruba even if your parents never taught you? Bold faced lie. To those Yoruba Girls In the States: Yoruba language does not take away your ajebutter. Stop claiming please because it's the most stupid thing i've seen before. I just don't understand how you girls remember that you are yoruba anytime you really need a husband too bad and the outsiders wouldn't marry you. We'll appreciate it if you hook up with them and marry them. In case you are hoping on ibo men, they don't like ajebutters either. |
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mdsocks (m)
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@topbooty very worrisome, some people even think not understanding yoruba makes you better than others. Most people like the uncle you mentioned there would stop their kids from speaking it as if that would make them dull.  |
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