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StarFlux:
The thing with Yoruba numbers is that they have different forms.

For example one: oókan. If you want to say a or one trader (noun modifier) you will say: oníṣòwò kan, not oníṣòwò oókan. Same with two (eéjì) turns to méjì, as in ilé méjì - two houses.

1. Oókan
2. Eéjì
3. Ẹẹ́ta
4. Ẹẹ́rin
5. Aárùnún
6. Ẹẹ́fà
7. Eéjè
8. Ẹẹ́jọ
9. Ẹẹ́sànán
10. Ẹẹ́wàá
11. Oókànlá
12. Eéjìlá
13. Ẹẹ́tàlá
14. Ẹẹ́rìnlá
15. Aárùnúndínlógún
16. Ẹẹ́rìndínlógún
17. Ẹẹ́tàdínlógún
18. Eéjìdínlógún
19. Oókandínlógún
20. Ogún
21. Oókanlélógún
22. Eéjìlélógún
23. Ẹẹ́tálélógún
24. Ẹẹ́rìnlélógún
25. Aárùndínlọ́gbọ̀n

Etc, etc.

100. Ọgọ́rùn
200. Igba
300. Ọ̀ọ́dúnrún
400. Irinwó
500. Ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀ta

Etc, etc. But these are the traditional numbers.
There is a simplified system for all numbers, as I will show here with thousands (ẹgbẹ̀rún or ọ̀kẹ́

1000. Ẹgbẹ̀rún
2000. Ẹgbẹ̀rún méjì
3000. Ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́ta
4000. Ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́rin

100 000. Àpò ọ̀kẹ́

I'm sure you will see the logic. Using traditional numbers, it would be very hard to follow once you get really high.

1 million: Òdù kan
10 million: Ìdì òdù
1 billion: Èèrú kan
1 trillion: Ọ̀kẹ́/ẹgbẹ̀rún èèrú kan

Etc, etc.

Hopefully I didn't write any of these wrong. Also, "p" is pronounced "kp", like in ìpínlẹ̀.

You really did well.
But are you sure with these 1 million to 1 trillion?

mzfabulouz:
Good morning...
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Thank God for safety o. Bawo ni ololufe re nisiyi?

ife301:
Good morning,

I would truly appreciate it if someone could translate this sentence from Yoruba to English:

Ko ma lo sun, abi?

From my understanding, it means "You're pushing me away, right?"

What would be an appropriate response like "What is this related to?" or "Message me" in Yoruba?

Thank you!

Ko ma lo sun, abi = He/She should (not) go to sleep, right? (The reason i wrote he/she is that same expression is used for male and female, then "lo" could me "go" or "not" depending on how it sounds.

EzePromoe:
[color=crimson]36= Eérìndínlogójì

37= Eétàdínlogójì

38= Eéjidínlogójì

39= Oókandínlogójì

40= Ogójì

41= Oókanlélogójì

42= Eéjìlélogójì

43= Eétàlelogójì

44= Eérìnlelogójì

45= Aárùndínméwa

Confirm 45 before I go on.

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50 is Aadota.
How far with your Yoruba learning?

olumalcolm:
o ti ya werey, mk i free ur mata

werey ni e ati gbogbo family e, quote me again and die an untimely death this year, bye.

Very informative and enlightening, God bless you.

[quote author= post=80498787]Although instructed to load the money into a military jet for transport to Abuja, the soldiers failed to do so but instead shared it among themselves and disappeared.

They reportedly dropped their rifles, uniforms and other accouterments, and mobile phones before vanishing into thin air with the money.

What would you have done?![/quote]Would have conspired with other soldiers to kill the General and stage a false boko haram ambush to make people believe he was killed during the terrorists attack on our convoy and the unknown amount of money was taken by the terrorists in that process. Afterall, we were not supposed to know how much the money was and its purpose.

And some stupid people will be condemning oyinbo for opening our eyes against all these babaric traditions, that oyinbo should have left us with our backwardness.

Do not try Access, I repeat do not move close to Access, their charges will make you run mad. They will continue counting debit against you even when your account is empty. Go for FirstBank or GT Bank.

Let's start from the root source of sin, God told Adam and Eve that the day they disobey Him, they shall surely die (Gen 2:17). However, in Gen 3:6, devil successful deceived woman and her man to disobey God, any disobedience to God's instruction is sin, that is why SIN is described as Simple Instruction Neglected. It is also written in Romans 6:23 that the wages of sin is death. Note that Adam and Eve were meant to live forever, but the day they sinned, they signed their own death warrant. As a result of Adam and Eve's disobedience, all human being that comes to this world has inherited sin from our first parents. Even a new baby that is just being given birth to today has inherited sin and become a sinner. (Psalm 51:5), nobody that comes to this world can escape that passage of sin (Hebrews 3:23). Now, because God loves man very much and He does not wish man to die forever, He does not want His masterplan for man to live forever fail, He therefore made a provision to forgive man so that sin can be erased and man can live forever with Him. To bring forgiveness, blood is required. Therefore God sent His only son Jesus in the form of flesh to die so that His blood can be used to wash away man's sins. Anyone that has accepted Jesus and obey Him will not die forever, such a person will resurrect on the last day to reign with God forever in His Kingdom. To overcome sin, one has to first believe in Jesus as true son of God, accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, develop a personal relationship with God by studying His Word which is the Bible, communicate with God everyday through prayer, identify and join a good church where children of God worship Him, ask God to give you His Holy Spirit and the Spirit of God will empower you to be able to avoid sin and overcome temptation that the devil might bring your way. Man cannot avoid sin by his own efforts as long as man still lives in this flesh, but a man that is filled with the Holy Spirit will be given power to avoid sin. For more details, please read Romance 3:23-26, Romance 6:1-23, Hebrews 10:26-29.
Thank you.

My sincere advice is that you focus on your music talent. Chances are you may not be fortunate to be spotted by talent hunters in football. There are many people on the streets who are better players than Victor Moses, Ahmed Musa or even Lionel Messi or Christiano Ronaldo, but there was no sponsor to showcase them to the world and the best reward they probably get is to shine in their neighbourhood club, pull a crowd of admirers who could only drop few naira notes and go away with the memories of amazement you displayed. But talking about music, it is easier to make it here because you can go solo (alone) by just entering a studio to make a song, sound engineers make some editing on your recorded single, throw it to the market and watch people consume it like hotcake. Even by leading worships and praises in your local church it will expose you to other people who are talented in some other aspects of music like instrumentalists etc who will be glad to have a band with you or collaborate with you to make music albums and from there you become noticed and begin to make wave. It is easier to rise as a musician than as a footballer. Many people in Nigeria have risen as artistes more than as footballers.

Now that is a true wealthy man, he died a fulfilled person and his name will never be forgotten even by millions of people whose lives will be touched by the 33 he helped. Not like our poor politicians that think stealing billions for their unborn generation that may not even have good health to enjoy the loot, is the way to get wealth.

No wonder the poor keep getting poorer. Instead of investing the money in a venture that will yield more money for him, he went ahead to buy a car that cannot help his condition, shior!

Anty Tonto right now…

constantt:
When u get something like that at that price send it to me I will buy. 08165996599. Some ignorant set of people. They just like to talk.

I can now understand your problem, you don't know the meaning of distress, you just feel it is an advert gimmick to get quick sales. i wish you a happy sales.

Yokozuna kee you there Falz.

bluebay:
These are not Distress price ...

Most of them don't know the meaning of distress again.

N4.5m is the normal price for the XLE version. Distress sale price should have been something around N2.5m to N3m.

That is a Slay King.

olumalcolm:
The one u hv been doing since is wat? animal

i'll not dignify a pig like u any reply.

FACTORIALS:
Omooba, can you believe pe omo were kan f'ejo mi sun awon mods; pe mo nbully iyalaya oun? Mo fe gb'emi were l' ale ana.
I had a wonderful time, were ba sa kabakaba.
Emi ti parada o. Just like the Wushu brethren, no time to check time. O di ojo kankan le l'ogun ki won to S'ILEKUN.

Arrow shi' npada bo sha, you know, as in ipadabo Abija! Cheers.

Smart move, ipadabo abija ma n bad gan. iyalaya awon were. won ni duro woo tan.

"We extend a hand of fellowship to our brothers in the middle belt who are suffering the same pain and deprivation as we do. We are with you in your hours of grief and pain and we will stand with you to the end.

"To our Yoruba brothers in Afenifere, and the leader of Afenifere whose daughter has been gruesomely murdered by this Gambari invaders. We condole with you but this is the price we have to pay to wake up."

The message is clear, if you cannot wake up then sleep tight. This is the kind of courage I like, not the one that will be timid because of a fulani master. I want to see the gambari that will withstand the coalition of MASSOB, MEND and IPOB. The warrior has spoken, no time to check time.

And Bubu said BH has been technically defeated!

olumalcolm:
You are as dumb as u look, run along dimwit

i'd rather give my dog attention than a scallywag like you, so fucck off.

olumalcolm:
If ur state was conducive enof for u, u wont come to lagos a frustrated being.

i'd rather give my dog attention than a scallywag like you, so fucck off.

All these perambulation no go work. Until you people shut down the economy, govt will never take you serious.

olumalcolm:
go and read what was written again. If u r saying he shuld provide alternatives to road transport before imposing high tariffs on traffic offenders, den u neva understood the message in the write up.

he should solve the transport problems first before rolling out traffic rules with its outlandish penalties. there are many bad roads that are not vehicle-worthy which allow motorists to get robbed, illegal bus stops, nefarious activities of agberoes to mention few, govt job is not about rules and regulations alone, they need to perform their obligations to the citizenry, its not about making life harder for already frustrated road users. people like you make govt think everybody is stupid.

olumalcolm:
if you cannot obey simple traffic rules, pack ur load and go back to ur villa just like the herdsmen were told. dumbass

modernized lagos slave sighted. since u dey lagos what hav u achieved other than d only shirt on ur back and ur faded jeans. dingbat!

theenchanter:
i like that lagos traffic rule, nobody is above it, not even d lastma. Lagos is filled with rogue drivers and need something/someone to format their system to an organized way of doing things.

It has nothing to do with d trash u put up there....

You will understand it is no trash until someone in your family is accosted by a Lastma official and given a ticket of N100,000 to pay for a negligible traffic error. I am sure you dont have a bicycle let alone a bike, not to mention a rickety car so no need to say you will be caught.

olumalcolm:
I doubt u read what was written up there and thats very poor of u.

I doubt you have wisdom to understand what I wrote too and i also doubt your comprehension ability.

Both hands! That is very serious.
May God console the family of the deceased and grant other victims quick recovery.