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[quote author=VPersie link=topic=547946.msg7108390#msg7108390 date=1289308559][/quote]Can someone tell this monk that he is on a wrong thread!!

adanny01:
My Mother shouted from the shower while visiting her friend.
She pressed a button she didnt understand what it was for and boiling water flowed straight for her bare skin burning her back.

I was taking a shower from my hotel room when cold water supply stopped leaving only hot water from the heater flowing through the shower. I ran out unclothed with foam all over me!

My village cousin came to my house and was asked to join the table for breakfast. He saw coffee but didnt see any Bornvita or Milo while every body was taking either tea or coffee. He said 'i dont like this thing (coffee), its too bitter'. This guy fetched a full table spoon for a tea cup and went for the second one before almost every body shouted stop! No wonder he does not like it!

you got me rolling on the floor

seyibrown:
Where

'S'oko j'epo? will usually mean 'Did you travel fine?; (literally means 'Hope the vehicle didn't use (too much) petrol/diesel!)and
[b]'K'olorun ji wa 're o!' means 'May God wake us up fine in the morning';

With my mum, it could easily mean; 'I am so gonna wake you up tomorrow morning with 12 strokes of the cane! .

It was so much fun learning the language while growing up! [/b]

all the strokes of cane at least were not in vain. you are a good "daughter of the land".

'K'olorun ji wa re o! will be better rendered as [b]'K'olorun ji a're[/b]. The 'JI WA" is already sounding like a pure Yoruba.

Wahala when you visit rich friends. Once, while visiting a very rich friend, the maid approached me and,


Question: What would you like to have, fruit juice, soda, tea, chocolate, cappuccino, frapuccino or coffee?
Answer: Tea please.
Question : Ceylon tea, Indian tea, herbal tea, bush tea, honey bush tea, iced tea or green tea?
Answer: Ceylon tea please.
Question : How would you like it, black or white?
Answer: White.
Question : Milk or fresh cream?
Answer: With milk.
Question : Goat's milk or cow's milk?
Answer; With cow's milk please.
Question : Freezeland cow or Afrikaner cow?
Answer: Umm, think I'll just take it black.
Question : Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey?
Answer: With sugar.
Question : Beet sugar or cane sugar?
Answer: Cane sugar.
Question : White, brown or yellow sugar?
Answer: Oya, forget about the tea, just give me a glass of water instead.
Question :Mineral water, tap water or distilled water?
Answer: Mineral water.
Question : Flavored or non-flavored?
Answer( lapsing into Naija speak!): Abeg, I think I'll just die of thirst. Which kind wahala be dis.
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Have u any such encounter?

seyibrown:
Tone of speaker could indicate the difference.

A good one from seyibrown there.

Yeah, the tone of the speaker mater very well when you are speaking Ekiti dialect else you will appear PROUD to your elders, or TIMID to your juniors. Then people from other area like Akure, Ijesha, Ijebu-jesha, etc can only be detected through their tone or aggression while talking.

seyibrown:
@ Ileke - idi & Olumogun:

Where you say  'mi ke lounje lule, sugbon ke se o la ti lo ra ounje. kimi fe se?'

I would say ' me lounje lule, sugbon ee se la ti lo ra ounje. Kinni ki mi se?

Your statement especially the 'mi ke' sounds like Moba LGA area /Ado LGA / 'posh' Ekiti to me. My Ekiti is more of  'Ijesha' and would not usually start a sentence with 'mi ke' but rather 'me'.

slight differences are noticeable in the Ekiti dialect of the Yoruba language spoken by the people. This is informed and influenced by their spatial locations especially the border communities to other states. For example, the people of Ado Local Government Area do not speak exactly the same dialect with the people of ljero Local Government Area, while the people of Ikole area speak something a shade dif ferent from the people of Ikere area. The Ekiti com munities influenced by their locations include Otun, (the Moba land) that speaks a dialect close to the one spoken by the lgbominas in Kwara and Osun states. The people of Okeako, Irele and Omuo oke speak a dialect similar to that of the ljumus in Kogi State. The people of Ekiti West and Efon Alaaye LGAs speak a similar dialect to that of the ljesas of Osun State. However, part of the uniqueness of the Ekitis is that wherever they may come from, they understand each other very well in con versation, in spite of dialectal variations.

^^^^
there is nothing to sort out!

Its a case of an unfinished assignment or the ex got the master 'driller'.

This two people here may be harmless but their shadows are.



What do you see?

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=529175.msg7085810#msg7085810 date=1288974336]Thanks for the corrections. . . .eti tojo meta, se ala lo se?

[I know that "se ala lo se" is for speaking with someone of same age/younger. So what do I say to an elder?]

Oh ke si wahala. In sha ti da mi le un, in seun pupo. [no problem for the late reply].

Hey, do you know where I can get ekiti songs/music? online, that is.

In ora o, obalaya ni ma sin o
Ijesu ni ma sin o
in ni n se o
in ni n s'omo
in ni n s'on kete to wa laye ria
in ora o, obalaya ni ma sin o

loff this song [/quote]inseun o, alafia ni min-ha. (thank you, I am well and hearty)

So what do I say to an elder? = se ala ni'se?

Nipa torin lede ekiti, mo ti isewadi re loo na. = As for songs in Ekiti language, I'm still doing the research.

avoid eating indiscriminately around Lagos else you could be taking your own share of the "prey".
most pepper soup joints & local food vendors are easy agents of distribution.

lets just pray there is no outbreak of any disease after this CONSUMPTION.

other names are
EGUN . . .
OGUN . . .
FA . . .
OJE . . .

all these are connected to the ancestral belief or worship.
One common thing too among my people - Ekiti - is using the local tone to call the baptismal or English names, e.g

Janet = Jeeni
Julius = Juliosi
Paul = Poolu
Samuel = Saamu
etc

@ IDI-ILEKE

1. mi ke lounje lule, sugbon ke se o la ti lo ra ounje. kimi fe se?

2. iya rashidat le ran mi luse lati ba on lo s'oke ilemukun.

3. Ekiti ni a n so nibi, i moh ba mi ko omo ria ni ekiti

4. se ti n ba ri idanwo ti mi ko lana, ah, o ti le ju. se ni mi fe ma sukun ninu ule idanwo

5. ki a ti ri? se iye iyabo ni a ki wa losan gangan yi?

^^^^
This is more than trying. You are writing fairly enough.
however, for me to give proper interpretation please always write what you intend to say in English in front of your dialect (language) write-up.
thanks.

1. Mi ke (de) lonje konkon sule mo. be si le s' eo loo mi lati r'onje pelu, ki 'ma fe se bee? = I don't have any food in the house. and there is no money in hand to buy too, what do I do now?

2. (THIS ONE IS GOOD ENOUGH) but look at it this way: eye Rashidat li ran mi luse lati ba'un lo s'oke Ilemekun.

3. Ekiti laiso nibe (libe), i mo bami k'omo ria l'ekiti.

4. Kin ba r'udanwo moko lana, ah, o ti le ju. se ni mofe a sunkun ninu ule udanwo.

5. ki a ti ri (ko mi sele)? ke'ye uyabo ya kia losan gangan?


As for common names in Ekiti
Most of the one mentioned above are correct. an average Ekiti man will not overlook the condition of birth of a child when giving names to that child. Then Ekiti names are very proverbial.
compound names with,
AKIN . . .
OMO . . .
OLA . . .
IBI . . .
ADE . . .
OYE . . .
etc.

sorry for responding this late. I was off line for some time now cause I was out of base and did not go with my laptop.

The next thing you will hear is POBENI FOR PRESIDENCY.

Just wait and see.

Another unnecessary NEWS.
when next these _{BIG BOYS} (P-Square) are attacked by the BIGGER BOYS (Armed Robbers) no body should make noise. Because the Media have given the area guys where next to target.

There are celebrities all over Naija with bigger houses, and no one is making noise about it.

The VC is just another vagabond in POWER.

He does not have enough work to do and that is why he could go around the campus looking for the "HUGGERS" _{pardon my english.}

When next anyone see him looking at the backside of any female student, he should be striped unclothed. Dumb backside.

wishing her a good and fulfilling future. The way some of these children reason is just something else.

This is very possible, I have one like that right under my nose now. She was 8 by last May, and was promoted to primary five.
On resumption the headmaster saw her and told her to join the JSS 1 student. When SHE got to the class that morning without any prior preparation (just fresh from holiday) she was given the Common Entrance Exam questions paper which she scored 72% instantly. Now she is in JSS1.

meaning that she was promoted from pry 4 to JSS1.

Tugbaski:
I love my country i no go lie, for inside am i go live and die, Correct Pics jo

agreed but not with the bold portion

Quote from: she2mas2 on October 23, 2010, 12:43 PM
Am dating a girl for a year now
any time she send her sister to my place i end up bleeping her
and it has been going on for some time
the sister loves it and kept coming back
i want to pull out b4 her sis find out
house help me i dont know how to go about it 

@ POSTER
just use your tongue to count your teeth. 
How many are they? 16, 24, 30, 32?

keep the answer to urself. 

as for the ladies in the house, you need to start praying for the NEXT generation.
will they know anything apart from bleeping?
LHM

andromida:
this hubby looks to me like another rev king in the making.

maybe just one of his devotee.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=529175.msg7011027#msg7011027 date=1288018942]@Olumugon Thanks a much

@ How are you = ba o ni?
Hw do I pronounce the "ba"? Is it pronounced as "bay"? I think that's how I got my "be o ni".[/quote]Ala ni mo se o. = I'm fine.

The "ba" is pronounce as in BAR

Ranoscky:
Dat okada man's is stil sleepin (and you can tell from the pix that the sausage wasn't on a good mood), when it wakes up from sleep, you'll see how big, fat, long and huge it is !!!

It is good the man is 'sleeping', else the whole SHOW will take another dimension.

@ post

In Lagos now, it is the fear of LASMA & KAI. In fact it is better that Police or Road Safety officers catch you than any of these UNIFORMED TOUTS.

^^^ opetope
oooh! in-okun oh!
se ala lose?