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When you think you've seen it all. How on earth would a single word be translated and have 12 meanings? Yoruba I hail thee.

ogun(shook)
ogun(f**k)

Anthoer seun ko another nairaland ni...

D Diversity of yoruba tribe....


Maybe ogun also means 5eun

Op, I do not see the Yoruba translation of "stab, climb and pound" as single words. Meaning the "o" & "gun" are separate. The former been a pronoun and the latter a verb. I stand to be corrected.

deji47:
Op, I do not see the Yoruba translation of "stab, climb and pound" as single words. Meaning the "o" & "gun" are separate. The former been a pronoun and the latter a verb. I stand to be corrected.

you are absolutely correct

We call it "INTONATION"
#ProudlyYoruba

Nice one... proud of my language

deji47:
Op, I do not see the Yoruba translation of "stab, climb and pound" as single words. Meaning the "o" & "gun" are separate. The former been a pronoun and the latter a verb. I stand to be corrected.

when pronouncing the 'stab' part, it comes with just one syllable. Its Ogun and not O' Gun. Even in a case where the O is used in isolation just as you mentioned, it is still marked in a vocative case... e.g O Canada ( National Anthem entrance). Such character are usually seen as a vowel that complement a word. Oh' would be more appropriate and would mean two seperate words.

paris10:
when pronouncing the 'stab' part, it comes with just one syllable. Its Ogun and not O' Gun. Even in a case where the O is used in isolation just as you mentioned, it is still marked in a vocative case... e.g O Canada ( National Anthem entrance). Such character are usually seen as a vowel that complement a word. Oh' would be more appropriate and would mean two seperate words.

why stress the matter? deji47 already made it all clear

macof:
why stress the matter? deji47 already made it all clear

Thanks. We are all learning.

paris10:
when pronouncing the 'stab' part, it comes with just one syllable. Its Ogun and not O' Gun. Even in a case where the O is used in isolation just as you mentioned, it is still marked in a vocative case... e.g O Canada ( National Anthem entrance). Such character are usually seen as a vowel that complement a word. Oh' would be more appropriate and would mean two seperate words.

If you said pronounced as a word, maybe....but as a Syllable?
What is a Syllable?
What would the pronunciation for more than one person stabbing a particular person be? "won gun". A syllable too or a word?
Would also love to know more about " vowels that compliment words" as I have not heard of that before.
Here to learn.

Sweat- òógùn
Stab -gun
He/she stab - O gun where O stands as a pronoun for either he or she
Gùn- long, o gun- o here stands for the thing that is long
Gun- climb, o here stands for whoever climb

Why merge these as a word when we can clearly see they are two words. You cannot write that in a Yoruba essay and claim you are right.

OsoDupe:
Sweat- òógùn
Stab -gun
He/she stab - O gun where O stands as a pronoun for either he or she
Gùn- long, o gun- o here stands for the thing that is long
Gun- climb, o here stands for whoever climb

Why merge these as a word when we can clearly see they are two words. You cannot write that in a Yoruba essay and claim you are right.

Its official, this lady aff finis d lecsor
Class dismissed.

* Sweat = Oogun (Double O) not Ogun.
* He/she/it stabbed = O gun (Two words) not one.
* It is Long = O gun. Two words.
* He/She/It climbed = O gun (Again, two words)