₦airaland Forum

Josh090: Hahahaha.....naaa
That shld be "husband of amala seller".
@starflux, you're very good, when did you start learning yoruba? How's your intonation, cos that's what matters most.

Hey, thanks. My intonation is pretty bad, except from the most basic words (though I know how to write the tones on most words from memory), but I will leave it to when I start having more chances to use the languge and be corrected then.

Don't know exactly when I started, think it was around july last year I really started learning.

binger: Lmao @ ''listening with his eyes closed''. Was he meditating??
They should pardon him sha,man no be wood.

Meditation no be good reason?? chey, its ok to meditate in court sha.

donroxy: my Closer meaning IMHO are ''Alabara'' or ''Olubara'' or ''Akopa''


Alabara and Olubara mean the same thing .....!!

Alabara/olubara means Customer e,g Alabara mi = My Customer!!

Example; Glo subcribers =Alabara Gulo=Glo customers= people that transact business with Glo!!!


Akopa=Ako Ipa implies ''those that Participate (in sth)'' which 'may' thus mean ''Subscribers''.....!!!


All the above IMHO cuz there may be a ''specific word'' for ''subscriber'' in Yoruba!!

Oh, I didn't know the word for customer, and it didn't even strike me! Thanks

Hello! O pejo meta

Yes, I didn't expect much interest, but I thought I should at least try. Some people have computers, and all these games you can play on computers.

Ile Noowe wa. Mo ko i ti i lo si ile ijosin osu yii (lanaa). Mo nka fun idanwo merin.

Iwo nko? Mo nireti gbogbo nkan daadaa ni.

Ejoo, kini itumo "subscriber" ni ede Yoruba? Mo mò pe "to subscribe" = fowo si iwe. Kini itumo didarajulo?

Is there any good word for subsriber in Yoruba? Since you are all here now, how would you translate it? It has been bothering me for a while.

JallowBah: Alright..then it`s probably "just" her hairtype Good to know, though, cause I have only gotten better, not worse..lol.

Hehe, yeah!

Oh my, she has exactly the same hair as my sister before she relaxed! Nice That hair was usually frizzy when braided, not sure if there is an underlying cause.

[quote author=Mynd_44]I wonder where these artists go to[/quote]Yes oo, they suddenly just disappear!

Where are these guys now?

Still jamming to danfo driver!

JallowBah: I was adviced to d it while the hair was still a little wet..and it looked and felt damn nice until we got outside in the cold. Lol.
I will try with dry hair next time.

Yep, 1kg. I love it, it is the only lotion I can use all year around that works on EVERYTHING. After shaving, on rashes ( I react to certain food and fabrics, start scratching like crazy ), dry feet, dry skin, dry scalp, even lip-balm. And number one fav about it; You know in the summer-time, walking with dresses, up between your thighs gets effed up from sweating? Not with pure shea butter on your thighs. Best product ever Let me know if you wanna buy some, haha!

Hehe, awesome!

Yeah, I believe the general recommendation is to apply it while the hair is still wet, though I really don't understand why. Only thing I've noticed is that it gets white-looking so much easier, and doesn't get properly absorbed in my hair. I guess in summer it's fine to apply it while it's wet, but in winter it doesn't work at all. But make sure you use water with that shea butter and oil, as you said, since it's dry.

Love lotion! Shea butter, cocoa butter and all that. My friends went crazy on my cocoa butter when we were on vacation. How can people not love lotion <(^.^)> Also, looking forward to the pics!

Chey, would've thought they had the decency to remove such things, but not surprised by this foolish behavior. In 2013, you would've thought people like this would've known the value of every human life.

No different from the jewel stolen from India sitting in the british crown.

Ode omo nfi ido sere.

The General: It is Quad core, AMD Radeon, A8 Vision, 8gb ram, hp pavilion dv6. thats all d info. i know abt the pc.

please i need the fingerprint driver. please send it to mahbubjamalb@yahoo.com. Thanks

The problem is that there are so many DV6 models, look beneath your laptop, does it give a specific DV6 model?

I will definitely check that out, always looking for better hair products!

Well, I haven't had a problem with it. Just massage it thoroughly with moderate amounts, if you do that, it shouldn't go white. But from my experience, make sure the hair is dry, so it gets properly absorbed.

1KG pure shea butter??! Oh my

JallowBah: Edge, nope. They charge up to four times more for the same products as the nigerian shops up in Storgata does. I love the people working there, but the prices? Naaah.

Bobbys, on the other hand..inside near Skippergata, if I remember correctly. Gonna stop by there in some weeks, will absolutely check it out, thank you
( And I find it funny that I get better tips about Norways shops in a nigerian forum, than I do in norwegian forums... )

Feel free to share the recipe for your cream, and how you use it, by the way. Its the smoothness I need, for whenever the hair is not braided.

Hehe yeah, love the people at Edge.

Never cut my hair or anything in Storgata, so can't compare the prices to Bobby's, but my sisters have been somewhere in Storgata with 2 women (sisters I think) cutting hair, maybe you know it.

Anyway, the cream I use now is an already mixed one. It's from Kera Care - Everyday moisturizer 3. It has shea and cocoa butter, as well as amla (bought it from Bobby's). It has worked very well for me so far. It's a bit stiff the first 30min - 1 hour after application, but after that my hair feel very good. I've used a couple of other products through the years, but this one is the best one in my opinion (at least for my hair). I apply it when I wake up (or after my hair has dried after taking shower), and it keeps my hair silky and moisturized through the entire day. I wash my hair 2 times a week, and the cream gets cleaned out then, but you can reapply it everyday without the need to shower. Kera also had a shampoo to go with this cream, but that shampoo didn't work out too well for me.

I've generally been sceptical about buying shampoos from the grocery store, because they're usually bad. But I actually got my hands on this shampoo from Define Hair care - argan oil shampoo (also some cocoa in it). It works REALLY well, I was shocked when I saw the result. So right now I'm using these two, and I'm very happy about it.

JallowBah: I kinda wish her hair would go to ONE of the sides, lol. Finding the right products is the biggest challenge. Where I live now, there are no african or arabic shops, so the cocoa oil and Ambla I used before, that really worked, are no where to be found. Can`t wait to move back to the capital..

The next thing I will try is a mixture of pure shea butter, coco oil, and water. Any tips that you use yourself?

Right now I use a cream with shea butter and cocoa butter. It makes the hair silky smooth, but doesn't help with making it stay. I've pretty much given up on it, so sadly, no magic tricks

When you do get to the capital though, go to Bobby's (on Karl Johan) and Edge Barber Shop (on Stenergata, close to Oslo Spektrum), they are really good and got plenty of creams and tips for you to try out.

plainmirror: Strike ke c'mon a®ε Ʊ a learner!

And you're a troll. Reported.

Hmm, worrying. They need to strike down on these guys very soon.

JallowBah: Everyone is saying that, and I kinda hope so, even though it will be even more difficult to maintain.
But a friends kid, who is also mixed, has the same texture, and is 9 years old..so we will see

My hair was very curly when I was younger, but now I barely have curls whatsoever (mixed) and requires nearly no mainteance. It still goes dry like a lot of African hair, so I use shampoos for dry hair, and some high quality creams. My sisters have all relaxed hair, so can't tell you much about that. But like your child, my hair does not stay if I try to do anything with it.

Amazing!

Pretty much all Nigerian languages are gradually losing speakers instead of gaining.

In fact, English is so dominant that if we want to reverse the effect, it has to happen in next couple of years. Even big languages such as Yoruba and Igbo are losing a huge amount of speakers, and new speakers often aren't even close to being fluent. For Edo it's even worse, because it is a smaller language. Teaching English in school is ridiculous when it's not the native language of the people. Each state should have most (preferably all) languages spoken in the area used in schools. English should not be prioritized. English is bastardizing and polluting languages all over the world, and like in Nigeria, not much is being done about it.

On top of that you have parents completely ignorant of their own language, teaching their kids English instead of their native language. It's just frustrating to watch. Had to get this rant out.

adeara: I am also not good in English grammar but this would be nearer in English translation.
A person who is trouble by men is better than the person who is forgotten by men

Agree with this translation.

I feel sorry for Niger sha.

Eze Promoe: [color=crimson]Yea, there's a Yoruba book I bought yesterday but its only in forums like this that I can get translations instanta. You know that no matter how big the book is, it won't carry every word.[/color]

It's not a dictionary, it's a book to teach you the language (grammar) etc.

Here are some funny looking words:
Pẹ́pẹ́yẹ - duck
Gàgàgúgú - clumsy!
Jáfáfá - smart
Kẹ́lẹ́kẹ́lẹ́ - quiet/stealthy

I think it means on point.

Don't think it's an actual Yoruba word though.

Excellent.

Again, thank you for all these words!

My signature!

Wéré, wéré nikán njelé.

Slowly, slowly the termite eats the house.
Don't let small problems grow.

Btw, there are books you can buy. Idk, if they are available in Nigeria, but I recommend the Colloquial Yoruba book, it's amazing! Will teach you the basics as well as give you a decent vocabulary. Only problem is that it is standard Yoruba and might give you some trouble understanding spoken Yoruba, it's the main reason I have trouble reading this forum. But since you have a person to talk to, this would be no problem whatsoever for you.

ezotik: @starflux,

i thought about this airport thingy again while looking at 'okeho'

and if we try to translate airport in its literal meaning to edo, it would be ‘ekeho’ with an accented ‘o’ since there is a subtle stress on the ‘o’ while pronouncing.

i think that would sound better than ‘eke okeho’. plus, it is short and easy to pronounce.

so my suggestion for now is:

airplane – okeho
airport - ekeho

anyone can improve on it.

Very nice!

[quote author=never_say_never]You're welcome, it's nothing really. @ starflux, what i've noted is that many words are better understood when said than written & most words aren't pronunced the exact way they're written e.g. 'Good morning' is 'eku owuro' but it's mostly pronunced 'ekaaro', 'Have you eaten'? is 'se o ti jeun' but pronunced 'so ti jeun'. Anyway, answer to your question is 'It shall lead us to money, children & continuity in that thing that makes you progress (there might be a better explanation for that though). @ eze promoe, funny no. 5O you got there, but i think you already know the answer.[/quote]Very true, and thanks!

Eze
I would be more than willing to post all I know, the problem is that it takes so much time. I wish more people would contribute! Another problem is that a lot of the Yoruba you see on this forum is the bastardized Yoruba/English version.

Maybe you can look up Seunfly, he is very good in Yoruba and helped me to complete my Yoruba exam.

Unfortunately, it seems like the profession study (6 years) is not available to international students, unless you already have resident permit. It also requires profiency in the Norwegian language. What you can do is apply for a Norwegian language course, which will grant you this permit, and after that you can apply for the medicine study. The only problem with this is that now you have no guarantee whatsoever, for actually gaining admission into the programme.

http://www.med.uio.no/english/studies/programmes/medicine/index.html
http://www.uib.no/studyprogramme/PRMEDISIN#admission

Unfortunate news, I know You can apply in other countries, but the problem then will be tuition fees.

Doneze
What kind of medicine, just general medicine profession study? If so, I'm not sure if it's offered to international students. I'll have to find out.
I think you can already apply actually, the deadline is december 1st. The only school fee is semester fee which is 8000-16000 naira, and that's it.

Lola009
THERE IS NO TUITION FEE IN NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITIES (EXCEPT FROM THE PRIVATE OWNED ONES, WHICH I WILL NOT MENTION IN THIS THREAD.

The only thing you need to worry about is the required fund to apply for a student visa. You need around 2-2,5million naira to apply for it. The money IS NOT A PAYMENT, the money will go straight to your Norwegian bank account after accepted visa.

Here's examples of a master's programme in psychology:
http://www.uio.no/english/studies/programmes/psychology-master/
http://www.ntnu.edu/studies/mpsy

NTNU info is a bit lacking, but don't be put off, it's one of the best universities in Norway along with UiO.

It's nothing to apologize for. It is actually very hard for me to read what is written on this forum as well, often I just give up.
Because dialects where certain words/a letter differs, and incorrect spelling + ellision just makes you completely unable to see what it's supposed to mean.

Like this "ekugbadure". There's a good chance that (if it weren't for never_say_never) I wouldn't be able to know the meaning.

In my case, it would be written like this: E ku gbadura, or the other version E ku gbadure. So lot's of ellision that makes it hard for untrained eyes and ears to see the meaning, even if you know most of the words. Also, the lack of tonal marks can be a problem when prounciating these words. I will try to write with tones mostly, but it's a long process to include all the tonal marks.