Learning this Yoruba language audio and video presentation of the Yoruba Short Expressions and Words will help the Yoruba learner attain correct pronunciation. Yoruba is in the Niger Congo language family and is a tonal language with three contrastive level tones.
Yoruba Short Expressions and Words
Yoruba : English
Odā : Good
Koda : Bad
Ko Dara bẹni ko buru : So-so
Nlá : Big
Kékéré : Small
Eni : Today
Ni’ sin : Now
Ọ̄la : Tomorrow
Ana : Yesterday
Bẹ̄ni : Yes
Bẹ̄kọ : No
Yárá : Fast
Pẹlẹpẹlẹ : Slow
Gbónā : Hot
Tùtù : Cold
Eyí : This
Iyén : That
Ibi : Here
Ibe : There
Emí : Me
Iwọ́ : You
Owun (okunrin) : Him
Owun (obinrin) : Her
Àwá : Us
Àwọ́n : Them
Lootọ ? : Really ?
Woo ! : Look !
Kíní ? : What ?
Nibó ? : Where ?
Tání ? : Who ?
Báwó ? : How ?
Nígbà wó ? : When ?
Kìló fā ? : Why ?
Ódó : Zero
Ení : One
Èjì : Two
Ẹ̄tá : Three
Ẹ̄rín : Four
Ārún : Five
Ẹ̄fa : Six
Ējé : Seven
Ẹ̄jó : Eight
Ẹ̄sán : Nine
Ẹ̄wa : Ten


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