Colloquial Yoruba
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Colloquial Yoruba

The Complete Course for Beginners

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eBook - ePub

Colloquial Yoruba

The Complete Course for Beginners

About this book

Colloquial Yoruba: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Yoruba as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Yoruba in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Yoruba is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.

Key features include:

  • A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
  • Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
  • An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
  • Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
  • Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Nigeria
  • An overview of the sounds of Yoruba

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Yoruba is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Yoruba.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

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1 N’ílé ọ̀rẹ́
At a friend’s house

In this unit, you will learn how to:

  • greet someone (older or younger)
  • discover someone’s whereabouts
  • thank someone
  • take leave of someone
  • ask some “yes/no” questions
You will also learn how to respond in these situations

Dialogue 1
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Kunle stops by Tunji’s house to say hellọ to him, but Tunji is not home. Tunji’s mother speaks with Kunle.
Kúnlé: Ẹ kúùrọ̀lẹ́ Mà.
Màmá Túnjí: Òo, kúùrọ̀lẹ́. Báwo ni nǹkan?
Kúnlé: Dáadáa ni. Ẹ jọ̀ọ́ mà, Túnjí ńkọ́? Ṣé ó wà ń;’lé?
Màmá Túnjí: Rárá, kò sí ń’lé. Ó lọ sọ́dò ọ̀rẹ́ ẹ̀ Délé.
Kúnlé: Kò burú, mo máa padà wá. Ẹ ṣé, ó dàbọ̀ Mà.
Màmá Túnjí: Kò tọ́pẹ́. Ó dàbọ̀.
Kunle: Good evening, Ma’am.
Mama Tunji: Yes, good evening. How are things?
Kunle: Fine. Please Ma’am, where is Tunji? Is he home?
Mama Tunji: No, he is not home. He went to his friend Dele’s house.
Kunle: No problem, I’ll come back. Thank you [honorific], goodbye Ma’am.
Mama Tunji: Don’t mention it. Goodbye.
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Vocabulary

you (pl.) or negative marker
honorific pronoun “you” (sing.) kò sí to not be (in a place)
kúùrọ̀lẹ́ good evening lọ to go
báwo ni how are sọ́dọ̀ at a place
nǹkan things ọ̀rẹ́ friend
dáadáa ni it is fine (or “fine”) ọ̀rẹ́ ẹ̀ his/her/its friend
e jọ̀ọ́ you (honorific) please kò burú it is not bad/it’s OK
Ma’am mo I
. . . ńkọ́? how is/where is . . .? máa will
ṣé “yes/no” question padà wá to return
marker ó dàbọ̀ goodbye
ó he/she/it ẹ ṣé thank you
to be (in a place) (honorific)
ń’lé at home kò tọ́pẹ́ don’t mention it/
rárá no you’re welcome

Language points
“yes/no” questions

Below are some basic statements in Yoruba.
Túnjí wà ń’lé. Tunji is home.
O lọ sọ́jà. You went to the market.
Délé ni ọ̀rẹ́ Túnjí. Dele is Tunji’s friend.
In order to convert the above statements into “yes/no” questions, use the word ṣé as shown below...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. About this book
  6. The alphabet and sounds of Yoruba
  7. 1 N’ílé ọ̀rẹ́: At a friend’s house
  8. 2 Ìkíni àti ìpàdé: Greetings and meetings
  9. 3 Sísọ̀rọ̀ nípa ènìyàn: Talking about people
  10. 4 Wíwá ilé láti rẹ́ntì: looking for a place to rent
  11. 5 Nǹkan ọjà àti aṣọ: Market products and clothing
  12. 6 Síse oúnjẹ: Cooking
  13. 7 Nípa ìlera ara rẹ: About your health
  14. 8 Sísọ nípa ènìyàn: Talking about people
  15. 9 Ṣíṣàpèjúwe ènìyàn àti ìlú: Describing people and towns
  16. 10 Wìwá ọ̀nà: Finding one’s way
  17. 11 Títún nǹkan ṣe: Fixing a problem
  18. 12 Pípàdé ènìyàn ní ibùdó ọ̀kọ̀-òfurufú ní Èkó: Meeting someone at Lagos airport
  19. 13 Lílọ sí oríṣiríṣi ibi: Visiting different places
  20. 14 Báwo ni ibẹ̀ ṣe rí?: What’s it like there?
  21. 15 Ṣíṣe ìwádìí nípa ènìyàn: Getting information about someone
  22. Grammar summary
  23. Key to exercises
  24. Translations of the comprehension passages
  25. Yoruba-English glossary
  26. English-Yoruba glossary