Yoruba Terms 3/7/25

ọja

market

Mo máa ń lọ sí __, mo sì sè oúnjẹ ni ìparí òsẹ̀ - I usually go to the market and cook food on the weekend.

oko

farm, field

Àwọn ọmọ wa jọ lọ sí __ lati ṣe ẹrẹ́ pẹ́lù àwọn òrẹ́ wọn - Our kids went together to the field to play with their friends.

mú

to take

sì

and (to join verb and sentences, not nouns)

Mo máa ń lọ sí ọja, mo __ sè oúnjẹ ni ìparí òsẹ̀ - I usually go to the market and cook food on the weekend.

gé

to cut something; to segment in parts

Ìyàwó mi fẹ́ràn láti __ àwọn èso fún àwọn ọmọ wa nitori pé Ìyá ẹ̀ ṣe pé fún - My wife likes to cut fruit for our kids because her mom did that for her.

jọ

to assemble, to congregate

jointly, together
wọ́n __ lọ - They went together
Àwọn ọmọ wa __ lọ sí oko lati ṣe ẹrẹ́ pẹ́lù àwọn òrẹ́ wọn - Our kids went together to the field to play with their friends.

koríko

grass

tán

finished, completed

ṣe tán

to finish, to complete

bóyá

perhaps, maybe

ìsọ̀

market stall

kí N

Let me, I should

náà

that, the (of a previously mentioned entity)

also, too

àlejò

visitor, guest