Yoruba Terms - 1/31/24

ọkọ

husband

Ara __ àbúrò mi ò ya lána - My sisters husband wasn’t feeling well yesterday.

jí

to wake up

Mo ṣàṣàrò nígbà ti mo __ - I meditated when I woke up.

ara ẹ

yourself

Ṣé o n gbádùn __ __? - Are you enjoying yourself?

padà

to return

O máa ń rẹ̀ àwọn ọmọ mi ti wọ́n ba __ wa láti ilé ìwé - My kids are usually tired when they come back from school

padà wa

to come back
O máa ń rẹ̀ àwọn ọmọ mi ti wọ́n ba __ __ láti ilé ìwé - My kids are usually tired when they come back from school

àdúgbò

neighborhood

__ mi súmọ́ ibiṣẹ́ mi - My neighborhood is close to my work.

kékeré

small entity (noun)

small, little, young (adjective)

ewu

danger

rọrun

easy/comfortable

sọ pé

say that

àjọ

organization, meeting, assembly, the act of doing something together as a group

ibi

place, location

bèrù

to fear, to be afraid
Amal __ diẹ ninu awọn eré ti Ade máa ń wo - Amal is scared of some of the tv shows that Ade watches.

kò sí ewu

No danger

kò sí bèrù

No fear

dùn

to hurt, to be painful

nígbà min

sometimes

bẹrẹ

to start/begin

wákàtí

hour

tò

to arrange, to line up

to order, to put things in order

nipa

about