Yorùbá Language

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Days of the week in Yorùbá

What day is today?	Ọjọ́ wo ni òní bọ́ sí?
Monday	Ajé
Tuesday	Ìṣẹ́gun
Wednesday	Ọjọ́rú
Thursday	Ọjọ́bọ̀
Friday	Ẹtì
Saturday	Àbámẹ́ta
Sunday	Àìkú

How to describe weeks

This week	1) Ọ̀sẹ̀ yìí 2) Lọ́sẹ̀ yìí
I have exams on Friday this week	Mo ní ìdánwò ní ọjọ́ ẹtì yìí
Next week	Ọ̀sẹ̀ tó ń bọ̀
I will return next week Saturday	Mo máa padà ní ọjọ́ Àbámẹ́ta tó ń bọ̀
Last week	Ọ̀sẹ̀ tó kọjá
He arrived from Ghana last week Monday	Ó dé láti ìlú Ghana ní ọjọ́ Ajé tó kọjá

A sample sentence

I need to travel to Abuja on Monday because I have another flight on the same day that will arrive in Kenya on Tuesday	Mo ní láti lọ sí Àbújá ní ọjọ́ Ajé nítorí máa wọ ọkọ̀ òfuurufú mìíràn ní ọjọ́ kan náà tí yóò gbé mi dé ìlú Kenya ní ọjọ́ Ìṣẹ́gun

Learn Yorùbá

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Yorùbá

Family
How can you describe your family in Yorùbá?

Numbers
How to count in Yorùbá

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Yorùbá

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Yorùbá

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Yorùbá

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Yorùbá

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Yorùbá

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Yorùbá

Phrases
Extra phrases in Yorùbá that may be handy

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