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Months (osu) of the year in Yorùbá

Which month are we in? Inu Oṣù wo ni a wa yìí?
January Oṣù Ṣẹ̀rẹ́
Febuary Oṣù Èrèlè
March Oṣù Ẹrẹ̀nà
April Osu Kerin
May Oṣù Ẹ̀bìbì
June Oṣù Òkúdu
July Oṣù Agẹmọ
August Oṣù Ògún
September Oṣù Ọ̀wẹwẹ
October Oṣù Ọ̀wàrà
November Oṣù Bélú
December Oṣù Ọ̀pẹ́

How to describe years

This year Ọdún yìí
My birthday is in June this year 1) Ọjọ́ ìbí mi bọ́ sí oṣù kẹfà nínú ọdún yìí
2) Mo máa ṣe ayẹyẹ ọjọ́ ìbí mi ní oṣù kẹfà nínú ọdún yìí
Next year Ọdún tó ń bọ̀
Next year in September the rainy season will start Àsìkò òjò máa bẹ̀rẹ̀ nínú oṣù kẹsàn-án ní ọdún tó ń bọ̀
Last year Ọdún tó kọjá
My friend completed his/her studies last year 1)Ní ọdún tó kọjá ni ọ̀rẹ́ mi parí ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ
2) Ọ̀rẹ́ mi parí ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ̀ ní ọdún tó kọjá

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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