Yorùbá Language

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Some phrases

Yes -- No -- Maybe	Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni -- 1) Bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́ 2) Rárá -- Bóyá
I know -- I don't know	Mo mọ̀ -- Mi ò mọ̀
Did you understand? -- I understood	1) Ṣé ó yé ẹ? 2) Ṣé ó yé yín? -- Ó yé mi
Can you speak slower?	Ṣé o lè sọ̀rọ̀ díẹ̀ díẹ̀?
Can you repeat this again?	Ṣé o lè tún-un ṣe lẹ́ẹ̀kan síi?
Do you speak: -- French? -- English? -- Igbo? -- Twi?	Ṣé o máa ń sọ èdè: -- Faransé? -- Gẹ̀ẹ́sì? -- Igbo? -- Twi?

Merry Christmas in Yoruba and other relevant phrases

Merry Christmas!	E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!
Happy New Year!	E ku odun tuntun!
Wishing You Joy and Prosperity!	Inu mi dun si ayo ati ilosiwaju!
Wishing you peace, love, and happiness this holiday season	Mo n'ireti alaafia, ife, ati ayọ fun ọ ni akoko isinmi yii
What are your plans for New Year's?	Kini eto rẹ fun Odun Tuntun?
What are your plans for Christmas?	Kini eto rẹ fun Keresimesi?
I will be with my family for Christmas -- I will be with my family for New Year’s -- I will be with my family for Christmas and for New Year’s -- I don’t have any plans for Christmas or New Year’s -- I will go out with friends	Emi yoo wa pẹlu ẹbi mi fun Keresimesi -- Emi yoo wa pẹlu ẹbi mi fun Odun Tuntun -- Emi yoo wa pẹlu ẹbi mi fun Keresimesi ati fun Odun Tuntun -- Emi ko ni eto kankan fun Odun Tuntun -- Emi yoo jade pẹlu awọn ọrẹ

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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