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Unit 10: Finding one’s way 145
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• Use of ìgbà tí
Mo mo≥ìgbà tí Josie bímo≥.
I know when Josie had her baby.
Íé o mo≥ìgbà tí ißõœ máa bõΩrõΩ?
Do you know when work will begin?
Kò so≥ìgbà tí o máa ßetán.
He did not say when he will finish.
• Use of nígbà tí
Nígbà tí mo rí Kúnlé, kò jõun.
When I saw Kunle, he was not eating.
Mo wà nílé nígbà tí bàbá mi dé.
I was home when my father arrived.
Kí ni o n; ße nígbà tí ìyàwó rõ n; sun?
What were you doing when your wife was sleeping?
• Use of nígbà tí . . . bá
The phrase nígbà tí . . . bá is used for “when” in conditional
statements. For example:
Mo máa sùn nígbà tí mo bá dé ilé.
I will sleep when I get home.
The implication of the above statement is that the condition in which
the speaker will sleep is them getting home. nígbà tí . . . bá is in the
same clause that states the condition on which the other action rests.
For example:
Kí ni o máa ße, nígbà tí o bá parí õΩkoœ$ rõ?
What will you do when you finish your studies?
Olú máa ra moœ$tò tuntun, nígbà tí ó bá lówó.
Olu will buy a new car when she has money.
Nígbà tí Doyin bá parí ißõœ rõ, ó máa simi.
When Doyin finishes his work, he will rest.
In all the examples above, the part of the sentence with the nígbà tí
... bá is the condition on which the other action in the whole
sentence will take place.