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152 Unit 11: Títún nǹkan ṣe<br />

Vocabulary<br />

koΩ$næpútà<br />

computer<br />

lõœhìn tí after<br />

ko≥<br />

to write<br />

tán<br />

to finish<br />

tõΩ<br />

to type/keyboard<br />

fi... pámoœ$ to save . . .<br />

nnækankan something<br />

láti<br />

to<br />

bóyá<br />

maybe<br />

pa koΩ$næpútà<br />

to turn off a<br />

computer<br />

lõœhìn náà after that<br />

tún tàn án turn it on again<br />

ße nnækan to do something<br />

bõœõΩ<br />

so<br />

bí i<br />

like<br />

õΩõΩmõta three times<br />

síbõΩsíbõΩ still<br />

kò ßißõœ it does not work<br />

bí ó<br />

as it<br />

ße yõ<br />

to be necessary<br />

gbìyànjú to try<br />

tõœlõΩ<br />

before<br />

sórí<br />

on<br />

àwo<br />

disk<br />

ìyõn náà even that<br />

lóòótoœ$ really<br />

hún ùn! hmm!<br />

rò pé<br />

to think that<br />

atúnkoΩ$næpútàße<br />

computer<br />

specialist/<br />

technician<br />

Language points<br />

The use of láti<br />

The Yoruba word láti means the preposition “to” or “from.”<br />

However, Yoruba can imply the word “to” in English without using<br />

láti. So, it is very important to know when to use láti and when not<br />

to. It is not every time you use “to” in English that you have to use<br />

láti in Yoruba. For example:<br />

Mo fõœ jõun.<br />

I want to eat.<br />

Adé lo≥sun.<br />

Ade went to sleep.<br />

Carla fõœ lo≥rí aàfin OŏΩ$ni IfõΩ.<br />

Carla wants to go to see Oŏ≥ni of Ifõ’s palace.<br />

Notice that láti is not used in any of the above sentences even<br />

though the English translation has the preposition “to.” It is also<br />

grammatically correct, though stilted, to say the following.

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