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Unit 11: Fixing a problem 153
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Mo fõœ láti jõun.
I want to eat.
Adé lo≥láti sùn.
Ade went to sleep.
Carla fõœ láti lo≥láti rí aàfin OŏΩ$ni IfõΩ.
Carla wants to go to see Oŏ≥ni of Ifõ’s palace.
There is not much difference between the Yoruba examples, except
that those in the first set are more colloquial than the ones in the
second set. However, any time you use the verb fõœràn “to love”
before another verb, you must use the word láti between the two
verbs. For example:
Túnjí fõœràn láti jó.
Tunji loves to dance.
Mo fõœràn láti ko≥rin.
I love to sing.
Akín fõœràn láti ßeré põΩlú o≥mo≥rõΩ.
Akin loves to play with his child.
For the sentences to be grammatically correct, láti must be used in
the above examples. The verbs gbàgbé “to forget” and sùn “to sleep”
have different meanings depending on whether you use láti with
them. For example:
1 Mo gbàgbé láti sùn.
I forgot to sleep.
2 Mo gbàgbé sùn.
I overslept.
If you do not use láti between gbàgbé and sùn you will completely
change the meaning, as shown in (1) and (2) above.
When to use láti is something that will takes some time to learn
in Yoruba, but it is good to start with these basic examples (as
illustrated above).
If láti occurs before a noun, it usually means “from.” For example:
Mo lo≥láti ilé dé ilé.
I went from house to house.
Mo sùn láti àároΩ$ di oΩ$sán.
I slept from morning until evening.
Má pè mí moœ$ láti ìsisìyí lo≥.
Don’t call me from now on.