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170 Unit 12: Pípàdé ènìyàn ní ibùdó ò. kò. -òfurufú ní Èkó<br />

KIMBERLY:<br />

TUNJI:<br />

KIMBERLY:<br />

TUNJI:<br />

That will be great. Carla will be so happy to get to see<br />

a little bit of Lagos. She has heard a lot about Lagos,<br />

but this will be her first time seeing Lagos. It won’t be<br />

nice for her not to have the opportunity to see Lagos<br />

before she goes back to New York.<br />

No problem. I’ll call a hotel I know that’s close to the<br />

airport and see if they have two rooms that are<br />

vacant.<br />

Please, call them. No problem. I will see you tomorrow<br />

by God’s grace at 12 noon.<br />

Great! Good night!<br />

Vocabulary<br />

jade síta<br />

á á<br />

padà wá<br />

gbé . . .<br />

à á<br />

ilé-ìtura<br />

to come outside<br />

it will<br />

to return<br />

to carry someone<br />

or some<br />

we will<br />

hotel<br />

fi... hàn to show<br />

something<br />

ßófo to be empty<br />

pè woœ$n to call them<br />

Mà á I will<br />

Lágbára by God’s grace<br />

O˘loœ$run<br />

Language points<br />

Expressing happiness or sorrow<br />

If you want to say that you are happy you will use the sentence Inú<br />

mi dùn. On the other hand, if you want to say that you are not happy,<br />

you will say either of the following:<br />

Inú mi kò dùn<br />

I am not happy<br />

Inú mi bàjõœ<br />

I am sad<br />

Notice that Yoruba uses a possessive pronoun where English has a<br />

subject pronoun. Other examples are:<br />

Inú rõ dùn<br />

You (sing.) are happy<br />

Inú rõΩbàjõœ<br />

He/she is sad<br />

Inú wa kò dùn<br />

We are not happy<br />

Inú wo≥n dùn<br />

They are happy<br />

Inú yín dùn<br />

You (pl.) are happy

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