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182 Unit 13: Lílọ sí oríṣiríṣi ibi<br />

Vocabulary<br />

àwo≥n ibómiíràn other places<br />

ße pàtàkì to be important<br />

Òkúta Olúmo≥ Olumo≥Rock<br />

O¸˘pá O¸˘rànmíyàn O˘ranmiyan Staff<br />

orísun omi source of water<br />

gbígbóná hot<br />

tútù<br />

cold<br />

Ìko≥gòsì name of a place<br />

NÆjõœ<br />

“yes/no” question<br />

form<br />

fúnrara mi myself<br />

ìrìnàjò<br />

trip<br />

ße . . . ní ànæfààní to be beneficial<br />

to . . .<br />

láàárín oΩ$sõΩ<br />

during the<br />

week<br />

aàfin<br />

palace<br />

OŏΩ$ni<br />

the Royal title of<br />

the King of Ifõ<br />

bõΩrõΩ<br />

to start<br />

Language points<br />

Reporting speech<br />

It is very easy to report speech in Yoruba, if the speaker is the one<br />

talking about himself or herself. For example:<br />

Mo so≥pé mo jõun lánàá.<br />

I said that I ate yesterday.<br />

O so≥pé o jõun lánàá.<br />

You (sing.) said that you (sing.) ate yesterday.<br />

A so≥pé a jõun lánàá.<br />

We said that we ate yesterday.<br />

Õ so≥pé õ jõun lánàá.<br />

You (pl.) said that you (pl.) ate yesterday.<br />

Usually, the pronoun in the reported speech matches the pronoun of<br />

the speaker. On the other hand, if you are reporting what a third<br />

person says about him/herself as opposed to what she said about<br />

another third person, then Yoruba uses different pronouns to avoid<br />

any ambiguity in whose speech is being reported. For example:<br />

Ó so≥pé ó jõun lánàá.<br />

She said that she [another female] ate yesterday.<br />

Ó so≥pé òun jõun lánàá.<br />

She said that she [herself or same person] ate yesterday.

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