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Expressing feelings
Yoruba uses object pronouns or nouns to express feelings, where
English uses regular subject pronouns or nouns. For example:
Ebi n; pa mí
I am hungry
Òùngbõ n; gbõ mí I am thirsty
Inú n; bí Kúnlé
Kunle is angry
Inú n; bí i
She is angry
Ó rõΩwoœ$n They are tired
Ó sú yín
You (pl.) are bored
Àánú Olú n; ße mi I feel sorry for Olu
Expressing notions such as “there is/
was” or “it is/was”
Whenever you want to express notions such as “there is/was,” follow
this model:
Omi wà ní ilé mi.
There is/was water in my house.
O˘mo≥wà níbõΩ.
There is/was a child there.
Aßo≥wà nínú koœ$boœ$oΩ$dù mi.
There are/were clothes in my drawer.
Negative forms of these expressions are:
Kò sí omi ní ilé mi.
There is/was no water in my house.
Kò sí o≥mo≥níbõΩ.
There is/was no child there.
Kò sí aßo≥nínú koœ$boœ$oΩ$dù mi.
There are/were no clothes in my drawer.
Conjunction “and”
There are two forms of conjunction “and” in Yoruba. They are àti
and sì. àti is used to join nouns and phrases and sì is used to join
sentences. For example: