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220 Grammar summary
àti
sì
Olú àti Kúnlé lo≥sí ilé oúnjõ?
Olu and Kúnle went to a restaurant?
Mo fõœràn ìyàwó àti àwo≥n o≥mo≥mi gan an ni.
I love my wife and my children a lot.
Mo jõun, mo sùn, mo sì ßißõœ mi.
I ate, slept, and I did my work.
Mo lo≥sí Èko, mo sì lo≥sí Ìbàdàn.
I went to Lagos and I went to Ibadan.
Using the word láti
The word láti can mean many things, depending on how it is used.
Below are some of the different ways that one can use the word láti.
Láti means the preposition “to” or “from” in English. However,
Yoruba can imply the word “to” in English without using láti. So, it
is very important to know when to use láti and when not to. It is not
every time you use “to” in English that you have to use láti in
Yoruba. For example:
Mo fõœ jõun.
I want to eat.
Carla fõœ lo≥rí aàfin OŏΩ$ni IfõΩ.
Carla wants to go to see Oŏ≥ni of Ifõ’s palace.
Notice that láti is not used in either of the above sentences even
though the English translation has the preposition “to.” It is also
grammatically correct, though stilted, to use the following:
Mo fõœ láti jõun.
I want to eat.
Carla fõœ láti lo≥láti rí aàfin OŏΩ$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