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10 Unit 1: N’ílé ò.ré.
KUNLE:
SANYA:
KUNLE:
SANYA:
KUNLE:
Yes, good [late] evening. Where is your older sibling?
He [honorific] has not come back.
Okay, I’ll come back tomorrow.
Okay, thank you [honorific], good night.
Thank you, good night.
Vocabulary
õΩgboœ$n older sibling
(r)õ your
dà?
question marker
“where”
kò ì tí ì has not
$
dé
to come back/return
so≥fún . . . to tell (someone)
màá I will
loœ$la tomorrow
ó dàároΩ good night
Language points
“wh”-questions—“where?”
In Yoruba, there are two ways to ask where someone is. You can use
either the dà question marker or the word níbo. For example, simply
add dà to the end of the noun or phrase that you are asking about:
Õģboœ$n õ dà? Where is your older sibling?
Túnjí dà?
Where is Tunji?
Màmá õ dà? Where is your mother?
In order to ask the same questions using níbo, follow the examples
below:
Níbo ni õΩgboœ$n õ wà? Where is your older sibling (located)?
Níbo ni Túnjí wà? Where is Tunji (located)?
Níbo ni màmá õ wà? Where is your mother (located)?
Notice that you add the verb wà “to be at a place” at the end of the
“where” question if you use the níbo form.
The word ti (“have,” “has” or “had”)
In order to say “someone has/had done something,” use the word ti,
as shown in the following examples: