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Unit 2: Greetings and meetings 19
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The word dáadáa “good” or “well” is also a shortened form of
dáradára. As in:
O˘mo≥dáradára or O˘mo≥dáadáa
Íé o ti jõun? or Í’o ti jõun?
A good child
Have you eaten?
The vowel é of ßé is deleted in rapid speech in the example above.
More on the negative marker kò
The negative marker kò usually occurs before the main verb or the
helping verb. In rapid speech, the consonant k is usually deleted
when the negative marker kò follows the pronoun mi, as in:
*Mi kò fõœ Mi ò fõœ
I don’t want (it)
Absence of the third person singular
pronoun ó
The third person singular pronoun ó “he/she/it” is usually dropped
before the negative marker kò, as in:
Ó burú It is bad Kò burú (It) is not bad
Ó lo≥ She/he went Kò lo≥ (She/he) did not go
Ó jõun She/he ate Kò jõun (She/he) did not eat
The use of mi or mo
mo is the regular pronoun that translates to “I” in English. It is most
commonly used in standard Yoruba in affirmative statements. For
example:
Mo n; lo≥síbi ißõœ.
I am going to work.
Mo fõœràn bàtà mi.
I like my shoes.
But in negative statements, mo changes to mi or N. For example:
N kò lo≥/N ò lo≥/Mi ò lo≥
I did not go.