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24 Unit 2: Ìkíni àti ìpàdé<br />

DÚPÕŒ:<br />

ARABINRIN O˘DUNSI:<br />

DÚPÕŒ:<br />

ARABINRIN O˘DUNSI:<br />

DUPÕ:<br />

ARABINRIN O˘DUNSI:<br />

DUPÕ:<br />

ARABINRIN O˘DUNSI:<br />

DUPÕ:<br />

ARABINRIN O˘DUNSI:<br />

DUPÕ:<br />

ARABINRIN O˘DUNSI:<br />

DUPÕ:<br />

ARABINRIN O˘DUNSI:<br />

DUPÕ:<br />

ARABINRIN O˘DUNSI:<br />

DUPÕ:<br />

Good afternoon Ma’am.<br />

Good afternoon. How are things?<br />

Fine.<br />

Long time no see. (It has been a long time<br />

since I saw you.)<br />

It truly has been a long time.<br />

How are you doing?<br />

Thanks be to God Ma’am.<br />

How is your household?<br />

Fine.<br />

How is your work?<br />

It’s going fine.<br />

How is your dad?<br />

He [honorific] is fine.<br />

How is your mom?<br />

She [honorific] is fine.<br />

Be well, goodbye.<br />

Goodbye Ma’am.<br />

Vocabulary<br />

báwo how<br />

Mà<br />

Ma’am<br />

nnækan things<br />

ni<br />

is/are (the verb<br />

“to be”)<br />

dáadáa ni (it) is fine/good<br />

ó põœjoœ$ mõœta quite a long time/<br />

long time no<br />

see<br />

o≥joœ$ day<br />

kan<br />

one<br />

põΩlú with (in addition)<br />

àlàáfíà peace<br />

ilé<br />

house/household<br />

ilé n;koœ$? how is (your)<br />

household?<br />

wà<br />

to exist<br />

ó wà it is fine (lit. it exists<br />

fine)<br />

ißõœ<br />

work<br />

Language and culture points<br />

Subject pronoun ẹ and wó.n<br />

Just as we use õ to mean “you” (pl.) or “you” (sing. honorific), we<br />

also use woœ$n to mean “they” or “he/she” (honorific). For example:<br />

A: Bàbá n;koœ$? How is your father?<br />

B: Woœ$n wà. He (honorific) is fine.

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