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44 Unit 3: Sísò. rò. nípa ènìyàn
Exercise 14
Tell us the telephone numbers of the following people. The first one
has been done for you.
Example:
1 Tóyìn 274–3896
Noœ$n;bà tõlifóònù Tóyìn ni eéjì, eéje, õõœrin, õõœta, õõœjo≥,
õõœsànán, õõœfà.
2 Kunle 231–5730
3 Charles 262–4139
4 Mark 274–3852
5 Lana 883–4097
Pronunciation
In most cases, when a vowel is dropped, the tone on it will not drop.
In other cases, the tone of a vowel may be dropped, although the
vowel is not dropped. For example:
ni èyí ni ` yí nìyí
Technically, one could say that the original mid tone on ni was
deleted but the vowel i, which is now toneless, acquired the floating
low tone (or the vowel-less tone) to arrive at nìyí.
Tone practice (CD 1; 27)
1 orúko≥ name
2 fõœràn to love or to like
3 ìlú country or city
4 o≥mo≥ìlú a citizen
5 mélòó how many
6 èdè language
7 nísisìyí now
8 ßùgboœ$n but
9 ìyàwó wife
10 o≥dún year