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48 Unit 4: Wíwá ilé láti ré.ǹtì
ilé ìdáná
ibalùwõΩ
fúláàtì
dára
gbogbo
dárúko≥
eélòó ni?
õgbõΩrún
Náírà
fún
kitchen
bathroom
flat
good/nice
all
to name
how much is it?
a thousand
Nigerian unit of
currency
for
$
$
oßù
month
gba
to accept
l’oßù per month
dín
to be less
gbo≥doΩ must/have to
san
to pay
owó money
o≥dún year
õ ßeun thank you
púpoΩ a lot
Language and culture points
A two-year rent!
Why did Mr. Makinde insist on having Kim pay a two-year rent in
advance? In Nigeria, because it is a common thing for tenants to
refuse to pay their monthly rent after the expiration of their initial
payment, landlords or realtors usually charge a one- to two-year rent
in advance. The hope is that they will not have to worry about
collecting rent for the next one or two years at least. After a year or
two, if the tenant refuses to pay his or her rent, then the realtor or
the landlord will begin the process of eviction which may take up to
six months; also, during this time, the tenant may refuse to pay until
he or she is eventually evicted. When the realtor rents out the now
vacant space, he or she increases the rent to cover the court fees
spent on evicting the former tenant. In short, it is a hard business to
be a landlord in Nigeria.
Language points
More question forms
Using irú . . . wo ni? “what kind of . . .?”
If you want to find out the kind of things someone has, you use the
question form irú . . . wo ni? For example:
Irú ilé wo ni o fõœ?
What kind of a house do you want?