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Unit 4: Looking for a place to rent 55<br />

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Vocabulary<br />

tuntun<br />

fõœràn rõΩ<br />

tí ó tóbi<br />

fèrèsé<br />

ti<br />

ra gbogbo<br />

fún<br />

yìí<br />

nísisìyí<br />

bõœõΩdì<br />

koœ$boœ$oΩ$dù<br />

oúnjõ<br />

oΩ$bõ<br />

foœ$oΩ$kì<br />

ßíbí<br />

àwo<br />

ife<br />

ìkòkò ìdáná<br />

Language points<br />

Object pronouns<br />

The following are the object pronouns in Yoruba:<br />

Singular<br />

new<br />

to like it<br />

that is big<br />

windows<br />

perfective<br />

unmarked tense<br />

(“have”/“had”)<br />

to buy all<br />

for<br />

this<br />

now<br />

bed<br />

cupboard<br />

food<br />

knife/knives<br />

forks<br />

spoons<br />

plates<br />

cups<br />

cooking pots<br />

o≥ßõ ìfoΩ$wo<br />

soap dish<br />

àti bõœõΩbõœõΩ etc.<br />

lo≥<br />

ó dàbí õni pé it looks like<br />

ßì<br />

still<br />

l’oœ$jà at the market<br />

sìn mí lo≥ to escort me<br />

s’oœ$ja to the market<br />

loœ$la tomorrow<br />

tí ó kù that remains<br />

bí i<br />

like<br />

kí ni? what?<br />

so≥fún to tell<br />

õ<br />

object pronoun<br />

“you” (sing.)<br />

ó ti<br />

it has<br />

rõΩmí to tire me<br />

(to be tired)<br />

simi to rest<br />

rí õ<br />

to see you<br />

Plural<br />

mi me wa us<br />

õ you (sing.) yín you (pl.)<br />

vowel of the verb her/him/it wo≥n them<br />

(see below)<br />

For the most part, if the preceding verb has only one syllable, the<br />

object pronoun’s tone depends on the tone of that verb. So, if the tone<br />

of the preceding verb is a mid or a low tone, the tone of the object

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