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Using nígbà wo? “when?”
nígbà wo is used to mark the “wh”-question “when?” It is used to
find out when something is going to happen. For example:
Nígbà wo ni o máa jõun?
When will you eat?
—Mo máa jõun ní agogo méjì oΩ$sán.
—I will eat at 2:00 p.m.
Nígbà wo ni Délé sùn lánàá?
When did Dele sleep yesterday?
—N kò mo≥ìgbà tí Délé sùn.
—I don’t know when Dele slept.
Notice that we use nígbà wo if “when” is used in a question, but we
use ìgbà tí if “when” is used in a statement. Some examples are:
Nígbà wo ni Tolú máa dé?
When (or what time) will Tolu return?
Mo mo≥ìgbà tí Tolú máa dé.
I know when Tolu will return.
Ìgbà tí can also be used in a “yes/no” question such as:
Íé o mo≥ìgbà tí a máa jàde?
Do you know when we will go out?
Telling the time
For you to tell the time in Yoruba, you need to know the numbers
from 1 to 29. Yoruba people talk about time from the point of view
of:
àároΩ$ morning around 5:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
oΩ$sán afternoon around 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.
ìroΩ$lõœ evening around 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
alõœ late evening around 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
òru middle of the night around 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.