Yorùbá and Igbo

 

orùbá and Igbo 2

Credit: Prof L. O. Adewole
Yoruba for academic purpose



Adé:   Ṣé Òjó lọ ní ọ̀sẹ̀ tí ó kọjá?
                        Did Ojo leave last week?
                   Ògó agawara ízù ukà gárá á gá[1]
          Olú:   Rárá, ó ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ lọ ni
                   ‘No, he just left
                   Mbà, o pụrụ kítáà
            Adé:   Ǹ jẹ́ o fẹ́ràn ọbẹ̀ ilá?
                        ‘Do you like okro soup?
                   Òfé önunö o na-ámásí gí?
          Olú:   N ò tíì rí òkan rí
                   ‘I have never seen one before’
                   Àfúbèghi m ya na mbú
          Adé:   Mo ti ́ń kọ́ Yorùbá fún ọsẹ̀ méjì
                   ‘I have been studying Yoruba for two weeks’
                   M na-águ Yorùbá kémgbé ízù ukà àbụq
          Olú:   Mo ti ń kọ́ ọ fún ọdún mẹ́rin
                   ‘I have been studying it for four years’
                   M na-ágú yá kémgbé áfö ànö


Ọnà ilé wa nìyí
‘That’s the way to our house’
Nkè áhu bu uzô ulô ányí

Ọkọ̀ mi nìyí
‘This is my vehicle’
Nke a bu ugböàlà m
Mo san owó ọkọ mi
‘I paid my fare/I paid for my vehicle’
M kwùrù ugwö ugböàlà m

Gáráàjì nìyí
‘That is the motor park’
Nkè áhu bú Gáráàjì

Ibùdókô nìyí
‘That is the motor park’
Nkè áhú bu ôdô ugböàlà

Ìdíkô nìyí
‘That is the motor park’
Nkè áhu bu ôdô ugböàlà

Owó ọkọ̀ mi nìyí
‘This is my fare/This is the money for my vehicle’
Nkéà bu égò ugböàlà m

Èrò púpọ̀ ń wọ ọkọ̀
‘Many passengers are entering the vehicle’,
Ötutu ndí njém na-ábànye n’imé ugböàlà ahu

Agbèrò ni Olú
‘Olu is a motor park tout’
Olú bu ónyé agbòrò

Dírẹ́bà ni Dèjì
‘Deji is a driver’
Dèjì bu dìrívá
Awakô ni Dèjì
‘Dèjì is a driver’
Dèjì bu ónyé ôkpö ugböàlà

Bọ́ọ̀sì yìí tóbi
‘This bus is big’
Bọọsù a bùrù íbù

Káà yìí kéré
‘This car is small’
ugböàlà a pèrè mpé

Mo wa tasín lánàá
‘I took a taxi yesterday’
M bàrà tákuzí ùyàà

A dé ibùdókọ̀ rélùwéè
‘We reached the railway station’
Ányí rùrù rélúwéè

A gba tíkẹ́ẹ̀tì wa
‘We bought out ticket’
Ányí gòtèrè tíkéètì ányí

A wọ rélùwéè
‘We board a train’
Ányí bàlu túwénù

Adé lọ sí ibùdókọ̀ òfurufú
‘Adé went to the airport’
Adé gara ọdọ úgbóélú

Ó wọ ọkọ̀ òfurufú
‘He boards a plane’
Ọ bara úgbóélú


[1] The Igbo translation was supplied by Obimma Chinyere Joy

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