Table of Contents

Preface ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..4

Contributors ……………………………………………………………………………………………….5

Creative Commons License…………………………………………………………………………….7

Abbreviation of Grammatical Terms ………………………………………………………………….7

Technology ………………………………………………………………………………………………..8

Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………..9

Map of Africa………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9

Map of Nigeria ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10

Map Yorùbá Land (showing some Yorùbá cities)……………………………………………………………………….. 11

Map of Yorùbá World …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12

Vowels ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14

Consonants …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 15

The syllabic [m] and [n] ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16

Titles in Yorùbá Culture …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 18

Yorùbá Names……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19

Communication in Class ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20

Chapter 1 –

Orí Kìíní | GREETINGS …………………………………………………………… 23

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 24

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní: Ìkíni (Greetings) …………………………………………………………………………………….. 26

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì: Verbs…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 33

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta: Subject Pronouns…………………………………………………………………………………… 37

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin: Interrogatives ‘Kí ni?’ and ‘»é?………………………………………………………………… 41

Chapter 2 –

Orí Kejì | MY CLASSROOM ……………………………………………………… 47

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 48

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní Possessive Pronouns ………………………………………………………………………………. 51

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì The Plural marker ‘àwæn’……………………………………………………………………………. 55

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta: Nínú Kíláàsì (In the Classroom) ……………………………………………………………….. 57

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin: Nôñbà (Numbers) …………………………………………………………………………………. 66

Chapter 3 –

Orí K÷ta | MARK THE DATE ……………………………………………………..71

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 72

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní: Nôñbà (Numbers) continued ……………………………………………………………………. 73

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì: Future Tense Máa …………………………………………………………………………………… 76

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta The Yorùbá Calendar (Days of the Week) ………………………………………………….. 79

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin: The Yorùbá Calendar Kàlêñdà Yorùbá (Months of the Year) ……………………….. 82

Chapter 4 –

Orí K÷rin | WHAT TIME DO WE MEET?………………………………………..87

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 88

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní The Interrogative Mélòó …………………………………………………………………………… 90

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì Aago mélòó ni ó lù? (What time is it?) ………………………………………………………… 95

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta: Asking for Age……………………………………………………………………………………… 104

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin: Àwæn Àwö (Colors) ……………………………………………………………………………… 108

Chapter 5 –

Orí Karùnún | MY FAMILY TREE …………………………………………….. 111

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 112

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní: The verbs ‘jê’ ‘to be’ and ‘ni’ ‘to be’ ………………………………………………………….. 115

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì: The interrogative ‘Ta ni’ ………………………………………………………………………….. 119

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta: ¿bí ní ìdílé Mêta (Three Generations of a Family)……………………………………… 121

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin: Describing people ……………………………………………………………………………….. 135

Chapter 6 –

Orí K÷fà | SHOP WITH ME……………………………………………………… 139

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 140

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní: Interrogative: Eélòó………………………………………………………………………………. 142

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì: Oní-/Al-/¿l-/Æl-………………………………………………………………………………………. 144

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta: Níná Æjà (Haggling) ……………………………………………………………………………… 146

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin: Nôñbà (Numbers) ……………………………………………………………………………….. 152

Chapter 7 –

Orí Keje | LET’S FIND SOMETHING TO EAT! ……………………………… 157

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 158

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní: Verbs ‘fê, fêràn…………………………………………………………………………………….. 163

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì: Àwæn oùnj÷ òòjô (Daily meals) ………………………………………………………………. 167

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta: In the market ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 173

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin: Ríra oúnj÷ nínúu búkà tàbí ilé ìtajà oúnj÷. (Ordering food in a restaurant)……. 180

Chapter 8 –

Orí K÷jæ | ARE YOU FEELING GOOD TODAY?……………………………… 185

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 186

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní: Possessive forms of emphatic pronouns………………………………………………….. 192

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì Parts of the body ……………………………………………………………………………………. 194

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta: Ìlera àti àìsàn (Health and illness) ………………………………………………………….. 198

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin: Eré Ìdárayá (Sports)…………………………………………………………………………….. 206

Chapter 9 –

Orí K÷sànán | MY WORK PLACE ………………………………………………… 211

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 212

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní: Verbs for professions ……………………………………………………………………………. 216

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô K÷ta: Negation: kò tí ì (has not) / kò ì tí ì (has not yet) ………………………………………… 218

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷rin: Professions ………………………………………………………………………………………… 220

Chapter 10 –

Orí K÷wàá | HOME SWEET HOME! ………………………………………….. 227

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 228

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní Ordinals ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 231

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì: Reflexives – Vowel Assimilation, Vowel Lengthening, and Vowel Deletion …….. 238

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta: Our House…………………………………………………………………………………………… 246

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin Our House……………………………………………………………………………………………. 254

Ilée wa (Our house) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 254

Chapter 11 –

Orí Kækànlá | NICE STYLE! ……………………………………………….. 259

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 260

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní: A«æ wíwö ní ilë÷ Yorùbá (Types of Clothing)…………………………………………….. 263

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì: More Interrogatives ……………………………………………………………………………….. 267

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta: Verbs fi_lé/fi_ kô, wö, dé, wé, ró, gë………………………………………………………… 269

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin: Seasonal Clothings ……………………………………………………………………………… 276

Chapter 12 –

Orí Kejìlá | CAMPUS LIFE …………………………………………………… 281

Àwæn örö (Vocabulary) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 282

Lesson 1 –

Ëkô Kìíní: Ilé-Ìwé (School System) ………………………………………………………………………… 286

Lesson 2 –

Ëkô Kejì: University Course Schedules ………………………………………………………………….. 289

Lesson 3 –

Ëkô K÷ta: Facilities ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 293

Lesson 4 –

Ëkô K÷rin: Campus Life ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 298

APPENDIX …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 301

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