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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