Yoruba - Expressions Flashcards
I’m not taking a bath, I’m washing clothes.
Mi ò wẹ̀, mo ń fọ aṣọ
I am crying because Erin broke my laptop.
Mo ń sunkùn nítorí Erin fọ́ laptop mí
Listen, don’t cause trouble!
Gbọ́ má sẹ wàhálà!
I don’t want to talk
Mi ò fẹ́ sòrò.
Don’t give Tayo!
Ẹ má fùn Tayo!
Wait! You don’t (usually) listen to me
Dúró! O ko máa ń gbọ́ mi.
She will sit because she cannot stand
Ó máa jókòó nítorí kò lè dúró
Rory cannot wait for Jack because he is going to the hospital
Rory ò lè dúró dè Jack nítorí ó ń lọ ilé ìwòsàn
He is not going to work
Kò lọ ibi iṣẹ́
Do you have a car? Because I don’t have
Ṣé Ẹ ní mọ́tò? nítorí mi ò ní.
You don’t want to prostrate for Baba
O kò fẹ́ dọ̀bálẹ̀ fún Baba
Pick my key!
Mú kọ́kọ́rọ́ mi!
Because Brian likes fish, he will buy fish
Nítorí Brian fẹ́ràn ẹja, ó máa rà ẹja
I have to go. Finish the juice
Mo ni lati lọ. Parí the juice.
Go because I don’t want trouble
Lọ nítorí mi ò fẹ́ wàhálà