Yoruba Nouns
Welcome to the third Yoruba lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Yoruba to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes anamo | tomatoes tomati | onions alubosa | carrots karots |
fruits awon eso | apples apus | bananas ogede | oranges orombo |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Yoruba |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | nje o ni wara? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | mo ni wara ati kofi |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | o ni apu meta |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | o ni apu kan |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | a ngbe ninu ile kekere kan |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | mo feran ounje aaro wa |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread buredi | milk wara | butter bota | cheese wara-kasi |
coffee kofi | sandwich ounje-ipanu | meat eran | chicken adiye |
fish eja | breakfast ounje aaro | lunch ounje osan | dinner ounje ale |
Conversation in Yoruba
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Yoruba |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Yoruba)? | nje o nso (geesi/punjabi)? |
| Just a little | die na ni |
| I like Yoruba | mo feran punjabi |
| Can I practice with you? | se mo le so pelu re? |
| How old are you? | omo odun melo ni e? |
| I'm thirty three years old | mo je omo odun meta-le-logbon |
| It was nice talking to you | o dara lati ba e soro |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Yoruba. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Yoruba Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |