Thursday, November 19, 2015

Yorùbá: The Noun Phrase

XY is about the simplest construction in Yorùbá language, where X is a noun and Y is another noun juxtaposed to X. Noun Y qualifies noun X. The following Yorùbá names are examples:


(The)  X       (of)         Y                         Name
        Adé                   ọlá                         Adéọlá    (Thecrown of high estate)
        Ọlá                    ifá                        ọláifá        (The high estate of the oracle)
        Iyì                     ọlá                         Iyìọlá       (The prestige of high status)
       Àánú                 olú                        Àánúolú    (The mercy of God)
       Ilé                     lọ́run                  Ilélọ́run   (The house of God)

The above are about the simplest grammatical construction in  Yorùbá language.        

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