Ẹ̀KỌ́ ÈDÈ YORÙBÁ / LEARN YORÙBÁ LANGUAGE

1. Iw ár ó: Two people that escort a new wife to her husband's house 2. Al ágbe: A person who sings and dances for money 3. On ís òw...

1.  Ẹnu  ò m ẹnu,  èt è  ò m ét è n í k ó  ọ̀r àn b á  ẹ̀r ẹ̀k ẹ́ Meaning: Excessive talk brings insult. 2.  Ẹni t' ó y á  ẹgb ẹ̀f à...

Names that start with Ọ̀PÁ suggest there was an abundance at the time of birth of a child. Examples of such names are: 1. Ọ̀p ák únl é: Ab...

The Yoruba belief is that if a newborn arrives  into a family, after the death of a member of the family, the dead is said to have revisited...

Ẹn í b á s ùn l à n j í, a k ì  í j í  apir ọ́ Meaning: We can only wake a person sleeping, we do not wake someone pretending to be asleep

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. ...

Understanding the structure of Yoruba names is very important while teaching Yoruba language. The structure of Yoruba names mostly serves as...