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Yoruba Grammar
The Yoruba grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Yoruba and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
| And: ati | Under: nisale |
| Before: saaju | After: lehin |
| Inside: ninu | Outside: ita |
| With: pelu | But: sugbon |
| For: fun | From: lati |
| To: si | In: inu |
Questions and Adverbs
To ask questions, use the following:
| What?: kini? | Who?: taani? |
| How?: bawo? | Why?: nitori kini? |
| Where?: nibo? |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
| Never: beeko-lae | Rarely: agbara-kaka |
| Sometimes: nigbamiran | Usually: welewele |
| Always: nigbagbogbo | Very: looto |
Most commonly used pronouns in Yoruba:
| I: emi | You: iwo |
| He: oun | She: oun |
| We: awa | They: awon |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
| My: mi | Your: re |
| His: tire | Her: tire |
| Our: wa | Their: won |
Grammar in a sentence
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
| I speak English: mo nso geesi |
| You speak French: o nso faranse |
| He speaks German: o nso jaman |
| She speaks Italian: o nso italian |
| I visited France: mo se abewo si faranse |
| I will drink milk: emi yio mu wara |
Some extra grammatical structures:
| I understand you: oro re ye mi |
| I don't understand you: oro re ko ye mi |
| I don't speak French: nko le e so faranse |
| This is my house: ile mi niyi |
| That restaurant is far: ile itaounje jinna |
| No problem: ko si wahala |
The above Yoruba grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Yoruba vocabulary to obtain some popular Yoruba phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |