Explore grammar guide articles about yoruba
Learn the 25-letter Yoruba alphabet with tone marks, seven oral and five nasal vowels, subdot letters, and the crucial difference between e and e-dot.
Explore Yoruba in the diaspora: Lucumi in Cuba, Candomble and Nago in Brazil, Trinidad Yoruba. How religion preserved the language across the Atlantic.
Master Yoruba greetings for every context: morning, afternoon, evening, night, for workers, travelers, mourners, with cultural etiquette and respect forms.
Understand how Yoruba borrows words from English, Hausa, Arabic, and Portuguese. Learn the phonological adaptation rules and common loan vocabulary.
Yoruba nouns do not inflect for number or gender. Learn how Yoruba expresses plurality with awon, how gender is marked with ako and abo, and compound nouns.
Understand the Yoruba vigesimal (base-20) numbering system with subtraction, counting 1 to 100, ordinals, and the unique math behind Yoruba numerals.
Complete reference to Yoruba pronouns including subject, object, and possessive forms, emphatic pronouns, and demonstratives with tone-marked examples.
Explore essential Yoruba proverbs (owe) with literal translations, cultural meanings, and contexts of use. Discover the wisdom tradition at the heart of Yoruba speech.
Master the three tones of Yoruba: high (acute), mid (unmarked), and low (grave). Learn tone sandhi, minimal pairs, and why tone is essential for meaning.
Complete reference to Yoruba verb markers: n for continuous, ti for perfect, maa and yoo for future, serial verb constructions, and negation patterns.
Learn 100+ essential Yoruba phrases for daily conversation, including greetings, courtesy, shopping, travel, food, and emergencies with proper tone marks and cultural notes.
Comprehensive reference to Yoruba food vocabulary, traditional dishes (iyan, ebas, egusi, jollof), ingredients, cooking verbs, and restaurant phrases with proper tone marks.
