heres some yoruba someone asked me to post....
im not proper fluent because im irish.. haha not nigerian... but im ok, i can hold conversations and all... and ive hundreads of nigerian friends.
THIS IS HOW U PROUNCE IT, ALTHOUGH U MIGHT NOT PROUNCE THE PROUNCIATIONS THE SAME AS ME , CAUSE IM IRISH N U MIGHT PROUNCE IT WRONG... HAHA
so here goes....
Kilon shele - whats up.... (KEY-LON SHEH-LAY)
Kosi repete - same old (KOE-SEE REH-PEAT-TAY)
kosi ko ko do shele - nothings up ( KOE-SEE KOH KOH DO SHELE)
bawo ni - how are you? ( BOW WOE - KNEE)
mo wa pa - im good (MO WAH PAH)
ku aro - good morning ( KUU ARROW)
ka'san - good afternoon ( KA SAN)
ku-role -(Kuu i row ele) - good evening
O'daro - good night
odabo - goodbye
E jo - please ( EHH JOE)
o t'ojoj meta - long time.. ( OH TOE EH JOE METTAH)
O se -thanks ( OH SHAY)
be ni - yeah ( BEHH KNEE)
oti - no
mo feran - i like
mo wa lati ___________- i come from....
i speak pidgeon english... if ya want.. its like dat broken english nigerians speak
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