Colloquial Yoruba

312 Pages·2007·2.16 MB·English

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First published 2008
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the UK
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Schleicher, Antonia Yétúndé Fo©làrín, 1953–
Colloquial Yoruba: the complete course for beginners/
Antonia Fo©làrín Yétúndé Schleicher
p. cm – (The colloquial series)
English and Yoruba.
1. Yoruba language – Textbooks for foreign speakers –
English. I. Title.
PL8821.S34 2007
496(cid:101).33382421 – dc22 2007004357
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1111 Contents
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About this book x
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14 The alphabet and sounds of Yoruba xiv
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18 1 N’ílé ò.ré. 1
19 At a friend’s house
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2 Ìkíni àti ìpàdé 16
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3 Sísò.rò. nípa ènìyàn 29
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Talking about people
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Looking for a place to rent
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Market products and clothing
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Cooking
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36 About your health
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39 Talking about people
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4222 Describing people and towns
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10 Wìwá ò.nà 135
Finding one’s way
11 Títún nn`kan s.e 150
Fixing a problem
12 Pípàdé ènìyàn ní ibùdó ò.kò.-òfurufú
ní Èkó 163
Meeting someone at Lagos airport
13 Lílo. sí orís.irís.i ibi 175
Visiting different places
14 Báwo ni ibè. s.e rí? 187
What’s it like there?
15 S.ís.e ìwádìí nípa ènìyàn 198
Getting information about someone
Grammar summary 209
Key to exercises 222
Translations of the comprehension passages 253
Yoruba–English glossary 262
English–Yoruba glossary 276
Index 291
1111 Acknowledgments
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1111 I would like to thank all the people who contributed to the successful
12 completion of this book. My thanks go to my Yoruba teaching
13 assistants, Florence Olamijulo and Akinsola Ogundeji, who helped
14 to check the authenticity of the dialogues and other texts. Florence
15 Olamijulo also read through the whole manuscript to identify any
16 typographical errors or tone problems. She helped to make sure that
17 the answer key corresponds to the activities.
18 Sincere gratitude goes to Andrew “Adeleke”Gurstelle (one of
19 my advanced Yoruba students) who assisted me in putting the
20 glossary together and also checked, from a learner’s point of view,
21 to see if the texts and activities are appropriate for the intended
22 audience. Adedoyin Adenuga helped with the photography, as well
23 as searching for additional pictures and obtaining the necessary
24 copyright permissions. Thanks, Doyin, for all your help with this
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26 I am also especially grateful to all Routledge staff who have
27 worked patiently with me to see this project to a successful end.
28 My thanks go to Sophie Oliver, who encouraged me to work on this
29 project. It took longer than we anticipated but I hope you are
30 happy and satisfied with the end result. I am also very grateful to
31 Sonja van Leeuwen, Ursula Mallows, Anna Hines and Sue Leaper,
32 who worked very closely with me on this manuscript. Special thanks
33 go to the Colloquial Series Editor, Gary King, for his thoughtful and
34 detailed comments on the first draft of the manuscript.
35 I am greatly indebted to my husband, Charles Schleicher, and my
36 children, Carla and Anthony, for their unfailing support and encour-
37 agement throughout the time I have spent working on the book.
38 Above all, I am grateful to God who gave me the good health and
39 wisdom to complete the project.
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