How to use demonstrative pronouns in Yoruba

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Yoruba demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' is 'yi' in Yoruba.

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eso oyinbo yi

this apple

obìnrin yi

this woman

omobìnrin yi

this girl

esin yi

this horse

ile yi

this house

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Basic words and phrases in Yoruba

Learn to get by in Yoruba with these useful words and phrases. The phrases below will help you to greet people in Yoruba, introduce yourself in Yoruba and even hold a conversation in Yoruba after you have met someone.

iwe yi

this book

ijoko yi

this chair

tabili yi

this table

esin yi

this horse

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Step 6 : Yoruba demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns iwe, ijoko and ilekun (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Yoruba demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Yoruba demonstrative pronouns with the nouns iwe, ijoko and ilekun and the plural nouns àwon iwe náà, àwon ijoko and àwon ilekun you can move on to Step 7 (Yoruba adjectives).

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