Casual and colloquial Yoruba expressions and discourse particles used in everyday speech, not typically taught in textbooks. Front: the Yoruba word or phrase. Back: English meaning.
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- Wàyó
- Trickery, a scam or a cunning trick
- Wàhálà
- Trouble, hassle
- Kò sí wàhálà
- No trouble at all, no worries
- Ṣáá
- Just, simply (casual filler particle)
- Gan-an
- Really, very much (emphatic particle)
- Àbí
- Right? Or? (casual tag question particle)
- Jàre
- For real, indeed (emphatic tag particle)
- Sha
- Anyway, at least (casual softening particle)
- Kín ló dé?
- What's up? What happened?
- Mo ti kú
- I'm exhausted, I'm done (hyperbolic slang, literally "I have died")
- Farabalẹ̀
- Calm down, take it easy
- Ajẹ́bọ̀
- Slang for a pampered kid from a wealthy, sheltered background
- Ajẹpako
- Slang for someone raised tough, street-smart from a hard background
- Ọmọlúwàbí
- A person of good, decent character (used informally as a compliment)
- Kíákíá
- Quickly, in a hurry
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