The Yoruba Language

Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced

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Yorùbá Alákôbërë
Introductory Yoruba
Æbádélé Kwame Kamb¡n © Abibitumi Kasa 2008

Introductory Yorùbá Course Description

Course Description

Introductory Yorùbá is an eight class course where you will learn the essentials to function in a Yorùbá-speaking environment within a Yorùbá cultural context. You will learn greetings, introductions and basic conversational skills. You will learn pronunciation, sentence structure, regular verb tenses and noun classes. Cultural lessons are part of language learning and you will learn how to count and tell time, how the family and community are structured, how to address different people, proverbs and the names of important food, places, items etc... Learning activities are appropriate for all ages and will include listening, speaking, singing, reading, role-playing, writing and games. You will be expected to reinforce learning between classes by completing homework assignments and by learning and using vocabulary words. A practical assessment of acquired skills concludes the course.

Course Materials
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Yorùbá Alákôbërë Ètò Ëkô
Introductory Yorùbá Course Syllabus

Course Topics Outline

Ìdánilêköô Kìíní: Pípè ìró èdè Yorùbá (Pronounciation of the sounds of Yorùbá), doubly articulated stops and syllables; sounds of the Yorùbá Language + Questions and classroom vocabulary; Subject pronouns and preliminary sentence construction
Ìdánilêköô Kejì: Ìkíni Yorùbá – Yorùbá greetings, possessive pronoun syntax
Ìdánilêköô K÷ta: Iye  – Numbers; Yorùbá arithmetic
Ìdánilêköô K÷rin: Ilë Yorùbá- Yorùbáland àti ìtônisônà - directions, Oúnj÷ – foods, object pronouns
Ìdánilêköô Karùnún: Ara ènìyàn – the human body àti àìsàn - sickness, adjectives
Ìdánilêköô K÷fà: Ìgbà àti àkókò - Time, days of the week, months, years, verb tenses
Ìdánilêköô Keje: ¿bí Yorùbá – Family members, proverbs, clothing, colors
Ìdánilêköô K÷jæ: I«ê Ìparí – Work on final projects

Lesson Structure

1.Introduction – lesson review
2.Overview – outline learning objectives
3.Lesson - using listening, speaking, reading and other activities
4.Introduce new vocabulary
5.Exercises and practice
6.Recap the day’s lesson and assign week’s homework.

Lesson Components (presented in any order)

1. Ìbánisörö (dialogue) i.e using the language
2. I«ê «í«e orí«irí«i (exercises), i.e reciting numbers, place names/locations, etc…
3. I«ê gbígbô àti sísæ (listening and comprehension exercises)
4. I«ê kíkà àti kíkæ (reading and writing exercises)
5. Örö t’ó j÷mô à«à (cultural notes) i.e. The Yorùbá speaking worldview and customs
6. Òfin èdè (grammar notes)
7. I«ê ilé (homework)
8. Örö tuntun (vocabulary)

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AbibitumiKasa Prospective and Current Student Questionnaire

Reasons to Learn Yoruba at Abibitumi Kasa

Èkìíní - It increases your brain power-Having to think, comprehend, and respond in logical manner in another language causes you to stretch the limits of your mind.

Èkejì - It adds to your own personal development - Being able to learn another language gives you a deeper sense of achievement. It gives you a cursory glance of what your mind is capable of doing.

Ëk÷ta- It gives us another means to communicate without relying on yt.

Ëk÷rin- It bridges gaps amongst Africans. One is regarded with respect for taking the time to learn a mother tongue and for trying to use it. This feeling of acceptance by one’s brothers and sisters goes way beyond anything you have ever experienced. It also tore down the barrier of relying on YT language to communicate.

And as a side note, Abibitumi Kasa students are constantly praised for the tonation used while speaking as well as their depth of understanding of the culture and worldview.

Be a personal witness on the importance of learning our languages and the thorough instruction provided by Abibitumikasa (Black Power Language).

If you are serious about being an Afrikan and your aim is to help Afrikans throughout the Diaspora, it would behoove us all to learn our own languages.

Hundreds of Afrikans from every hemisphere on the planet earth have embarked on this process of language reclamation and fortification.

I challenge others to do the same.

In Yoruba classes at Abibitumi Kasa, we give attention to a thorough explanation of every word, idiom and proverb. Literal translations and figurative interpretations are given so that we may know what we are saying and the specific context in which to deploy our knowledge.

Join US today so that you too can understand the words of OUR Ancestors!

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