Speak & Understand Yoruba - For Portuguese Speakers (A1)

Explore the Yoruba alphabets, a 25-letter latin-based system with two variations of e, u, and s, and note Yoruba special letters not in Portuguese and vice versa.

Explore Yoruba vowels, a set of seven with sharp, clear sounds, including open and closed variants, contrasting with Portuguese vowels; practice pronunciation and preview consonants in the next lesson.

Explore Yorùbá consonants, including 18 sounds with 16 common and 2 special not found in Portuguese, such as ṣ and gb, and learn to pronounce every syllable clearly.

Count from 1 to 20 in Yoruba through numbers and practice. Learn patterns like la in 12–14 and backwards counting 16–19 with de and dilogu, completing the full set.

Learn to introduce yourself in Yoruba by asking names with 'Kini Orukoe', replying 'Orukomini', and asking origins with 'Nibolo Tiwa' or 'Nibole Tiwa', plus 'Moje' and 'Inumidu Latimoe'.

Learn essential Yoruba greetings and respect-based forms, including Eku Aro, Eka Aro, Eku Aso, Eka Aso, Eku Irole, O Dabo, and Ekule, with Portuguese comparisons.

Discover how the Yoruba name the months of the year and use traditional Yoruba names alongside the English names. Learn when to use formal Yoruba terms in academic papers.

Explore the essential Yoruba colors and the role of tone in pronunciation, learning the concept of awo—color in Yoruba—and how some colors include awo in their names.

Explore Yoruba personal pronouns, including I (é mi/mo), you (iwo/o), he/she/it (o/um), we (awa/a), elderly-you (enyi), and them, with examples like mo unlo, ou unlo, awanjo; emphasize tone and practice.

Learn core Yoruba verbs for identity and possession, using je for to be and te for possession, with ni and li rules; explore name roles and vowel-triggered forms.

Learn to describe where things are in Yoruba using prepositions such as ni, lori, labe, lati, and o nlo si, and compare Yoruba prepositions to Portuguese to form simple sentences.

Learn Yoruba question words and their common answers, such as tani, kini, nibo, and nko, to ask about location, time, reason, and everyday descriptions.

Explore how to form negative sentences in Yoruba using ko, with present-tense negation, pronoun changes, vowel blending with o, and examples like mo nlo and o nlo.

This lecture teaches Yoruba habits with markers maa n and kii n, showing how to express regular versus non-regular actions with simple, no-conjugation examples.