Colloquial Yoruba: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)

✍ Scribed by Antonia Yetunde Folarin Schleicher

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 312
• Series: Colloquial Series
• Edition: Bilingual
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is great for beginners and has a very logical format. I also own Beginner's Yoruba (Hippocrene Beginner's Series) by Kayode J. Fakinlede and I think that this book is better and has better explanations for things. Just don't buy it without the CD's. This particular item is sold WITHOUT the audio CD's and is basically useless without it! Amazon currently doesn't have the CD's for sale at all so I recommend purchasing the book and CD's pack from B&N.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
About this book......Page 11
The alphabet and sounds of Yoruba......Page 15
1 N'ílé ore......Page 18
2 Ìkíni àti ìpàdé: Greetings and meetings......Page 33
3 Sísoro nípa ènìyàn: Talking about people......Page 46
4 Wíwá ilé láti rentì: Looking for a place to rent......Page 63
5 Nnkan ojà àti aso: Market products and clothing......Page 79
6 Síse oúnje: Cooking......Page 94
7 Nípa ìlera ara re: About your health......Page 109
8 Síso nípa ènìyàn: Talking about people......Page 123
9 Sísàpèjúwe ènìyàn àti ìlú: Describing people and towns......Page 138
10 Wìwá onà: Finding one’s way......Page 152
11 Títún nnkan se: Fixing a problem......Page 167
12 Pípàdé ènìyàn ní ibùdó oko-òfurufú ní Èkó: Meeting someone at Lagos airport......Page 180
13 Lílo sí orísirísi ibi: Visiting different places......Page 192
14 Báwo ni ibe se rí?: What’s it like there?......Page 204
15 Síse ìwádìí nípa ènìyàn: Getting information about someone......Page 215
Grammar summary......Page 226
Key to exercises......Page 239
Translations of the comprehension passages......Page 270
Yoruba–English glossary......Page 279
English–Yoruba glossary......Page 293
Index......Page 308

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Африканские языки;Йоруба;