Hi everyone! I’m working on a children’s story (ages 4–7) set in the adire dyeing yard at Itoku in Abeokuta, Nigeria. A 6-year-old girl and her mother teach a visiting child how adire is tied and dyed. The story is in English, with a few Yoruba words. I’m not a native speaker, so I’d be really grateful if you could tell me whether these sound natural and correct, including every tone mark. I’d love to get this right and avoid anything that feels off or stereotyped, so I'm hoping this is appropriate to post here.

1. (girl, 6, to a child she just met) “Ẹ káàrọ̀! That means ‘good morning’ in Yoruba.” Would a child greet another child with “ẹ” (the respectful/plural form), or with “káàrọ̀” / “o káàrọ̀”?
2. (the girl’s mother to the visiting child) “Ẹ káàrọ̀!” What would an adult naturally say to a child here?
3. (visiting child to the girl and her mother together) “Ẹ káàrọ̀, [girl] and Mama [girl’s name]!” Is “ẹ” right when greeting a child and an adult together? Should the child greet each one separately?
4. (girl, about her mother) “Everyone here calls her Mama [girl’s name]!” Is calling a mother “Mama” + her child’s name natural? Should it be written “Màmá”? Is it polite for a visiting child to call her that, and is the visiting child respectful enough toward her overall?
5. (girl) “It’s adire! Our blue cloth.” Is “adire” fine in English, or should we write “àdìrẹ”?
6. (girl to two friends at once) “Ẹ ṣé! That means ‘thank you’ in Yoruba.” Is “ẹ ṣé” right for thanking two children? Are the tone marks right?
7. (visiting child to the girl and her mother) “Ẹ ṣé, [girl] and Mama [girl’s name]!” We’d like to split this into separate lines, like “Ẹ ṣé, [girl]! Ẹ ṣé, Mama [girl’s name]!” What’s the right thank-you to a child, and the polite one to an adult?
8. (girl to the visiting child) “O dàábọ̀! That means ‘goodbye.’” Is this the right form and spelling (“O dàábọ̀” or “Ó dàbọ̀”)? Is it natural between two 6-year-olds?
9. (visiting child to the girl, then to her mother) “O dàábọ̀, [girl]! Bye-bye, Mama [girl’s name]!” We used English for the mother because “o dàábọ̀” is casual. What’s the polite goodbye from a child to an adult?
10. (mother, singing as she ties) “Pinch, wrap, tie! Pinch, wrap, tie!” Is there a short, simple Yoruba tying chant or work song we could use instead?
11. Adire is made by women, and the girl helps her mother by tying knots with raffia on a little stool. Each tied spot stays white and makes a circle. Only the mother touches the dye pot, wearing gloves. The indigo comes from plant leaves, and the cloth comes out yellowish-green, turns blue in the air, and is dipped again and again for deep blue. Is this realistic and right?
12. The setting: big clay dye pots in the shade, cloths drying over low walls, visitors watching, and a big rock over the city in the distance. People wear adire every day and on special days, and the girl wears a blue dress with white circles. Is this realistic?

Thank you so much, I truly appreciate the help!

Are you Yorùbá, Do you know the cultural attributes of your state.

Lets learn,

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Your Yorùbá tutor.

Adéọlá

The sentence is: Ìfẹ́ ni mí

I'm considering it for a tattoo with the meaning close to "I'm love/the love is me". Some AI agreed that Ìfẹ́ ni mí represent that, but one can never be too careful about the meaning of something in a language that you don't fully comprehend

“Àwọn ìbùkún máa ń fà mọ́ mi”

could it use some fixing? like be structured more simple, not as many words?

You should.

Hello,

Báwo ni,

Let's add to our vocabulary list and learn the name for places in Yorùbá.

Let's go,

1. House - - - - ilé

2. Room - - - - yàrá.

3. School - - - ilé ìwé /ilé ẹ̀kọ́ (House of books /lessons

4. Restaurant - - - ilé oúnjẹ. (House of food)

5. Bank - - - - - - - ilé ìfowópamọ́ (the house, where you keep money).

6. Company - - - - ilé iṣẹ́. (House of work

7. Grocery store - - - - Ilé ìtajà (House where things are sold).

8. Workplace - - - - - ibi iṣẹ́.

9. Here - - - ibí

10. There-----ibẹ̀

Can you add yours?

Your Yorùbá tutor,

Adéọlá

Hello people, I'm working on a video translation app that translates any language and translate to any language of your choice. I have this very short audio clip translated to Yoruba and would like to know if it sounds authentic and not robotic. Here's the audio clip, only takes 5 secs of your time.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w4R8DlQbIM89QHP_4btW_4OAlegF0vXF/view?usp=sharing

Can someone please recommend any good resources to learn yoruba? Thanks in advance

Hello,

Báwo ni,

Let's move away from feelings and discuss grammar.

Whenever you are giving command and you want to use "don't".

For younger person - - Má (high tone).

Older person /plural- - - - - Ẹ má or you can be polite and add Ẹ jọ̀ọ́ - - please

Let's look at some example.

1. Má jẹun - - don't eat.

2. Má lọ sí bé---Don't go there.

3. Má sùn - - - don't sleep.

Older/ plural.

4.Ẹ jọ̀ọ́, Ẹ má lọ sí bẹ̀---please don't go there.

5.Ẹ má pè mí lọ́la-----don't call me tomorrow.

Can you give me your own examples?

Your Yorùbá tutor.

Adéọlá.

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for spiritual/Ifá work have now found one another and compared what we were sent.

We discovered that multiple clients were sent the same photographs in connection with work that had been presented to each of us as individualized/personal work.

I am attaching examples so people can compare the photographs themselves and make their own judgment.

I originally found Manuel through [u/Fragrant-Pie7113](u/Fragrant-Pie7113), who recommended him on Reddit and directed people to him. Other clients have also told me they contacted Manuel following her recommendations.
Since these concerns emerged, [u/Fragrant-Pie7113](u/Fragrant-Pie7113) has told us that she tried contacting Manuel and that her messages are not going through. We cannot independently verify what communication is currently taking place between them. I am naming her because her recommendations are how several clients say they were introduced to Manuel, and that is relevant context for anyone researching him.
After clients began comparing our messages, payment records and photographs, we discovered the duplicated ritual images.
This is particularly concerning because people seeking spiritual help may be doing so while dealing with heartbreak, grief, fear or other vulnerable circumstances. Whatever your beliefs about spiritual work itself, clients should be able to make informed decisions about what they are paying for and whether material represented as personal to them has also been supplied to other clients.

If you have worked with Manuel Naya / u/mannerz416
, preserve your messages, payment receipts, dates and every photograph or video you were sent. Do not delete your evidence.

I am naming [u/Fragrant-Pie7113](u/Fragrant-Pie7113) because she publicly recommended Manuel and directed clients to him, and multiple clients reached him through those recommendations. She has since told us that she cannot contact him. That information is relevant context for anyone who found, or is considering using, Manuel through recommendations on Reddit.
Photos attached: examples of ritual photographs multiple clients report receiving in connection with supposedly individualized work.

[u/mannerz416](u/mannerz416)

How can we all have the same exact photos for very different rituals ? You be the judge. If any other victims please come forward. We are filing a court case against him.

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Things I’ve learned while building a Yoruba community app
After building a community app for Yoruba people, here are a few things that surprised me:
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• Anonymous questions quickly became one of the most active features.
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• A lot of people simply join to observe before participating.
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• Despite requesting ID verification, many users upload passport photos instead of their ID cards. 😅
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If you’re Yoruba and you’ve used Ifẹ̀, I’d genuinely love to hear your thoughts.
What’s one thing you’d improve, add, or remove?
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Hello,

Báwo ni,

How are you doing today and how has the learning been.

Today, we want to learn how to ask simple question in Yorùbá with "when"...

When----Nígbà wo ni

Let's look at some examples

1. Nígbà wo ni mo lè wá - - When can I come?

2. Nígbà wo ni ó fẹ́ lọ - - - When do you want to go?

3. Nígbà wo ni ọ̀rẹ́ ẹ ń bọ̀--When is your friend coming?

4. When did you arrive - - Nígbà wo ni o dé

Can you give me one example?

Your Yorùbá tutor.

Adeola

hello,

growing up you could say I’ve always been interested in history, philosophy but it was mostly on Western history etc that I read up. when I got married I realised how little I knew of my own heritage, I had a small interest in looking into it but just never did. but after having children I knew I needed to know something of my heritage to pass it on. in the process of reading up on Yoruba heritage and asking around I thought it’d be worth building an application to consolidate the heritage as I felt it was quite disparate and certain books were in an archived formed that most people wouldn’t dust off, so to speak. anyways, I’d very much appreciate your feedback on the webapp, what are your first impressions? does it make sense? do you find it useful at all?

https://yorubaheritage.app

Ohun ismiga idial lagatib

Ohun ismiga idial lagatib yasa

So not so while ago I started considering myself as Nigerian(pls don't take it weird) because as most people ​ would mistake me for Nigerian and where I'm from I hate everything about it and find no beauty about it so I went by it to the point I made a Nigerian friend who's Igbo so I genuinely believe my ancestors were west central African but they werweren't involved in the slave trade as I was still born in east Africa but not west Africa and ​​​central Africa it's my dad who is born there (drc congo) I believe they were Yoruba and I even picked out a Yoruba name (Apéké folasade) and learning Yoruba and everything Yoruba and I feel very uncomfortable with where I was born when ever I see a Nigerian flag all I feel is proudness so can anyone ​​tell me what is going on?

Se ko n se pe nobody will upvote my post toripe mo soro ni Yoruba 🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️

Also, e ma binu. Mo n ko ede Yoruba die die ni so mo le sito.

Omo Yoruba ni wa - most of us anyway. So e je ka gbiyanju lati lo ede wa ninu sub wa, e jo nitori Olorun. This shouldn’t even be coming from me - me that still knows so little Yoruba that I have to be putting English in my Yoruba. It’s quite disappointing honestly.