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Yoruba Adverbs

This is a list of adverbs in Yoruba. This includes adverbs of time, place, manner and frequency. Which sums up most of what you need for daily use.

Now: Ìsisìyí
Later: Nígbòṣe / Láìpẹ́
Tonight: ale yi
Last night: Òru àná
This morning: Òwúrọ̀ yìí
Yesterday: ana
Today: oni
Tomorrow: ola
Next week: Ọ̀sẹ̀ tí ó nbọ̀
Already: Tẹ́lẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀
Recently: Láìpẹ́ yìí
Lately: Ní lọ́ọ́lọ́ọ́ / Lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́
Soon: Láìpẹ́
Immediately: Lójúkan náà / Lójú ẹsẹ̀
Still: Síbẹ̀síbẹ̀
Yet: Síbẹ̀síbẹ̀

After the above adverbs of time, now we move on to adverbs of place.

Here: ibi
There: ibẹyẹn
Everywhere: ibigbogbo
Anywhere: ibikibi

Now adverbs of manners, used to describe how something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb.

Carefully: pẹlẹpẹlẹ
Alone: idawa
Very: lọọpọ
Really: lotitọ
Quickly: yara ajumọ idaṣe
Slowly: diẹdiẹ
Almost: kudiẹ
Together: ajumo

These are adverbs of frequency, which are used to answer the question "how often?".

Always: igbagbogbo
Sometimes: lẹnkankan
Rarely: ṣọwọn
Never: rara

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