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Yoruba Food

This is a list of food in Yoruba. This can be very useful when going to the supermarket to buy groceries or simply when asking for breakfast.

Milk: wara
Butter: bota
Cheese: wara-kasi
Bread: buredi
Meal: Onjẹ
Breakfast: ounje aaro
Lunch: ounje osan
Dinner: ounje ale
Salad: ewe adalu
Sugar: Iyọ̀ òyìnbó
Salt: Iyọ̀
Orange juice: Omi ọsàn
Soda: Kooki
Coffee: kofi
Tea: Tíì
Fish: eja
Meat: eran
Chicken: Ẹran adìẹ
Pizza: pisa
Eggs: Àwọn ẹyin
Sandwich: sanwiṣi
Ice cream: aisi kirimu
Water: Omi
Food: Onjẹ

These samples show how food items can be incorporated into a sentence in Yoruba. You will also be able to express your feelings of hunger or thirst.

I'm hungry: Ebi npa mí
Are you thirsty?: Ṣé òngbẹ ngbẹ ọ́ / yín?
Do you have a bottle of water?: Ṣé ẹ / o ní ìgò omi?
Breakfast is ready: Onjẹ àárọ̀ ti ṣe tán
What kind of food do you like?: Irú onjẹ wo ni ẹ fẹ́ràn?
I like cheese: Mo fẹran ṣisii.

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