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This is a lesson about negation in Yoruba. This includes words or expressions used to form a negative form as opposted to the affirmative. For example "I don't understand".
| No: oti |
| Nothing: kosi |
| Not yet: koiya |
| No one: ko si enikan |
| No longer: Ko si mọ |
| Never: ko si rara |
| Cannot: ko le ṣe |
| Should not: kò gbọdọ̀ |
The below examples demonstrate how to use the negation form in a sentence. Don't be shy to use of these expressions if you don't know something.
| We don't understand: Kò yé wa |
| I do not speak Japanese: Mí ko sọ́ Japani. |
| I cannot remember the word: Mi ko ranti oro na. |
| You should not forget this word: Ó kò gbọ́dọ̀ gbagbe ọ̀rọ̀ na. |
| No problem!: Ko si wahala. |
| I don't know!: Mi ko mọ. |
| I'm not interested!: Mi ko ni ifẹ si. |
| Don't worry!: Ma ṣe iyọnu. |
| This is wrong: Eyi bajẹ. |
| This is not correct: Eyi ko dara. |
| No one here speaks Greek: Ko si ẹni ti o nsọ giriki nihin. |
| I'm not fluent in Italian yet: Mi ko le sọ italian jaara. |
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