1st Edition
Colloquial Yoruba The Complete Course for Beginners
The sounds of Yorùbá 1. N’ílé örê At a Friend’s House 2. Ìkíni àti ìpádé Greetings and Meetings 3. Sísörö nípa ènìyàn Talking about People 4. Wíwá ilé láti rêñtì Looking for a Place to Rent 5. Nõkan æjà àti a«æ Market Product and Clothing 6. Síse oúnj÷ Cooking 7. Nípa ìlera About your Health 8. Sísæ nípa ÷bí r÷ Talking About Your Family 9. »í«àpèjúwe ènìyàn àti ìlú Describing People and Towns 10. Wìwá önà Finding One’s Way 11. Títún nõkan »e Fixing a Problem 12. Pípàdé ènìyàn ní ibùdó ækö-òfurufú ní Èkó Meeting Someone at the Airport 13. Lílæ sí orí«irí«i ibi Planning Different Places to Visit 14. Báwo ni ibë «e rí? What’s it like There? 15. Sí«e ìwádìí Getting Information. Grammar Summary. Key to Exercises. Yorùbá-English Glossary. English-Yorùbá Glossary
Biography
Antonia Schleicher is Professor at the Department of African Languages and Literatures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the National African Language Resource Center there. She is the author of Je K'A Ka Yoruba, the main US textbook for the language.
'an excellent bridge for an obvious gap in the acquisition of Yoruba ... It is systematic, simple and clear' Oluseye Adesola, Yale University, USA
