Atúmọ̀-Èdè (Yorùbá-Gẹ̀ẹ́sì): A: Ìyàtọ̀ láàrin àwọn àtúnyẹ̀wò

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abandon (v); Kò sílè: He abandoned his job. (Ó ko isé rè sílè)
 
abbreviation (n); ìkéúrú: Abbreviation is useful when taking lecture notes. (ìkékúrú wúlò tí a bá ń se àvhkvguzgzugziàkosílè ìdánilékòó.
 
abdomen (n); ìkùn: The abdomen of the boy protruded because he over ate. (ikùn omo náà rí róńdó nítorí pé ó jeun yó jù).
 
ability (n); agbára tàbí òye: He has the ability to remember dates. (Ó ní òye ojó àti àkókò).
 
able (adj); lè, lágbár: He is able to do all thing. (Ó lè se ohun gbogbo).
 
aboard (adv); nínú okò ojú omi tàbí òfúrufú; The captain welcomes you aboard this plane. (Adarí okò òfúrufú kì i yín káàbò sínú okò.
 
abolish (v); paré: Government has abolished the tax on agricultural products. (Ìjoba ti dá owó orí lori ohun ògbùn dúró.
 
about (adv); yíká, nípasè: What ara you talking about Kunle? (kí ní è ń so nípa Kúnlé?)
 
above (adv); lókè: We watched the birds above (À ń wo àwon eye lókè).
 
abroad (adv); èyìn odi, òkè òkun: My brother is studying abroad. (Ègbón mi okùnrin ń kàwé lókè òkun).
 
abrupt (adj); lójijì, láìròtélè: He shouted abruptly. (Ó kígbe líjijì).
 
abscess (n); ìkójopò oyún: The injection Joshua got from the nurse has formed abscess. (Abéré tí nóòsì fún Joshua ti di Oyún).
 
absent (adj); kò sí, kò wá; He was absent from work last Tuesday. (Kò wá sí ibi isé ní ojó ìségun tó kójá).
 
absolute (adj); pátápátá; Amina has absolute freedom to choose a husband. (Amina ní òmìnìra pátápátá láti yan oko).
 
absorb (v) fàmu: The dry Gari absorbed water easily. (Gaàrí gbígbe náà fa omi mu).
 
absurd (adj) sàìtó: He behaved in an absurd way. (Ó hùwà ní ònà tí kò tó).
 
abundant (adj); lópò; repete: There was an abundant rain last year. (Òjò rò repete ní èsí
 
abura (n) èyà igi kan: Olu made his furniture with abura (Olú kan àga rè pèlú igi abura).
 
abuse (v); èébú: ìlòkílò: The teacher abused his power. (Olùkó náà sI agbára lò).
 
acacia (n); èyà igi kan: The old man rests under acacia tree. (Bàbá arúgbó náà ń gbatégùn lábé ogo kasíà).
 
academy (n); Ilé èkó gíga: He attends Baptist Academy. (Ó ń lo sí ilé ìwé gíga ìjo onítèbomi).
 
accent (v); àmì ohùn: (Yorùbá is an accent language. (Èdè Yorùbá jé èdè Olóhùn).
 
accept: (v); téwógbà: I accepted the doctors advice: (Mo gba imòràn dókítà).
 
acceptable (adj); ìtéwógbà: This work you have done is not acceptable, please do it again. (Isé tí o se kò jé ìtéwógbà. Jòwó, lo tun se.
 
access (n); ònà, àjè: I have access to the library. (Mo lè wo ilé ìkàwé).
 
accident (n) èsì, ìjàmbá: There was an accident yesterday. (Ìjàmbá kan selè lánàá).
 
accommodate (v) fún láàyè: You could accommodate another student in your room (Ó le fún akékòó mìíràn láàyè nínú yàrá re).
 
accompany (v); Bálo, Bárìn, Bákégbé: He accompanied Bola to Lagos. (Ó bá Bólá lo sí Èkó).
 
accomplish (v) se parí: I accomplished two hours work before dinner. (Mo parí isé wákàtí méjì kí oúnje òsán tó tó).
 
accord (n); okàn kan: We are in accord about this matter. (A wà ní okàn kan nípa òrò yìí).
 
account (n) ìsirò, ìròyìn: Edwin gave an exciting account of the football match. (Edwin se ìròyìn ìdíje bóòlù orí pápá).
 
accurate (adj) déédé: My watch is more accurate than yours. (Aago mi se déédé ju tìre).
accuse (v) fi sùn: The teacher accused Tálá of stealing. (Olùkó náà fi èsùn kan Tálá pé ó jalè).
 
accustom (v) mólára, sodàsà: She is accustomed to eating beef. (Ó molára kí ó máa je eran).
 
ache (v) fífó, ríro: Her head ached all night (orí fóo ní gbogbo òru).
 
achieve (v) setán, serere: He achieved success in his studies. (Ó se rere lénu èkó rè).
 
acid (n) ohun tó kan tàbí nínú: Some acid dropped onto Maria’s skirt and made a hole in it.
 
acknowledge (v) Jéwó, gbà: They acknowledged Olu as the cleverest student. (Wón gbà pé Olú ni akékòó tó mòwé jùlo).
 
acquaintance (n); ojúlùmò: He is an acquaintance of mine (Ojúlùmò mi ni).
 
acquire (v); Jèrè: Ayo acquired his wealth through frand. (Ayò kó orò rè jo lónà èní).
 
acquint (v) dáláre, dásílè The suspect was acquitted by the court (Ilé ejó dá arúfin náà sílè).
 
acre (n); gburè ilè: The acre of land belongs to the Chief. (Olóyè ló ni gburè ilè náà.
 
across (adj); rékojá: My friend lives in the house across the street. (Ilé tó wà ní ìfòná títì ní òré mi ń gbé).
 
act (v) ìse, òfin: Killing the lion was an act of bravery. (Isé akin ni pípa kìnìún).
 
active (adj) yára: My little brother is very active, he never sits still. (Àbúrò mi okùnrin yára púpò kì í wò sùù).
 
actor (n); Òsèré okùnrin: Hubert Ogunde was a a famous actor. (Gbajúmò òsèré ni Ògúndé ń se láyé àtijó).
 
actress (n); òsèré obìnrin: Liz Benson is one of the Contemporary actress. (Òkan lára àwon òsèrébìnrin ìwòyí ni Liz Benson ń se).
 
actual (adj); nítòótó, pàápàá, gan-an: He is the actual person that stole the goat. (Òun gan an ló jí ewúré náà).
 
A.D. Léyìn ìkú Olúwa wa: This Church was built in 1950 A.D. (A kó ìlé ìjosìn yìí ní egbèrún méjì odún ó dín díè léyìn ikú Olúwa wa).
 
adapt (v); bádógba: mólára, wà fún: It is sometimes difficult to adapt to town life. (Ó máa ń sòro nígbà míràn kí ìgbé ayé ìgboro tó mómi lára).
 
add (v); fikún: There were seven eggs in the basket I added three, so now there are ten. (Eyindìye méje ló wà nínú apèrè, mo fi méta kún un, ní bá yìí ó ti di méwàá.
adder (n); paramólè: Adder is a poisonious snake. (Ejò olóró nì paramólè).
 
address (n); bá sòrò, kòwé sí: Always address elders with respect. (Máa bá àwon àgbà sòrò pèlú òwò).
 
adequate (adj); tó: There is an adequate amount of food for everyone. (Oúnje tó tó wà fún gbogbo ènìyàn).
 
adjective (n) Àpèjúwe: She sang a beautiful song. (Ó ko orin dádùn).
 
adjust (v) tún se, tò lésese: Olù adjusted his trousers. (Olú tún sòkòtò rè se).
 
administer (v); sàkóso: The government administers the Country. (Ìjoba ń sàkóso orílè, èdè).
 
administrator (n); alákòóso: The Principla is the administrator of the school. (Ògá ilé ìwé ni alákòóso ìlé ìwé náà).
 
admiral (n); Olórí okò ogun: My brother is an admiral. (Olórí okò ogun ojú omi ni ègón mi).
 
admire (v); jomi lojú, yìn; wuyì lójú: I admire his Kindness. (Ìwà rere rè jomi lójú).
 
admit (v) gbà sílé, jéwó: He admitted his failt. (Ó jéwó àìse déédé rè).
 
adolescent (adj) Òdó rè. Adolescent life is full of mistakes. (Ìgbà òdó kún fún àsìse).
 
adopt (v) sodomo: The childless couple adopted a child at last. (Tokotaya tí wón yàgàn náà ti fi omo kan somo nígbèyìn).
adore (v); júbà; féràn lópòlopò: The boy adores chocolate. (Omokùnrin náà féràn ìpápánu púpò).
 
adult (n); àgbà: Olu is now an adult. He can take decisions on his own. (Olú ti dàgbà báyìí. Ó lè dá romú, kí ó sì se ìpinnu lórí ohun tí ó kàn án.
 
advance (v); ìlosíwájú, àgbàsílè owó. We are more advanced in techonology. (A ti lo síwájú nínú ìmò èro).
 
advantage (n); ànfààní: There are lots of advantages in doing good. (Ànfààní púpò ló wà nínú síse rere).
 
adventure (n); ìdáwólé: He went into a lot of adventures in order to learn more. (Ó dáwólé orísìírísìí ń kan kí ó lè ní ìmò si).
 
adverb (n); òrò àpónlé: She sang a song beautifully today. (Ó korin dáradára ló nìí.
 
advertise (v) kéde, polówó; The supermarket was advertising salt at a good price. (ilé ìtàjà náà ń polówó iyò ní owí póókú).
 
advise (v); dárúmòràn, dámòràn; ìmòràn: She advised me to beware of dog. (Ó gbàmí nímòràn wípé kí n sóra fún ajá).
 
aerial (n); lójúsánmò, lójúòrun: The aerial of my radio is fanlty. (Òpá redio mi kò dára).
 
aeroplane (n); bààbú, oko ofurufu: There was a plane crash at Abuja. (Ìjàmbá okò òfúrufú selè ní Àbújá).
 
affair (n); ìse: The party was a very noisy affair. (Ayeye náà jé aláriwo).
 
affect (v); mú lókàn, kàn: This new rule will not affect me as lam leaving the school. (Òfin tuntun yìí kò kàn ní torí pé mò ń fi ilé ìwé náà sílè.
 
affectionate (adj); nífèé: Her mother writes her long, affectionate letters. (Ìyá rè ko létà ìfé gígùn si).
 
afford (v); ní agbára láti se nkan. My father says he can’t afford a car. (Bàbá mí ní àwon kò ní agbára láti ra okò ayókélé).
 
afraid (adj); bèrù, fòyà, komimú: Olu says he’s not afraid of lion. (Olú so wí pé òun kò bèrù kìnìún).
after (prep); léyìn, tèlé: Tomorrow is the day after today. (Òla ni ó tèlé òní). Òsán (n) afternoon: Come again this afternoon. (Padà wá ní òsán yìí).
 
afterwards (adv); Nígbèyìn: We want to the film and afterwards we walked home together. (A lo síbi sinimá, nígbèyìn a jo rìn lo sílé).
 
again (adv); èwè, léèkejì: I liked the book so much that I read it again. (Mo gbádùn ìwé náà tó béè gégé tó jé pé mo tún un kà).
 
against (prep); lòdìsí: Our teacher is against bad habits. (Olùkó wa lòdìsí ìwà ìbàjé).
 
agbádá (n) agbádá: The agbada he put on made him look twice his age. (Agbádá tí ó wò mú u dàbí àgbàlagbà).
 
age (n); Ojó orí: Mary’s age is eight. (Ojó orí Maria ti tó odún méjo).
 
age (v); dàgbà, gbó: He has aged because of hard labour. (Ó ti gbó nítorí ìsé agbára).
 
agent (n) Asojú: My father is a postal agent. (Asojú ilé ìsé ìfìwéránsé ni bàbá mi).
 
agnostic (n); aláìgbàgbó: Olú is an agnostic. (Aláìgbàgbó ni Olú).
 
ago (adv); kojá, séyìn: We came to live here six years ago. (A dé síbí ní odún méfà séyìn).
 
agony (n); inira, ìrora: The wounded man was in agony. (Inu ìrora ni okùnrin tí ó sèse n nì wà).
 
agree (v); sàdéùn, fohùnsòkan: I agree with you. (Mo fohùn sòkan pèlú re).
 
agriculture (n); isé àgbè: Agriculture is important because we all have to eat. (Isé àgbè se pàtàkì nítorí wí pé gbogbo wa ni a máa jeun).
 
ahead (adv); ní wájú: We shall have to cross that river ahead of us. (A máa rékojá odò tí ó wà ní wájú wa).
 
ahmadiyya(n); Èyà èsìn mùsùlùmí: Alhajì Yusuph is of Ahmadiyya Sect. (Èyà Ahmadiyya ni Alhaji Yésúfù).
 
aid (n) ìrànlówó: A dictionary is an aid to learning English. (Ìwé asòtumò jé ìrànlówó fún kíkó èdè gèésì).
aid (v); gbowó, Olùgbòwó: He aided the criminal. (Ó se Olùgbòwó òdaràn náà).
 
aim (v); Èrò, fojúsùn: He aimed to be the best football player in the school. (Ó gbèrò láti jé òsèré orí pápá tí ó dára jùlo ní ilé ìwé).
 
aim (n); fojúsùn: He aimed at the lion. (Ó fojúsun kìnìún náà).
 
air (n); Aféfé: The air is refresling. (Aféfé náà tura).