Yorùbá · Common Words · Level 1

How to say “behind” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
behind
Yorùbá translation
Lẹ́yìn

Hear it in a sentence

lẹyìn ti ba lo ìsimi mí ní abúlé

A native speaker reads the whole sentence. The clip was matched to this word automatically and has not been reviewed, and no English translation of the sentence is available.

Recording by a native speaker from NaijaVoices, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Examples

Famalay kì í bẹ̀rù láyé láti tì ọ́ lẹ́yìn ní ìgbà gbogbo...

Famalay doh ever ‘fraid to have your back at all time...

These are sentences where the word appears, matched automatically rather than hand-picked usage.

“behind” across Nigerian languages

More common words at Level 1