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How to say “book” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
book
Yorùbá translation
Ìwé

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Ọgá ilé ìwé yí tí dàgbà.

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Examples

wọ́n ń tẹ ìwé

They were printing books

Ẹ sí ìwé atúmọ̀-èdè yín.

Please open up your dictionaries.

Kí ni àwọ̀ ìwé-ìdáhùn ìbéèrè-ìdánwò ọdún yìí?

What's the colour of the examination paper this year?

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

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