Yorùbá · Common Words · Level 1

How to say “but” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
but
Yorùbá translation
Ṣùgbọ́n

Examples

awó dára lẹ́yẹ, ṣùgbọ́n orí pó o

The guinea fowl is a beautiful bird, but its head is too small.

Kò fi bẹ́ẹ̀ jìnnà, ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀nà rí gbágungbàgun.

It's not that far, but the road is bumpy.

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

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