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How to say “fish” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
fish
Yorùbá translation
Ẹja

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Irú ẹja wo lo fi ro Ẹ̀fọ́ náà?

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Examples

ẹja yìí gbè

This fish has spoiled

Irú ẹja wo leléyìí?

Which type of fish is this?

Iṣẹ́ náà le bí ojú ẹja.

The work is as hard as a fish's eye.

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

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