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How to say “home” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
home
Yorùbá translation
Ilé

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Ọgá ilé ìwé yí tí dàgbà.

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Examples

ilé náà gbòǹgbò

The house was large

Ilé alámọ̀ nìyẹn

That's a clay house

Wọ́n fi í sórí tábìlì ilé-oúnjẹ.

They put it on the dining room table.

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

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