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How to say “may” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
may
Yorùbá translation
Lè

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Ṣé o lè lu ìlù Bàtá?

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Examples

Lè sí i wà

Who is that?

Lè sí yẹn wà

Who is that?

Iṣẹ́ olùkọ́ ò lè gbè mí.

Teaching cannot support me financially.

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

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