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How to say “my” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
my
Yorùbá translation
Mi

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Wà á tẹ ẹ̀bà fún mi alẹ́.

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Examples

Kò yé mi

I don't understand

Má lọ́yà mi

Don’t interrogate me

Ọkàn mi balẹ̀

I feel reassured

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

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