Yorùbá · Verbs · Level 3

How to say “Overcome” in Yorùbá

VerbsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
Overcome
Yorùbá translation
Ṣẹ́gun

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Rárá, àwọn ọmọ ogun kò ṣẹ́gun àwọn

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Examples

Àmọ́, mo mọ̀ pé bó pẹ́ bóyá, à máa ṣẹ́gun.

But we will eventually come off victorious.

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