Yorùbá · Nouns · Level 2

How to say “Teacher” in Yorùbá

NounsLevel 2 · Elementary
English
Teacher
Yorùbá translation
Olùkọ́

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Olùkọ́ náà ṣàlàyé àpẹẹrẹ.

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Examples

Iṣẹ́ olùkọ́ ò lè gbè mí.

Teaching cannot support me financially.

Wọn ò tí ì ka ìwé tí olùkọ́ fún wọn.

They have not read the book that the teacher gave them.

Màmá mi kì í ṣe olùkọ.

My mom is not a teacher.

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

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