Yorùbá · Common Words · Level 1

How to say “very” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
very
Yorùbá translation
Gan

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Ilé-ìwòsàn náà tóbi gan

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Examples

kankéré ti gan

The concrete has hardened

Ó yà wá lẹ́nu gan-an.

It surprised us a lot.

Wọ́n dá mi lọ́lá gidi gan-an

They really honoured me

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

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