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How to say “was” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
was
Yorùbá translation
Wà

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lọ gbé ìlù gángan wá!

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Examples

Lè sí i wà

Who is that?

Lè sí yẹn wà

Who is that?

Gọ́tà tó wà lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ ọ̀nà.

The gutter that's beside the road.

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

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