Yorùbá · Adjectives · Level 1

How to say “Work” in Yorùbá

AdjectivesLevel 1 · Beginner
English
Work
Yorùbá translation
Iṣẹ́

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Ta ní o n ṣe iṣẹ awọ náà?

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Examples

Iṣẹ́ náà le bí ojú ẹja.

The work is as hard as a fish's eye.

Iṣẹ́ olùkọ́ ò lè gbè mí.

Teaching cannot support me financially.

Wọn kì í pa owó látinú iṣẹ́ yìí.

They don't make money from doing such work.

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

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