Yoruba Verbs 2

Yoruba Verbs 2

Welcome back! So we are here again for part two of the Yoruba Verbs list (see part one). As I said before one of the beautiful things about Yoruba verbs is that you don’t need to conjugate them.

Remember all those hours you spent learning how to conjugate the verbs être or estar during your French or Spanish lessons in secondary school? You don’t need to do any of that for Yoruba.

All you have to do is memorise a list of verbs! So, for today’s lesson you are going to be shown another Verb list of over 70 Verbs.

NB if you would like to start the lessons from the beginning, Yoruba accents, dots and all, check here

List of Yoruba Verbs

English	Yoruba
To act/perform	hùwà
To adore	Júbà
To poo	Yàgbẹ́
To advertise	Kiri
To aggregate	Ṣe àkópọ̀
To appreciate	Mọyi
To approach/ To approximate	Súnmọ́
To argue	Ja iyàn
To ascend	Gòkè
To go astray	Ṣáko
To try	Gbìyànjú
To avoid	Yàgò fún
To babble	Ìsọkúsọ
To back out / Withdraw	Mọ́wọ́kúrò
To beckon	Fọwọ́pe
To become	Da/di
To belittle	Gọn
To bend	Wọ́/Tẹ
To block	Dínà
To bluff/boast	Gbójú
To bother/pester	Dààmú
To brainstorm	Porípọ̀
To buckle	Wó lulẹ̀
To budge (yield)	Yẹra
To bully	Pániláyà
To browse (skim)	Bojúwo
To cajole	Tan
To calculate	Ṣírò
To not be able to (cannot)	Ṣaláìleè
To celebrate	Ṣe àjọ̀dún
To chip in (Contribute)	Ṣojúùṣe
To comprehend	Mọ̀ye/Lóye
To confess	Jẹ́wọ́
To confer (discuss)	Gbìmọ̀
To conquer	Ṣẹ́gun
To contract (shrink)	Sọ́kì
To cuddle	Faramọ́
To decide	Pinnu
To defeat	Di
To deny	Sẹ́ / Sẹ́ràn
To descend	Rọ̀
To detect (discern)	Rídìí
To doubt	Ṣíyèméjì
To elevate (lift up)	Gbésókè ..
To fade (lose colour)	Ṣá
To feel	Kan lára ..
To flatter	Pọ́n
To foam (lather)	Ru
To frown	Bojújẹ́
To freeze	Di/Gan
To fumigate	Fi/Fin
To gamble	Ta tẹ́tẹ́
To gallivant	Rìrìnkúrìn
To gauge	Wọn
To gawk (stare)	Tẹjúmọ́
To germinate (grow)	Hù
To gossip	Ṣòfófó
To granulate (make into grains)	Wó
To grumble/hum	Kùn
To guard	Ṣọ́
To harvest	Kórè
To howl	Gbó
To humilate	Ṣáátá
To hunt	Ṣọdẹ
To hurry	Ṣíra
To immigrate	Ṣíwá
To implicate	Kóbá
To implore	Bẹ
To innovate (devise)	Ṣetuntun
To inscribe (engrave)	Fín-nà
To interpret	Túmọ̀
To intervene	Làjà
To jog	Sáré ṣẹṣẹ
To jubilate (rejoice)	Yọ̀ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀
To judge	Dájọ́
To lose (sometihing)	Pàdánù
To magnify	Fẹ ìran
Must	Gbọ́dọ̀

Language Tip: It’s not easy trying to learn a long list of language vocab, so to memorise the words I recommend using the programme Anki.

Anki Website https://apps.ankiweb.net/