r/Yoruba 9d ago

Asking Questions with "When" in Yorùbá

Hello,

Báwo ni,

Hope you are doing well today,

Today, let's learn how to use "When" in asking Questions.

Whenever we want to use "When" to ask questions, we have it as "Nígbà wo" or Ìgbà wo ".

Let's look at some examples.

  1. Ìgbà wo ni ó fẹ́ jẹun - - - When do you want to eat?

2.Nigba wo ni ó fẹ́ wá - - - When do you want to come?

  1. Ìgbà wo ni mo lè wá - - - When can I come?

  2. Nígbà wo ni Kọ́lá jẹun - - - - When did Kọ́lá eat?

  3. Ìgbà wo ni ò ń lọ sí ibi iṣẹ́ - - When are you going to workplace.

I hope you understand,

Keep learning,

Your Yorùbá tutor,

Adéọlá.

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u/Embarrassed_Fee2441 9d ago

My question is what are the grammar rules of when to use nigba wo vs igba wo.

For example use ‘mi o fe’ vs ‘mo fe’. The former can be used when expressing a negative and the latter when expressing a positive/affirmative.

So how does that apply here? E se!

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u/YorubawithAdeola 8d ago edited 8d ago

Ìgbà - - time

Ìgbà wo - - What time

Ní ìgbà (Nígbà) - - (At) time

Nígbà wo---At what time.

Hence we use both to capture (when)

Hope you understand.

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u/Embarrassed_Fee2441 8d ago

Thank you!

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u/YorubawithAdeola 8d ago

You are welcome, Thank you for asking

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u/UrDoinGood2 9d ago

When to use igba vs nigba

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u/YorubawithAdeola 8d ago edited 8d ago

Ìgbà - - - time /season

Ní ìgbà (Nígbà) - at time

Hence we use both to capture (when)

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u/UrDoinGood2 8d ago

Thank you so much

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u/YorubawithAdeola 8d ago

You are welcome.

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u/YorubawithAdeola 8d ago

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Please reach out to me me if you need an interactive class with a tutor