Means of Transportation and Future Plans

Adeola Agoke

Means of Transportation and Future Plans

Can Do Statement

Talking about a trip and activities during a trip
Talking about different transportation systems
Talking about places and people you or others have (or have not) visited occasionally
Talking about a plan for the future

Vocabulary List

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Practice: Interpretive Communication

Presentational Communication

Context: Tolú is talking about her travel plans for summer

Transcript:

Ní ṣọmà yìí, mo máa rin ìrìnajò lọ sí Miami ní Florida. Bó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ọkọ̀ òfúrufú ló rọrùn láti wọ̀, mo maá wa ọkọ̀ mi fún wákàtí méjìdínlógún láti Wisconsin dé Miami, Florida. Tí mo bá dé Miami, mo máa ṣe oríṣirísi nǹkan. Mo máa gun kẹ̀kẹ́ mi láràárọ̀, mo máa pàdé àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ mi, a sì máa lọ sí oríṣiríṣi ilé oúnjẹ.

Practice: Presentational Communication

Click on the audio files and repeat the vocabulary for transportation
Write two sentences using the appropriate verb for the different means of transportation you have learned.

Interpersonal Communication

Context: Tóyìn and Tọ́ba are talking about transportation systems in the cities they live in.

Transcript:

Tóyìn : Ó yà mi lẹ́nu pé bọ́ọ̀sì ní ìlú Madison dàbí bọ́ọ̀sì ní ìlú Èkó ní Nàìjíríyà

Báyọ̀: Ìyẹn ni pé irú kan náà ni àwon bọ́ọ̀sì yìí.

Tóyìn: Bẹ́ẹ̀ni, ṣùgbọ́n a máa ń pe bọ́ọ̀sil ti ìlú Èkó ní BRT, Bus Rapid Transit System.

Báyọ̀: Ó yé mi. A kò fún àwọn bọ́ọ̀sì tí a ń lò ní ìlú Madison ní orúkọ kankan.

Tóyìn: Kódà, oríṣiríṣi bọ́ọ̀sì ni ó wà ní ìlú Èkó. A ní Dáńfó, Móòlù ẹ̀, BRT. A tún ní àwọn ọkọ̀ takisí oríṣiríṣi. Ṣé ẹ̀yin náà ní takisí ní ìlú yín?

Báyọ̀:: Bẹ́ẹ̀ni. Orúkọ ilé iṣẹ́ tó ni takisí ni a fi ń pe wọ́n, fún àpẹẹrẹ Eco Cab.

Tóyìn: Hmm. Gbogbo takisí jẹ́ nǹkan kan náà ní ìlú Èkó ní Nàìjíríyà, sùgbọ́n àwọn ènìyàn tún ń wọ Uber nísisìyí.

Báyọ̀: Uber náà wà ní ìlú Amẹ́ríkà.

Tóyìn: Ṣùgbọ́n n kò rò pé ẹ ń lo alùpùpù láti fi gbé àwọn ènìyàn

Báyọ̀: Ótì. Oníkálukú máa ń lo alùpùpù bíi nǹkan ìrìnna. Àwọn míràn tún máa ń lò ó fún fàájì.

Tóyìn: Ní ọ̀pọ̀lọ́pọ̀ ìlú ni Nàìjíríyà, alùpùpù jẹ́ nǹkan ìrìnnà tí a máa ń lò ní àwọn ọ̀nà tí kò fi bẹ́ẹ̀ dára.

Báyọ̀: Hmm, ó yé mi.

Practice: Interpersonal Communication

Read the transcript and practice a similar roleplay with your classmate

Grammar Notes

Prepositions

Prepositions are words that show the relationship between two nouns or pronouns in a sentence. The Yoruba language marks prepositions using different words, including ní “at or in,” sí “to,” fún “for,” pẹ̀lú “with,” láti “from,” ní iwájú “in front of,” ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ “beside,” ní ìdojúkọ “across” etc.

Examples:

Mo jẹ ẹ̀wà pẹ̀lú búrẹ́dì. “I ate beans with bread.”
Olú dúró pẹ̀lú Títí. “Olú stood with Títí.”
Mo maá wa ọkọ̀ mi fún wákàtí méjìdínlógún láti Wisconsin dé Miami, Florida. “I will drive my car for eighteen hours from Wisconsin to Miami.”
Mo máa lọ sí títì Agboawó ní ìlú Ìbàdàn “I will go to Agbowó road in Ìbàdàn”

When a preposition has more than one meaning, the context of use determines the best translation for such a preposition.

Examples:

5. Mo ra ọkọ̀ mi ní ilé ìtajà Toyota. “I bought my car at the Toyota store.”

6. Mo ń gbé ní Madison. “I live in Madison.”

Other examples are:

7. Ilé bàbá mi wà ní iwájú títì Bodíjà ní Ibàdàn “My father’s house is in front of Bodija road in Ìbàdàn.”

8. Mo máa gbé kẹ̀kẹ́ mi si ẹ̀gbé títì ” I will put my bicycle beside the road ide.”

Means of Transportation and Future Plans

Vocabulary List

Practice: Interpretive Communication

Presentational Communication

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Practice: Presentational Communication

Interpersonal Communication

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Practice: Interpersonal Communication

Grammar Notes

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