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Post by Her Highness on Mar 8, 2016 3:45:14 GMT
Okay, so a boycott aint the route to go, but something has to give. Either they stop churning out nonsense or they stop portraying themselves as Yoruba movies.
Which language is it propagating, please?The broken Yoruba and toutish Yoruba? For example, we're losing our oriki poetry knowledge, how is Yorubahood helping that matter LOL, be grateful u've got something....... Go ask the African tribes numbering more than 30 million who don't make jack! in their languages.  There are many Yoruba movies with the traditional stuff that goes deep with Ewi, Oriki and all that. Sure, many aspects of our language is being relegated to the background due to increasing disuse, but in my opinion, I see it all as an evolution in the course of a language..... The English being spoken in 2016 for example is not the same as Old English being spoken in the 12 century.... people in the England of Old would not even understand the people in today's England if they speak The only grouse I have is the Increasing use of English terminologies THAT HAVE equivalents in Yoruba. If there was no equivalent words for these terms in Yoruba, I wouldn't even be bothered, but why use English for something that exists in the Yoruba language? There is this "Anglification" of world languages going on and Yoruba isn't the only language being affected, even major world languages like French, German, Dutch, Hindi and Japanese continue to complain about the continual infiltration of English words into the vocabulary of everyday speakers of the aforementioned languages. To curb this, they have standardizing agencies that checkmate foreign language incursions, and I believe that is What Yoruba should do to get it right, ....let's say something like the 'Yoruba Language Standardization and Propagation Institute".. In Yoruba of course.
"Egbe Osuwon Idaabobo ati Igbelaruge Ede Yoruba" Let's stop comparing Yorubas to others, but I agree with the bolded lol. Yoruba is a widely spoken language across west Africa. We're a huge and prosperous nation, who cares about the other minor tribes? |
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Post by ajanaku on Mar 8, 2016 5:09:57 GMT
Ogbeni Ogunnaike , waa shere, Baba! You really tried... ...just some minor additions. Ile Ẹkọ giga means a higher institution, so it could be a university, a polytechnic or a college of education, so the perfect translation would be: 1. Ile Ẹkọ giga igboye ti ilu Eko 2. Ile Ẹkọ giga igboye ti ipinlẹ Eko Let me break the igboye down for folks like Her Highness ...  Igba - Collection/Award Oye - Degree Igba oye - Award of a degree Igboye (Iparojẹ[shortening of] Igba Oye) - Award of a degree The last one just needs an additional lẹgbẹ to make it perfect. 3. Eko, ilẹ aromisa lẹgbẹ lẹgbẹ What you have just translated up here is "Title awarding University of Lagos" & "Lagos State Title awarding University" Igboye doesn't necessarily have to be there, unless you want to specifically ensure that people note the fact that it is a title awarding institution Lol, that Iparoje is what we called "Aranmo" in Yoruba. i.e Igba + Esan = Igbesan, Ogun + Aarun = Ogorun Etc Are you trying to say the Yoruba word, "Oye" only means title? It's an homonym. It could mean the following: title, rank, position, office and also degree. If you disagree with me, then what do you think is the Yoruba word for degree? If you say the "Igboye" doesn't necessarily have to be there, then how'd you differentiate the Lagos state university from the Lagos state Polytechnic in a strict Yoruba setting? What's your translation of the Lagos state polytechnic? Universities are degree awarding and not just higher institutions, so one really has to factor in that fact when it comes to the Yoruba language. At times, one really has to go against the rules of concord when translating from English to Yoruba. |
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Post by ajanaku on Mar 8, 2016 5:13:32 GMT
@bolded, sure it is... There's nothing wrong with the translations. The Ile in "Ile Ẹkọ" loosely means "House" i.e, House of learning The Ilẹ in "Ilẹ aromisa lẹgbẹ lẹgbẹ" means "Land" So what is confusing you, Iya Hafusatu? Ahhh whatever. lol it's because he didn't add the amins ( Eko without the dots vs Eko with the dots)...... now I got it, thanks. My Yoruba is not whacky jor. Keep acting like you da boss when it comes to Yoruba. Why not just publish a book and lemme hear word Seriously, accounting no be your beans, berra go and make a Yoruba movie. Lemme see...how about "Yoruba for beginners". I'll send one to you free of charge. |
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Post by Her Highness on Mar 9, 2016 0:32:14 GMT
Ahhh whatever. lol it's because he didn't add the amins ( Eko without the dots vs Eko with the dots)...... now I got it, thanks. My Yoruba is not whacky jor. Keep acting like you da boss when it comes to Yoruba. Why not just publish a book and lemme hear word Seriously, accounting no be your beans, berra go and make a Yoruba movie. Lemme see...how about "Yoruba for beginners". I'll send one to you free of charge. Lmao olori pelebe. Oogbadun |
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Post by Iya Niyen! on Mar 9, 2016 18:23:12 GMT
How we go do this impasse now? Me I like Sanyeri & Odunlade to a fault... do they count?
I'm back!!
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 9, 2016 18:37:37 GMT
How we go do this impasse now? Me I like Sanyeri & Odunlade to a fault... do they count? I'm back!! Woju mi s' orila? Eke sanyeri lowa  |
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Post by Iya Niyen! on Mar 10, 2016 6:31:27 GMT
How we go do this impasse now? Me I like Sanyeri & Odunlade to a fault... do they count? I'm back!! Woju mi s' orila? Eke sanyeri lowa There is no way either of them fit make heaven, dem don make me embarrass masef on more than one occasion cos dem don make me laugh like banshee for public & horror of all horror laugh & spit/drool Even my kids love Odunlade, we call him "cause trouble" or "kazeem" .. |
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Post by honeychild on Mar 10, 2016 15:23:25 GMT
Actually I think the movies are just a depiction of the rot in our society. And I felt that they strike a good balance between the jndegenous and foreign religions. You often find people beset by a problem go to an ifa priest who tells him the source of his problem, which the Alfa also confirms, finally the white garment aladura says the same thing, (sometimes even the random mad man on the streets also joins in the fun. Entertainment caters to the "great unwashed". It's what they want to see that the movie makers produce. |
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Post by honeychild on Mar 10, 2016 15:45:55 GMT
1: Ile Eko giga ti Ilu Eko. 2:Ile Eko giga ti Ipinle Eko. 3: Eko, Ile Aromisa Legbe. Unless my Yoruba is getting whackier by the day, I think your translation is wrong. 1. Lagos land/house is bigger than Lagos country etc it certainly is. You need to come home....And soon. ILE ÈKÓ (school) GÍGA (high) means a higher institution. |
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Post by Her Highness on Mar 10, 2016 18:05:24 GMT
Unless my Yoruba is getting whackier by the day, I think your translation is wrong. 1. Lagos land/house is bigger than Lagos country etc it certainly is. You need to come home....And soon. ILE ÈKÓ (school) GÍGA (high) means a higher institution. My sister, this is the only way to get to come to Nigeria right now because the way things dey look, e be like say.....make I no talk  |
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Post by Her Highness on Mar 10, 2016 18:06:49 GMT
Actually I think the movies are just a depiction of the rot in our society. And I felt that they strike a good balance between the jndegenous and foreign religions. You often find people beset by a problem go to an ifa priest who tells him the source of his problem, which the Alfa also confirms, finally the white garment aladura says the same thing, (sometimes even the random mad man on the streets also joins in the fun. Entertainment caters to the "great unwashed". It's what they want to see that the movie makers produce.So true. How body? ...lol you posted today. I don dey watch this ID with my eagle eye.  |
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Post by Her Highness on Mar 10, 2016 18:08:14 GMT
How we go do this impasse now? Me I like Sanyeri & Odunlade to a fault... do they count? I'm back!! Iyawo wa, hope my Ekiti people dey treat you well. Otojo meta. Please wetin be Sanyeri and Odunlade? Na artists or movies? Please post more details, I wan watch am. |
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Post by honeychild on Mar 11, 2016 2:55:26 GMT
Actually I think the movies are just a depiction of the rot in our society. And I felt that they strike a good balance between the jndegenous and foreign religions. You often find people beset by a problem go to an ifa priest who tells him the source of his problem, which the Alfa also confirms, finally the white garment aladura says the same thing, (sometimes even the random mad man on the streets also joins in the fun. Entertainment caters to the "great unwashed". It's what they want to see that the movie makers produce.So true. How body? ...lol you posted today. I don dey watch this ID with my eagle eye. Hmmm.....I am more of a lurker o......I read and read...But hardly contribute to the convo. Even on "our" NL thread. I caught up every other day but never posted. |
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Post by Her Highness on Mar 11, 2016 14:42:54 GMT
So true. How body? ...lol you posted today. I don dey watch this ID with my eagle eye. Hmmm.....I am more of a lurker o......I read and read...But hardly contribute to the convo. Even on "our" NL thread. I caught up every other day but never posted. Ahhh mo ri. Kini ID yin lori NL? |
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Post by Iya Niyen! on Mar 12, 2016 10:30:02 GMT
How we go do this impasse now? Me I like Sanyeri & Odunlade to a fault... do they count? I'm back!! Iyawo wa, hope my Ekiti people dey treat you well. Otojo meta. Please wetin be Sanyeri and Odunlade? Na artists or movies? Please post more details, I wan watch am. Anti mi ileke,Ojo Kan pelu, had to take sometime off cos of small personal reasons but i'm back now, we nor go runaway. Sanyeri & Odunlade are entertainers, they are born to do it... odunlade is Odunlade Adekola, Sanyeri is Olaniyi Afonja...they are hilarious!! they are both evil!! & I'm not iyawo Ekiti, my sis is.I'm iyawo EGBA, I however have lots of relatives that are domiciled there & being a close knit family something dey carry person go... This February, my sis', granny in law kpai, so I had to go support her at the burial, mid year, a lil cousin is getting married, we dey even go easter month end sef for Ilesa & we usually spend a day or two either outbound or inbound... My in laws & cousins are also in Lag, so we do travel a lot, we are family family kinda people... one can't thrive or be fulfilled existing in isolation. |
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