I really enjoyed your video. You seem to speak very well. I don't know Yoruba (except for a brief self-study period), but it *sounds* right (if only you would loose the "r").
I sort of dig learning languages (on and off) and when I decided to learn an African language, I chose Yoruba because it just sounds awsome. When I learned it was tonal, my fascination increased. It's so musical!
its good to know tones can be learned....I've been living in SW Nigeria for 4 months and I still can't hear the tones clearly and many times people don't understant what I'm trying to say. I will have "suru" because this video gives me hope.
Nigerian parents have the responsibility for teaching their kids Yoruba! You have to speak to kids and require them to answer back in Yoruba. You can't fault the kids if the parents are not instilling the language. Hispanic people in the U.S. are not ashamed to have their kids speak the language why should Nigerians?
I'm sooo jealous! I want to be able to do this, but basically with either Ga or Twi from Ghana. I'm just happy to see other non-African people wanting to learn African languages and cultures =]
@merse2007 i dont understand why nigerians born abroad are so damn proud of NOT speaking their mother tongue.. its something i always took for granted maybe because my parents where strict about it .. i am always amused by this younger generation parading that "oh i dont speak the language " like its inferior or something whereas it is our life blood without it we are just lost , adrift with no cultural roots ..
Am a Yoruba- But to my own knowledge and experience -Igbo's are the one that like teaching their kids the native language. Apart from that - we don't need to talk about tribes in this case- The girl is just good
You are an inspiration. Thank you for making me excited about re learning my tribal language. What drove you to learn this? I have tons of questions for you! :)
Wow....i feel embarassed!!! Both my parents are Nigerian and speak Yoruba and I can speak a lick of it although I do understand some of it. Yet it sounds like you speak it so fluently!! I really like you now!!!lol
She nows more about Nigeria than 99% of those lazy Igbo people in America lol. Igbo will always be put to shame aslong they continue with their lazy ways. God Bless Nigeria and my Yoruba people.
If you say so. I'm an Igbo child whose parents taught Igbo. The same goes for all my cousins and their family but excluding all that I'm still unsure why Igbo was mentioned. What the correlation between Igbo and the video? You could just complaint the girl and not drag us into this just to uplift yourself.
@Ifygurl If you are what you say are, I'm clearly not referring to you then. I mentioned the Igbo people because back in Naija the Igbo language is dying due tolaziness on behalf of the parent. Igbo are coming to yourba land in record numbers (Lagos especially). I know so many Igbo that know Yoruba better than Igbo. You're an American so it's hard for you to understand. Igbo are slacking. Like it or not it's the truth.
How is Igbo a dying language in Naija? The Igbo population in Lagos isn't even half of Igbo population in Nigeria, talk less the whole of Igbo population worldwide. From what I heard, apart from Lagos, there aren’t that many Igbo’s in any other SW region so all together the Igbos in SW is not even a quarter of Igbo population whole so the ones there that cannot speak the language does not equal the language is dying.
Even that, has some flaws in it because last time I visited Lagos, from observation half are Igbo fluently and other half aren’t and when I was in the SE every kid and family I meet spoke Igbo. IDK why you are trying to use Igbo to uplift yourself but what I observed when I was in Lagos and also from friends that I knew that grew up in Lagos, not that many of Igbo people in Lagos spoke Yoruba either.
In reality, it’s like 1 out of 20. Check out all the Naija tags of the Igbo kids raised in Lagos, majority of them said they cannot speak any Nigerian language be it Igbo or Yoruba.
Anyway, I still do not understand how Igbo language discussion came into this video. The girl is speaking Yoruba, she did not mention Igbo or the language and neither did anyone else. Why mention us? Why use us to uplift yourself? Why not just compliment the girl and move on?
@Ifygurl dont mind that stupid troll PRINCENOIR AMERICAN the idiot has no job in his dull dumb life. he goes about insulting nigerians cos we are always kicking his dimwit ass .. he will come to u in his princenoir account send you pm , flatter you , just to get into your channel then he wil TROLL YOU ENDLESSLY in his idiotic channels to insult you . he is doing it on his "ifambeinghonest" channel.. i can smell his STENCH comments a mile off .. he is a stark ILLERATE and he bores everyone
BTW what you are saying is not the truth. Its an opinion. There is a difference between the two. The trtuh is actual fact and opinion is just an opinion based on reality or not.
From what I noticed, you are trying to act superior or as some calls it superiority complex supported by only God knows what. First you discussed about Igbos in America, later it changed to Igbos in Nigeria. I wonder which igbo group is next?
The same can be applied to Yoruba and many other Nigerian groups. I know a lot of Yoruba kids born and raised in this country, America that cannot speak their language. Based on what I heard, in UK, the Yoruba population is higher than any naija ethnicity and very small percentage of the children there can speak the language. What you are talking about applies to Yoruba as much as it applies to Igbo or any other Nigerian group.
Wow u put me to shame and I was out there for 5 years. I am so fascinated with your videos and how well you interact with the people of yoruba land. Watching ur videos made feel like I was in Nigeria again. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
this is really great! keep up the work Titi! what are you doing now that you are in the US? Whenever you get the chance, come back to your 2nd home-Naija. I live in Abuja. my mum is white, and dad is igbo..and my mom (after living all her life in naija) still cant speak as fluently as you can..so i give u big props! continue it ohhhhh yes ohh
@awsomeayodele My dad is from Nigeria, and he never taught me the language. So when I went for spring break and people tried to speak yoruban to me I was just like O_O
I'm glad u noticed that Yoruba is not spoken in the undiluted form u expected. Over the yrs, Yoruba has been influenced greatly by English- hence it is rare to hear anyone speak it without utilising some English words to express themselves. It is only some of the older generation with little knowledge of English, who may speak Yoruba in its pure form. So congratulations on your efforts at learning this rich African language- your family must be proud of you! Well done!!
@awesomegamer264 your mama because you dont insult your elders oloshi .... you are a retarded imbecile with no manners you cant even spell maybe you should spend time in school instead of on games ....awesomegamer? .... nah your a lame idiot
@dipo4life79 this is my sons account, and sorry my son said those bad words, i just wanted to check this video but i saw i had a message from you, that was my son who wrote this and i am really sorry that he said those mean words, but he isn't stupid he just thought you were saying yoruba was stupid, i apoloize again
Titi you are not just a pride to the entire race of Yoruba of West Africa,majority of Black Americans wno trace their root to Yorubaland, majority of Brazilians and Cubans who also trace their root to Yorubaland, but more importantly you are a pride to the entire USA -black or white ! You are clear testimony of the American spirit of beating all odds! Please keep up the good work.! I just hope to get you on tweeter xoxox
I am very very proud of you. This gives me the courage that my children could be thought my language.. I thought at 12 and 13 years old it is too late for them to learn and speak my language fluently, now I know they could learn and speak it really good. Titilayo, whenever you come to Connecticut area please come and visit my family and lets eat diner together.
I've been trying trying to find a software program that teaches Yoruba. Any suggestions? I really want to learn it as a way of connecting with my Africa roots.
Wow..you are very good, how many years have you been taking Yoruba? I am just starting now..but I dont think i will ever be able to be as good as you :)
Hi. I am going to be a freshmen this fall at Uni. Of Wisco-Madison and i just happened to stumble upon this video. I do plan on studying Yoruba next year and watching this video has inspired me more. Ty.
O se o Baba, ah for you learning this. It makes me smile to know that there are many beautiful that is waiting to be discovered from God. May God bless you Titi xD. <3
@minkyrules : If she said the alphabet US in yoruba it will loose its meaning. It will be pronounced as UC... There is no letter C in yoruba. We pronounce S as C and other S with a dot underneath as SH. The real translation of USA in yoruba is Orile ede Iparapo Amerika.
Hello Titi, i'm glad that you learn yoruba and i do i agree with what you said about the youth of today losing their language. i do speak Yoruba very fluently and since i am from OSUN state, i speak the dialect "ijesha" fluently too. =) i am currently liiving in canada. if you need pointers or help with the language, i'm always here to help =)
Good lord titi l am amaze at your prounaciation of yoruba language,l am nigerian and can't speak my dialect.are you sure you are not naija?naija in oyinbo skin?
As a Yoruba man, I had a hard on just listening to you speak my language. Beautiful and smart you are which in turn makes you very sexy. Learning another language is not easy at all.
Wow Titi, I am impressed. Good Job!!! It is not an easy language by any means, but you are really doing it justice. I especially appreciate and applaude the effort you put into the tonality, which really is the aspect that makes or breaks a potential speaker; plus you are so right about the need to properly differentiate (with the appropriate tone and inflection) between a word that might be spelled one particular way, but has a myriad of meanings depending on the particular way you say it.
I've just learned a new yoruba word for colonial government IJOBA AMUNISIN.Titilayo thank you very much for pointing out this flaws among our youths. Tell your little brother not to stop speaking yoruba
This is great, Inu mi dun lati gbo ede ilu mi lenu re and couple with fact that I am from Ibadan, and this is a challenge for every nigerian to learn a proper yoruba instead of slang being taught by musician nowadays. Titi, if I happen to your supervisor you already got A+.
Wow. Great Job. Your Yoruba is far better than mine. You make an excellent point about the difference (and lost art) of "Pure" Yoruba the the modern "Hybrid" that we all speak today. Great videos. Keep up the great work.
I'm ashamed of myself. I grew up in Nigeria with 2 full-blown Yoruba parents and cannot speak a word of Yoruba...but I can understand what you are saying without the subtitles...so proud of you and you are inspiring :). You are getting better with each video. Well done!
May God bless you, Strengthen you and Empower you to do more. I live in the United States, and I cannot imagine seeing you here speaking the language. I will definitely buy you a drink as a sign of appreciation. I am Igbo, but I speak and understand Yoruba fluently just like you!
Eventhough you still have foreign accent in your pronunciation, but I quite agree with you that you speak better and deeply than average yoruba persons living even in yoruba land. Well done, keep it up!!!
@ThaDreamer18 I am igbo, born here in the US. My parents also refused to speak the language to me and my siblings, which is why we never learned. This is a serious problem, Many of us are losing our culture. The same is happening with my yoruba friends.
learn a language from a part of Nigeria that we/our parents are not from so I learnt Igbo instead while living still in Ibadan. They later realised it was a mistake but the damage had already been done. I got my Paternal Uncle to teach me how to put signs but I don't even know my alphabets in Yoruba till now. I am saying this to give you a glimpse of why so many of us are either reluctant to read/write/speak the language or simply can't. It was unfashionable. I love you Titilayo Harshman
I am a young person like you (Nigerian) an although I live in the UK now, I was riased in Ibadan,Nigeria, and have a very keen interest in Yoruba Pombele (Ijinle) but it appeared that something invisible somehow prevented me from being able to do so. I was never formally taught Yoruba language in school, till the final 3 years of secondary school. In the 80s and before then, it was prohibited in schools and called vernacular. In the 90s, politician and legislators legislated that we should
your yoruba has very much improved since you have been in Nigeria.
I am very happy that you can speak yoruba because i think its encouraging to some Nigerians who refrain from teaching their kids their native languages at home and think its a trend to speak english alone.
I am very happy my parents spoke Yoruba to me and i can safely say that i speak both yoruba and english fluently.
@ chancy319, clearly, you are as smart as the trees behind Titilayo. Does she look mixed race to you? Or the subtitles moved too quiclky for you to read the part where she reiterates that she spent 3yrs learning Yoruba in Wisconsin? Dumb as a bag of rocks!
From my mother " May God Bless you, give you more wisdom knowledge and understanding to know more about my language, my beautiful concentrated and valued language, EDE YORUBA! You are a blessing to us NIgerians! Ori mi wu pupo, inu mi dun lopolopo. O d' gba.
I fully understand with you, Titi. Foreign learners of of most languages do so by the formal route, textbooks; language on the other hand is socially driven by its colloquial forms. It takes real courage to have gone as far as you have! A decade ago you might have found Nigerian professors at UI who spoke Yoruba the way you do, because they were from other parts of the country. I hope you will hang on to what you have, Yoruba is a wealthy language and a whole world of fresh ideas is its reward.
I recently came back from spending nearly two years in Nigeria, more specifically Ogun State (Agbado!), living amongst family, but I still can't really speak it too well. There's all of technicalities. They have about 3 words for 'thank you' but barely a word for table'? Come on =).
But this girl really made me proud, especially of my country and language. I hope to finish learning the language like she dis. And she's not bad looking. O lewa ju =0.
I Salute your effort big time, there are loads of Yoruba people who are not even proud to be Yoruba's once they enter the West tring to be Americans or English. I feel sad when i see this, But i pro-actively try 2 teach my little one Yoruba in fact English is banned @ home just Spanish & Yoruba at home, becos despite being English am very proud of my ethnic background, moreso considering the language existed from D 11th century probably b4. So should be kept alive in true form. So Congrats 2 U
Titi, Inu mi dun si ise takun-takun ti o ti se, nipa kiko ede Yoruba. O gbiyanju koja opolopo awon "omo Yoruba" miran, bi o tile je wipe o ko le so ede naa bi omo "kaaro-o'jiire"; o
I really enjoyed your video. You seem to speak very well. I don't know Yoruba (except for a brief self-study period), but it *sounds* right (if only you would loose the "r").
I sort of dig learning languages (on and off) and when I decided to learn an African language, I chose Yoruba because it just sounds awsome. When I learned it was tonal, my fascination increased. It's so musical!
Anyhow, congrats Titi!
DreamOfTurtles 3 weeks ago
its good to know tones can be learned....I've been living in SW Nigeria for 4 months and I still can't hear the tones clearly and many times people don't understant what I'm trying to say. I will have "suru" because this video gives me hope.
vvaldivii 1 month ago
WOW you have all of my respect!!!!
Coolmrrogers 1 month ago
I speak this language
RexyIV 1 month ago
This is really nice if you. You are really trying
tousn 1 month ago
Hi! It seems very dificult to learn, i want to know why you decided to learn Yoruba??
patriciagarce26 1 month ago
Nigerian parents have the responsibility for teaching their kids Yoruba! You have to speak to kids and require them to answer back in Yoruba. You can't fault the kids if the parents are not instilling the language. Hispanic people in the U.S. are not ashamed to have their kids speak the language why should Nigerians?
kmj2000 1 month ago
she must be the best white person in my book at least. how many white ppl can do that
futuboolu 1 month ago
wow ba wo lo shay sou gbou gbou ey ye
Ademola909 1 month ago
Good for her!
MzDTH 1 month ago
I'm sooo jealous! I want to be able to do this, but basically with either Ga or Twi from Ghana. I'm just happy to see other non-African people wanting to learn African languages and cultures =]
lubelle626 1 month ago
sounds like she speakin chinese
gyallisfilife 2 months ago
@gyallisfilife *raises an eyebrow*
VICTORIA81369 1 month ago
Tillayo Oyinbo, nitoto, Yoruba ponbele gangan lo nso. Oju o ni tio. Oluwa a wa pelu e, amin.
sirfemo 2 months ago
im nigerian-american, my parents are yoruba. i can understand the yoruba very well, but cannot speak it. :(
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@merse2007 i dont understand why nigerians born abroad are so damn proud of NOT speaking their mother tongue.. its something i always took for granted maybe because my parents where strict about it .. i am always amused by this younger generation parading that "oh i dont speak the language " like its inferior or something whereas it is our life blood without it we are just lost , adrift with no cultural roots ..
aitan844 1 month ago
@merse2007 OMG! MEE TOO! wen my mom showed me this video she said u shud be ashamed u cant speak your own language
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don'tjealousme should meet her
Polotuyi 2 months ago
this is sick(in a good way)
ITZmeiii 2 months ago
woww your really good im want to speak it to but i have no to teach me can you make a video showing small everyday words
jawi2345 2 months ago
freak!
aitan844 2 months ago
with his stupid NONSENSE ..
aitan844 2 months ago
Girl I grew up in Lagos and the only thing I got is yoroba. And university. And my mom speaks it fluently
saraiish 2 months ago
LISTEN TO THIS YORUBA MUSIC BY LAYORI
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omoibile 3 months ago
Am a Yoruba- But to my own knowledge and experience -Igbo's are the one that like teaching their kids the native language. Apart from that - we don't need to talk about tribes in this case- The girl is just good
sammaxispeed 4 months ago
You are an inspiration. Thank you for making me excited about re learning my tribal language. What drove you to learn this? I have tons of questions for you! :)
lummi20 4 months ago
Wow....i feel embarassed!!! Both my parents are Nigerian and speak Yoruba and I can speak a lick of it although I do understand some of it. Yet it sounds like you speak it so fluently!! I really like you now!!!lol
gotflava1 4 months ago
Extremely good, n makes excited, i will teach my kids yoruba too lol i dnt care even if i giv birth to them here in america
MsAB99 4 months ago
Good Job Titi,A French man recently got a Phd in Yoruba and now this,wow !!
Freesia120 4 months ago
@harrisboy42 WOW. thats rude...,may God forgive you.
isidbabe 4 months ago
wow very impressive!!
toliri 4 months ago
She nows more about Nigeria than 99% of those lazy Igbo people in America lol. Igbo will always be put to shame aslong they continue with their lazy ways. God Bless Nigeria and my Yoruba people.
IfImBeingHonest 4 months ago
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How did Igbo come into all this? hmm wow, some of you people ohh.
Ifygurl 4 months ago
@Ifygurl It's a fact. Igbo people rarely teach their children the native language. They're a lazy people.
IfImBeingHonest 4 months ago
@IfImBeingHonest
If you say so. I'm an Igbo child whose parents taught Igbo. The same goes for all my cousins and their family but excluding all that I'm still unsure why Igbo was mentioned. What the correlation between Igbo and the video? You could just complaint the girl and not drag us into this just to uplift yourself.
Ifygurl 3 months ago
@Ifygurl If you are what you say are, I'm clearly not referring to you then. I mentioned the Igbo people because back in Naija the Igbo language is dying due tolaziness on behalf of the parent. Igbo are coming to yourba land in record numbers (Lagos especially). I know so many Igbo that know Yoruba better than Igbo. You're an American so it's hard for you to understand. Igbo are slacking. Like it or not it's the truth.
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Ifygurl 3 months ago
@IfImBeingHonest
How is Igbo a dying language in Naija? The Igbo population in Lagos isn't even half of Igbo population in Nigeria, talk less the whole of Igbo population worldwide. From what I heard, apart from Lagos, there aren’t that many Igbo’s in any other SW region so all together the Igbos in SW is not even a quarter of Igbo population whole so the ones there that cannot speak the language does not equal the language is dying.
Ifygurl 3 months ago
@IfImBeingHonest
Even that, has some flaws in it because last time I visited Lagos, from observation half are Igbo fluently and other half aren’t and when I was in the SE every kid and family I meet spoke Igbo. IDK why you are trying to use Igbo to uplift yourself but what I observed when I was in Lagos and also from friends that I knew that grew up in Lagos, not that many of Igbo people in Lagos spoke Yoruba either.
Ifygurl 3 months ago
@IfImBeingHonest
In reality, it’s like 1 out of 20. Check out all the Naija tags of the Igbo kids raised in Lagos, majority of them said they cannot speak any Nigerian language be it Igbo or Yoruba.
Anyway, I still do not understand how Igbo language discussion came into this video. The girl is speaking Yoruba, she did not mention Igbo or the language and neither did anyone else. Why mention us? Why use us to uplift yourself? Why not just compliment the girl and move on?
Ifygurl 3 months ago
@Ifygurl dont mind that stupid troll PRINCENOIR AMERICAN the idiot has no job in his dull dumb life. he goes about insulting nigerians cos we are always kicking his dimwit ass .. he will come to u in his princenoir account send you pm , flatter you , just to get into your channel then he wil TROLL YOU ENDLESSLY in his idiotic channels to insult you . he is doing it on his "ifambeinghonest" channel.. i can smell his STENCH comments a mile off .. he is a stark ILLERATE and he bores everyone
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@IfImBeingHonest
BTW what you are saying is not the truth. Its an opinion. There is a difference between the two. The trtuh is actual fact and opinion is just an opinion based on reality or not.
From what I noticed, you are trying to act superior or as some calls it superiority complex supported by only God knows what. First you discussed about Igbos in America, later it changed to Igbos in Nigeria. I wonder which igbo group is next?
Ifygurl 3 months ago
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@IfImBeingHonest
The same can be applied to Yoruba and many other Nigerian groups. I know a lot of Yoruba kids born and raised in this country, America that cannot speak their language. Based on what I heard, in UK, the Yoruba population is higher than any naija ethnicity and very small percentage of the children there can speak the language. What you are talking about applies to Yoruba as much as it applies to Igbo or any other Nigerian group.
Ifygurl 3 months ago
@IfImBeingHonest shut up princenoir.. i should have guest, go and get a language that doesnt end with B, N H. cos thats all you know CCC.. sucker..
aitan844 2 months ago
Wow u put me to shame and I was out there for 5 years. I am so fascinated with your videos and how well you interact with the people of yoruba land. Watching ur videos made feel like I was in Nigeria again. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
lovelyafroqueen 5 months ago
Wow honey your accent is beautiful. You sound like a true west African.
1wEsTAFRICANprincess 5 months ago
Great experience, can you point me to good videos (not necessarily educational) with native speakers of Yoruba? I want to get a feel of the language.
linghun 5 months ago
That is so awesome! I was expecting English. You sound like it comes so easy to you! GREAT JOB GIRL! :)
Ingrid0424 5 months ago
this is really great! keep up the work Titi! what are you doing now that you are in the US? Whenever you get the chance, come back to your 2nd home-Naija. I live in Abuja. my mum is white, and dad is igbo..and my mom (after living all her life in naija) still cant speak as fluently as you can..so i give u big props! continue it ohhhhh yes ohh
okpalaj 5 months ago
My parents are nigerian but I was born in America so I don't know yoruba
awsomeayodele 6 months ago
@awsomeayodele My dad is from Nigeria, and he never taught me the language. So when I went for spring break and people tried to speak yoruban to me I was just like O_O
LovelyToTheCore 5 months ago
wow .....u speak it better dan i do
StevieakaWonder 6 months ago
I'm glad u noticed that Yoruba is not spoken in the undiluted form u expected. Over the yrs, Yoruba has been influenced greatly by English- hence it is rare to hear anyone speak it without utilising some English words to express themselves. It is only some of the older generation with little knowledge of English, who may speak Yoruba in its pure form. So congratulations on your efforts at learning this rich African language- your family must be proud of you! Well done!!
Lanlegend1 6 months ago
you are a natural
BellaCentral 6 months ago
LMAO YORUBA IJINLE .....GBAO
dipo4life79 6 months ago
@dipo4life79 fuck you
awesomegamer264 6 months ago
@awesomegamer264 your mama ....
dipo4life79 6 months ago
@dipo4life79 that was lame, you just said your mama cause he suck at insults, you are really unariginal
awesomegamer264 6 months ago
@awesomegamer264 your mama because you dont insult your elders oloshi .... you are a retarded imbecile with no manners you cant even spell maybe you should spend time in school instead of on games ....awesomegamer? .... nah your a lame idiot
dipo4life79 5 months ago
@dipo4life79 this is my sons account, and sorry my son said those bad words, i just wanted to check this video but i saw i had a message from you, that was my son who wrote this and i am really sorry that he said those mean words, but he isn't stupid he just thought you were saying yoruba was stupid, i apoloize again
awesomegamer264 5 months ago
you are in my books (goods books)
paulseik22 6 months ago
eyan marun o le so Yoruba
loveleopardprint 6 months ago
Titi do you practice Yoruba religion?
JColeM7785 6 months ago
Titi you are not just a pride to the entire race of Yoruba of West Africa,majority of Black Americans wno trace their root to Yorubaland, majority of Brazilians and Cubans who also trace their root to Yorubaland, but more importantly you are a pride to the entire USA -black or white ! You are clear testimony of the American spirit of beating all odds! Please keep up the good work.! I just hope to get you on tweeter xoxox
laitthelight 6 months ago
Is she reading from a script? I hope not!
wolejare 6 months ago
I am very very proud of you. This gives me the courage that my children could be thought my language.. I thought at 12 and 13 years old it is too late for them to learn and speak my language fluently, now I know they could learn and speak it really good. Titilayo, whenever you come to Connecticut area please come and visit my family and lets eat diner together.
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Wooooooooow dahs really nice to see a really big example of true diversity
charicewcarter 6 months ago
Ku ise o! Oya ba mi so itumo ise to n se yi fun awon t' on wo aworan e yi, so ya? oya tumo anthropology le ede yoruba... PhD e n bo lo na! Ku ise!
tolu4planetearth 6 months ago
woow thats incredibleeeee loll u sexy aswelll
sodiexxx16 6 months ago
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!
PaintBoxification 6 months ago
I'm ashamed ! I'm Nigerian & I don't even know a SINGLE word mate loool
laydifoxy 6 months ago
Beautiful xx
amiieeBabezz 6 months ago
this made me smile
do your thang girl
BigFoot738 6 months ago
Rough around the edges and funny to hear but very good. :)
gabridecho 7 months ago
i think yoruba is a nice language (i am yoruban) i can speak it
lopez97ify 7 months ago
nice 1 am a niger girl
busjenn123 7 months ago
I've been trying trying to find a software program that teaches Yoruba. Any suggestions? I really want to learn it as a way of connecting with my Africa roots.
mooncooninc83 7 months ago
I wish more colleges taught it.
KevinFairchild 7 months ago
Wow..you are very good, how many years have you been taking Yoruba? I am just starting now..but I dont think i will ever be able to be as good as you :)
teofagadar 7 months ago
Hi. I am going to be a freshmen this fall at Uni. Of Wisco-Madison and i just happened to stumble upon this video. I do plan on studying Yoruba next year and watching this video has inspired me more. Ty.
shanteriam 7 months ago
O se o Baba, ah for you learning this. It makes me smile to know that there are many beautiful that is waiting to be discovered from God. May God bless you Titi xD. <3
MixSunny 7 months ago
when you say US can u not say the letters U and s in the yoruba alphabet or does everyone say US
minkyrules 7 months ago
@minkyrules : If she said the alphabet US in yoruba it will loose its meaning. It will be pronounced as UC... There is no letter C in yoruba. We pronounce S as C and other S with a dot underneath as SH. The real translation of USA in yoruba is Orile ede Iparapo Amerika.
omoyasere 7 months ago
@omoyasere oh thankyou!
minkyrules 7 months ago
Hello Titi, i'm glad that you learn yoruba and i do i agree with what you said about the youth of today losing their language. i do speak Yoruba very fluently and since i am from OSUN state, i speak the dialect "ijesha" fluently too. =) i am currently liiving in canada. if you need pointers or help with the language, i'm always here to help =)
silveryinkus 7 months ago
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silveryinkus 7 months ago
wow she speaks better than me :(
Jeremihwill 7 months ago
TITTY!!!!
SuperDP5 7 months ago
Wow! She definitely has a bigger Yoruba vocabulary than I do. Titi jo, se o le ko mi ni yoruba?
tok1879 7 months ago
@tok1879 Lagbara Olorun maa ko e ni Yoruba!
harshie111 7 months ago
Good lord titi l am amaze at your prounaciation of yoruba language,l am nigerian and can't speak my dialect.are you sure you are not naija?naija in oyinbo skin?
edosaosa 7 months ago
@edosaosa I no be Naija oo! Oyinbo ni mi.
harshie111 7 months ago
this girl is too cool :)
seppierocks 7 months ago
Titi you're so wonderful and you speak Yoruba excellently! wow...you're amazing!
aramide1818 7 months ago
@aramide1818 Thank you!
harshie111 7 months ago
Titi, are you sure you dont have a black skin underneath there... somewhere??? extremely impressive!!!!
maaaaa09 7 months ago 2
@maaaaa09 I'm fully Oyinbo, I promise! Thank you!
harshie111 7 months ago
You really done well
sizeme26 7 months ago
If you dont like this video you are definitely a RACIST
ojurongbelanre 7 months ago
As a Yoruba man, I had a hard on just listening to you speak my language. Beautiful and smart you are which in turn makes you very sexy. Learning another language is not easy at all.
SonofBabylon 7 months ago
so jealous =[
hiphopmusic873 7 months ago
@hiphopmusic873 me too ): im half nigerian and still fail at my language lol
seppierocks 7 months ago
Wow Titi, I am impressed. Good Job!!! It is not an easy language by any means, but you are really doing it justice. I especially appreciate and applaude the effort you put into the tonality, which really is the aspect that makes or breaks a potential speaker; plus you are so right about the need to properly differentiate (with the appropriate tone and inflection) between a word that might be spelled one particular way, but has a myriad of meanings depending on the particular way you say it.
TDayspringFOH 8 months ago
What helped you the most with getting the tonal patterns? I've been trying to learn myself, but the different tones can be somewhat distracting.
tealvsturquoise 8 months ago
@tealvsturquoise Living among people speaking everyday helps the most. You start to have an innate awareness the tone.
harshie111 7 months ago
Wow, great videos! :)
cosmiccoolgirl 8 months ago
I'm in love with her and i dont even know her, great job on the yoruba, really amazing
younglevity 8 months ago
@younglevity :)
harshie111 7 months ago
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I met michelle in South Africa during the world cup and he spoke Yoruba and studied Yoruba...
amdupsy 8 months ago
I met michelle in South Africa during the world cup and he spoke Yoruba and studied Yoruba...
amdupsy 8 months ago
@amdupsy I know Michelle! you posted on the facebook page!
harshie111 7 months ago
Good job, am impressed! Odaju wipe Yoruba Titi le gan.
1ishara 8 months ago
I've just learned a new yoruba word for colonial government IJOBA AMUNISIN.Titilayo thank you very much for pointing out this flaws among our youths. Tell your little brother not to stop speaking yoruba
omoibile 8 months ago
lol
medoski12 8 months ago
what does oobakooyum mean? not sure if im spelling it right
LanlandeVAG 8 months ago
@LanlandeVAG I can't figure out what word you mean from that.
harshie111 7 months ago
Why wud anybody dislike this video???
isidbabe 8 months ago
You are very beautiful! Ashe!
Gabriel5327 8 months ago
I'M highly impressed ! you've really really tried , is ur Dad or
mum a Yoruba ???
uodavid 8 months ago
lol though when you said "University of Wisconsin" lol it sounded like a computer...
strwbrybabyg245 8 months ago
i was skeptical at first but dammmmmmmmmmmnnnn you sure showed me lmao i'm impressed.
strwbrybabyg245 8 months ago 2
white people are after every part of ur culture, like vultures beware!!! The new colonialists will speak ur language.
superflyiamgonna 8 months ago
@superflyiamgonna hahhhaahahah abi o!
yedi1234 8 months ago
Well done girl. I could not help but share your video.
Thinker231 9 months ago
Well Done a lot girl, you put a lot of Nigerians to shame. Carry on with what you do,and you show a lot of people how beautiful Yoruba is.
wyntersugar 9 months ago
@wyntersugar You go! Thanks, I will
harshie111 7 months ago
@harshie111 Àse Ó Ó Ó!
Gabriel5327 5 months ago
You're Gorgeous and Smart too, not too many have Genes like that, Thank your Parents.
staj 9 months ago
@staj I will o!
harshie111 7 months ago
that's awesome, your next challenge is to learn how to speak Igbo :)
kikanqa 9 months ago
"Oju gbamiti fun 'ra mi". l can't realy speak Yoruba without dilluting with English. What a shame!
MrChristianah 9 months ago
dis is crazy I wish I could understand and speak like you
RegJahmel 9 months ago
This is great, Inu mi dun lati gbo ede ilu mi lenu re and couple with fact that I am from Ibadan, and this is a challenge for every nigerian to learn a proper yoruba instead of slang being taught by musician nowadays. Titi, if I happen to your supervisor you already got A+.
ibaolu 9 months ago
Wow. Great Job. Your Yoruba is far better than mine. You make an excellent point about the difference (and lost art) of "Pure" Yoruba the the modern "Hybrid" that we all speak today. Great videos. Keep up the great work.
LekanBashua 9 months ago
really good titi, am sure a lot of people will be encouraged by your story. very brilliant
coolifeanyi 9 months ago
Titilayo.how about this word of yoruba that has about seven meaning but sounds the same.
Ogun means inheritance
Ogun which some people worship in parts of nigeria
Ogun means medicine
Ogun means Charm also known as voodo
Ogun means war
Ogun means number 20
Oogun meas Sweat
alfatunde 9 months ago 2
I'm ashamed of myself. I grew up in Nigeria with 2 full-blown Yoruba parents and cannot speak a word of Yoruba...but I can understand what you are saying without the subtitles...so proud of you and you are inspiring :). You are getting better with each video. Well done!
chemkokolette 9 months ago
May God bless you, Strengthen you and Empower you to do more. I live in the United States, and I cannot imagine seeing you here speaking the language. I will definitely buy you a drink as a sign of appreciation. I am Igbo, but I speak and understand Yoruba fluently just like you!
smile4kennny 9 months ago
@smile4kennny A lot of igbos in nigeria can speak yoruba because there are many igbos in lagos.
magnific82 9 months ago
@smile4kennny I hope I run into you sometime!
harshie111 7 months ago
Eventhough you still have foreign accent in your pronunciation, but I quite agree with you that you speak better and deeply than average yoruba persons living even in yoruba land. Well done, keep it up!!!
08larrymas 9 months ago
No fair! I want to learn yoruba.. I blame my parents for not teaching it to me. SUCKS.
you're yoruba has improved significantly though, very impressive.
ThaDreamer18 9 months ago
@ThaDreamer18 I am igbo, born here in the US. My parents also refused to speak the language to me and my siblings, which is why we never learned. This is a serious problem, Many of us are losing our culture. The same is happening with my yoruba friends.
magnific82 9 months ago
@ThaDreamer18 same here. i'm tight they never taught my ass lmao... but seriously :[
strwbrybabyg245 8 months ago
I give you a 100%!!!!!
tutulu 9 months ago
Olorun o ni pa o ni kekere Titilayo! Olorun a le kun oplo re! O so ede Yoruba naa yanjuyanju!
ayindeopo 9 months ago
learn a language from a part of Nigeria that we/our parents are not from so I learnt Igbo instead while living still in Ibadan. They later realised it was a mistake but the damage had already been done. I got my Paternal Uncle to teach me how to put signs but I don't even know my alphabets in Yoruba till now. I am saying this to give you a glimpse of why so many of us are either reluctant to read/write/speak the language or simply can't. It was unfashionable. I love you Titilayo Harshman
anifalas 9 months ago
I am a young person like you (Nigerian) an although I live in the UK now, I was riased in Ibadan,Nigeria, and have a very keen interest in Yoruba Pombele (Ijinle) but it appeared that something invisible somehow prevented me from being able to do so. I was never formally taught Yoruba language in school, till the final 3 years of secondary school. In the 80s and before then, it was prohibited in schools and called vernacular. In the 90s, politician and legislators legislated that we should
anifalas 9 months ago
wow you have put me to shame, I am nigerian - half yoruba and can barely say good morning. You have really inspired me to learn!
anyalake 9 months ago
beautiful and amazing ...dam ....mo ti bo joh
thatswhatiamsaying 9 months ago
Thanks Titi,u make my day each time i view u on youtube.am proud to say am from the yoruba race.
470427 9 months ago
@470427 yoruba is not a race! I guess books should be making your day from now on.
iookpareke 9 months ago
This is amazing. I have been teaching myself for a few months now, finally taking personal responsibility for my language.
Kaka4Milan 9 months ago
your yoruba has very much improved since you have been in Nigeria.
I am very happy that you can speak yoruba because i think its encouraging to some Nigerians who refrain from teaching their kids their native languages at home and think its a trend to speak english alone.
I am very happy my parents spoke Yoruba to me and i can safely say that i speak both yoruba and english fluently.
Well Done to you! wish you all the best!
adenike92 9 months ago
@ chancy319, clearly, you are as smart as the trees behind Titilayo. Does she look mixed race to you? Or the subtitles moved too quiclky for you to read the part where she reiterates that she spent 3yrs learning Yoruba in Wisconsin? Dumb as a bag of rocks!
Well done Titi.
xtrabrwnshuga 9 months ago
HA!
Ur Yoruba is Impressive!!!!!
Zamzaki1 9 months ago
haha 5 people are mad that a sexy lady is bilingual
stuntm4n636 9 months ago
wow! Great job!!!
tinkerbellas16 9 months ago
From my mother " May God Bless you, give you more wisdom knowledge and understanding to know more about my language, my beautiful concentrated and valued language, EDE YORUBA! You are a blessing to us NIgerians! Ori mi wu pupo, inu mi dun lopolopo. O d' gba.
SpudMeMiday 9 months ago
I fully understand with you, Titi. Foreign learners of of most languages do so by the formal route, textbooks; language on the other hand is socially driven by its colloquial forms. It takes real courage to have gone as far as you have! A decade ago you might have found Nigerian professors at UI who spoke Yoruba the way you do, because they were from other parts of the country. I hope you will hang on to what you have, Yoruba is a wealthy language and a whole world of fresh ideas is its reward.
Outreachat 9 months ago
@Nation010 Oooh, Spanish and Yoruba? Spicy!
I recently came back from spending nearly two years in Nigeria, more specifically Ogun State (Agbado!), living amongst family, but I still can't really speak it too well. There's all of technicalities. They have about 3 words for 'thank you' but barely a word for table'? Come on =).
But this girl really made me proud, especially of my country and language. I hope to finish learning the language like she dis. And she's not bad looking. O lewa ju =0.
TubeheadSkinnymike 10 months ago
At her age, she's just learning to speak her mother's tongue. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
chancy319 10 months ago
I Salute your effort big time, there are loads of Yoruba people who are not even proud to be Yoruba's once they enter the West tring to be Americans or English. I feel sad when i see this, But i pro-actively try 2 teach my little one Yoruba in fact English is banned @ home just Spanish & Yoruba at home, becos despite being English am very proud of my ethnic background, moreso considering the language existed from D 11th century probably b4. So should be kept alive in true form. So Congrats 2 U
Nation010 10 months ago
Fantastic...great effort!
teamplayer11 10 months ago
Titi, Inu mi dun si ise takun-takun ti o ti se, nipa kiko ede Yoruba. O gbiyanju koja opolopo awon "omo Yoruba" miran, bi o tile je wipe o ko le so ede naa bi omo "kaaro-o'jiire"; o
SammyDplus 10 months ago
@SammyDplus ijinle yoruba
dayo4u 9 months ago
Lovely..you will go far...
Hope you enjoying my lovely Country?
God Bless Nigeria
skatula8 10 months ago
SHE SAID SHE WANT TO SPEARK ENGLISH AND SHE KEEP ON SPEARKING YORUBA(ENGLISH NI MO FE SO).
motun12341 10 months ago
amazing! Your video has inspired me to learn idoma, my fiance's language.
lsaa09 10 months ago
she should have said, GBOSA, at the end lool
StickyFingaz410 10 months ago
Wonderful! I cannot even speak good yoruba like you
SuperSaccoh 10 months ago