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Lecture Series 46 of 2021
ÁKPÚJÀ – ẸKỌ TÍ ÓNÙWÉ KÁ TSÉ: *” TSÍTSỌN ỌFỌ GHÁN TÓ NẸ ẸGBÚRỌFỌ ỌKÁN BÍRÌ ÁRỌFỌ TÍ ÀGHÁN NẸ, GBÁRÁLÙ ÙKPÌỌFỌ ÀGHÁN.”*
( Our Lecture topic for today is: *THE CONSIDERATION OF MONO OR SINGLE SYLLABIC WORDS AND THEIR PARTS OF SPEECH AS WELL AS THEIR PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION.* )
*ỌFỌ GHÁN RÉ:*
( These are the words )
1. GBÓ* meaning *RIPE OR OLD.*
Éyí ká tsé *ÁGHÁNỌRÚKỌ*
( This is an *ADJECTIVE*)
*Ní éwé ọfọ > e.g:*
*i.* Ésó – égín wé *GBÓ* tó rẹn. ( Meaning > This fruit is now *RIPE* enough. )
*ii.* Órúrú été *GBÓ.*
( Órúrú is not *OLD* yet. )
2. TÁÁ…!!* meaning *EHHH….! *COMMON !* being an exclamatory cautionary warning to scare someone, ( usually, a younger person ) from doing something stupid.
Éyí ká tsé *ÓNỌRÚKỌ*
( This is a *NOUN*)
*Ní éwé ọfọ > e.g:*
*TÁÁ…! Ọmá wé…!* kùrì ùwẹrẹ. ! ( Meaning > *EHHH…! COMMON…!* this child, leave there. !)
3. GWÁ* meaning *MIX.*
Éyí ká tsé *ÀTSÚLÍỌFỌ*
( This is a *VERB*)
*Ní éwé ọfọ > e.g:*
*GWÁ* õmì gbígbọ wé gbẹ mì, dó tsé bìlọbìlọ. ( Meaning > *MIX* this hot water for me, to make it warm. )
4. GÓ* meaning *TALL.*
Éyí ká tsé *ÀGHÁNỌRÚKỌ*
( This is an *ADJECTIVE*)
*Ní éwé ọfọ > e.g:*
Ọnọkẹnrẹn – méjé, ọnẹ tó *GÓ* rẹn.
( Ọnọkẹnrẹn – méjé is a *TALL* man. )
5. JÁ* meaning *FIGHT*
Éyí ká tsé *ÀTSÚLÍỌFỌ*
( This is a *VERB*)
*Ní éwé ọfọ > e.g:*
Ẹnẹ ọmá Ìwẹrẹ dédé fóríjẹ rẹn, gín, ẹnẹ é sí wá bírì árá ẹnẹ *JÁ* júwẹrẹ ( Meaning > All Ìwẹrẹ ( Warri ) Sons and Daughters, have resolved, that, they will no longer *FIGHT* amongst themselves. )