yara
The Yoruba phrase for hurry up is yara.
yara is used as a verb to tell someone to go faster.
Meaning: go faster (verb)
Did you know?
- Because Yoruba is a tonal language, the pitch you use to say yara is the difference between telling someone to 'hurry up' and asking them to go into a 'room'.
- The Yoruba word yara is cognate with the Baatonum word yàara, which means 'courtyard' or 'open space'.
- If you want to tell someone to 'hurry up' with more intensity, you might repeat the word as yara-yara, though this can sometimes imply a sense of continuous, urgent movement.
Examples in context
- Yara jẹun.Hurry up and eat.
Example conversation
Tunde and Titi are getting ready to leave for a party.
- TundeTiti, yara, ó ti di alẹ́.Titi, hurry up, it is already late.
- TitiMo fẹ́ kọ́kọ́ ra ṣúgà.I want to buy sugar first.
- TundeYara, a le ra rẹ̀ níkèyìí.Hurry up, we can buy it later.
- TitiÓ dáa, mo ti ṣe tán.Okay, I am done.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries yara, CC BY-SA 4.0.
