Learning Our Native Language Is Hard
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Alexis and Ava are learning Yoruba! In this video, their grandmother (born and raised in Nigeria) give the girls a lesson on their native language.
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I’m Yoruba and this is so impressive. My dad speaks Yoruba to us all the time so we don’t forget it lol.
I’d love to learn Yoruba from my Yoruba friends but they always tend to speak English to me.
@@VeeUBeYou ikr 😅
Same
I cant love this more 😭 😢 😫
Translate what you said in Yoruba written form so we can see it.
Hey Your Nana should start a channel teaching her language!
Yes! I would definitely watch and learn along with the girls
@@MoonGoddess1371 I so second THIS
@@MoonGoddess1371 I third this
And I "fourth" this!! 😀
Come on, guys let's make this happen!!! Let's put the motion in motion!! Who is going to "fifth" this?? 😂😀
Yh the woman is so good in teaching. Naana is doing the most😍🥰💖
My son is 21 months old and he is learning three languages...Yoruba ( my hubby’s language), English and Spanish ( from me and school).
I’m learning Yoruba too as my son learns.
Thank you For a lovely video💛
Very cool that your child be trilingual at a young age!!
Please continue teaching him it is important for him to know all of the languages.
mazvi yes certainly we will continue teaching him. Thank you 😊
@ebony, ua-cam.com/video/ytcAvs6vUlc/v-deo.html .I am sure this Yoruba animation would help
I applaud you for doing this! 😍👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
im yoruba and im learning a lot of things from this video, i was raised in america and i have difficulty pronouncing these words too, im coincidentally also a twin, but im 11years old
@Void Kim im so sorry for your loss, i hope you are ok. i mean you can start learning basaa with a translator on google and then show your dad what you know, maybe he will be happy.
you are still very young and that's a good thing. I think if you have someone to practise with (maybe your parents or friends) then it'll make learning the language easy. Try to also learn yoruba slang words and use youtube videos to help with pronunciation.
You should definitely dabble in music (Afrobeat Yoruba Artist) and movies (not sure what is appropriate for someone your age). Although I was born in the states I speak Yoruba pretty well. I watched the Yoruba movies, without the subtitles then with subtitles to get a better understanding of the language and how it's used. It's never too late to learn there are many tools out there where you can learn and your parents are a great resource for you.
@@SoTomi87 I'm sure you can very well affirm that Yoruba is very easy to learn and not such a great deal different from English
@Void Kim You can learn from native speakers on an app like HelloTalk. Get started! 😍💪🏾
I’m Igbo but this makes me so excited! I love that you all are teaching them about their native tribe! ❤️🇳🇬 beautiful Nigerian girls!
Beautiful american girls too.
Are you from Nigerian?
@@lolasdiaryy No duhhh there are many tribes in Nigeria 🇳🇬
@@lolasdiaryy igbo is a Nigerian language
@@imah_culate I know
Nana is such an amazing teacher. Her skill is excellent 👌🏾
Wejhf
yep she is i like her outfit 2
I like ava 🤣🤣😉💗💗💗💗💗
@Sduolc Epoh just from my homevillage
Ewa - beauty
Ewa - beans
Ewa - 10
E wa - come
E wa - You came
E wa - You didn't come
E wa - Remove it (usually for food)
E wa - Look for it
E wa - You are (fine)
It all depends on the pronunciation.😄 I'm glad to see you girls learning 🤗
What? Wow very interesting.
So cool.
Yoruba also has symbols on the letters which help people to know how to pronounce it and what tone is used.
It's the same with a South African language that I speak which is called Xhosa. It is a very tonal language, so the way you pronounce a word and completely change the meaning.
Ubulele- You thanked
Ubulele- He/She thanked
Ubelele- You should give thanks
Ubulele-- Did you give thanks
Ubulele- Did he/she give thanks?
Ubulele- You were sleeping
Ubulele-You killed
Ubulele- Did you kill?
Ubulele- He/She killed
You need to very careful with these African languages lol
Woww!!! I actually tried to pronounce all this
Fun Fact: Yoruba is the tribe with the highest twins in the world. 🥰🥰🥰
Wow
Of course
That's true. It's confirmed by research, actually.
Yes, especially the Yorubas in Igbó-ọ́rà
SO TRUE
They're pronounciation has improved so much!!! 😊 way to go girls 💜 what a precious time learning Yoruba language with grandma
Me to I come from nigeria
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That was fascinating. Ami, your mother is very impressive with the way she carries herself! Her voice tone is engaging and she is just full of elegance and grace. What a pleasure to watch her teach her granddaughters! Thank you!🌹
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am an engineer Ian and my name is Hannah Blackman doing now and I speak Yoruba
@@McClureTwins know you are welcome thank
McClure Twins
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Africans out of Africa appreciating African culture. Africans in Africa be proud of your languages, diverse cultures and spirituality. I love you Amy this makes me so proud.
Why are we not talking about how GORGEOUS Grandmama is?
The girls did so well. Nana is a great teacher, for a minute i felt a part of the Youruba class😅🧡
Same
Same
Lol Me too. I was repeating right along with the girls. I'm not sure how this ended up in my recommended videos but I'm glad it did. I hope Nana gives them more lessons that I can follow along with!
😂😂 me to girl
Grandma is really doing a great job at teaching them yoruba
Thanks for watching
@@McClureTwins Nice work girls
You nailed it
@@McClureTwins ok
Ami’s mother is so classy and stylish . I just love her. She is doing a great job teaching the children. They should know their heritage. I hope they keep it up.🥰😄🤣
Grandma English is much more better than mine as a student....gramma please take me English language...i love her diction
Their vocabulary and pronunciation has improved a lot and it's great that not only they get to learn Yoruba but to spend time with their Nana. 😀
I am Yoruba, I am proud of you Nana and the twins, I speak Yoruba to my grandchildren, oh, this is impressive, after teaching them, let them speak it to you quite often. Nana thank you. Ami, you are doing good, I love your family, love to Jersey and Justin.
Thanks for watching
Damn, i didn't know you were Nigerian. But it brings great pride and joy to see our culture being shared🇳🇬❤
I love the Yoruba Tribe! My people!! 🇳🇬 They did a great job!
That was very good and educational! The girls learn pretty fast. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Nana is beautiful, very young looking also.
Thank you so much 🤗
She looks younger than the daughter.
The girls are naturals at Yoruba, that's their native tongue kicking in
This is sooo impressive.. Am an African(East Africa) and i have never been more proud like i am today.. Though i instead speak Kiswahilli, Runyankore, Luganda and Rukiga.
UG in the house
IM so soooo elated you all are teaching their native language! As a Black American, I WISH I had that. Love this ❤️
It's not too late for you to learn one of your ancestors language(s). If you like take the dna test and no doubt you'll be interested in one of YOUR African languages :)
@@Browny241422 He most likely Can not trace back far enough to know what tribe he is from!! Because of the colonizers erasing Black Americans history.
@@scarmarvel4810 Did you read the above comment? We can take DNA tests which will map us to some of the tribes we're part of.
Take a DNA test to map you to a tribe in West Africa. You most likely are a conglomerate of different tribes, but it's a starting point.
@@scarmarvel4810 You might at least be able to trace it back to a general region which is better than nothing. It's a start.
I am Yoruba and the girls really did a great job. Nana is such a great teacher. I'm also Nana's name sake :)
Me too
Oloruko nla
Loved this totally! Nana's a good teacher and girls, you're such fast learners wow! Good job!
You are so kind
From one of Ami's videos, I Think she has mentioned before that Grandma is a teacher.
This is so beautiful to see!! I just found out through African Ancestry DNA I am 98% Yoruba!! so I am trying to learn as well 🥰
That’s good
Yoruba is not in the DNA though how is that? it's a tribe of people in nigeria.
@@PrettyOmnificent333 Yoruba is more than just a tribe sis and they're not found in only Nigeria please do your research well.
@@PrettyOmnificent333 You are wrong to make that assertion. Ethnicity can actually be found out from DNA markers. Don't just make a truth claim without evidence.
This will help me too!! My husband is from that tribe and I know minimum of the language. So keep posting so i can learn and surprise him 😂😂😅
😭 this is so sweet 🤩
Hey! That's my surname too, lol. Welcome to the tribe😊
Grandma looks very young!!! I wish I could learn Yoruba, Igbo! I learn some today as well, thank you. E, Kaaro/{ Good Morning!} E, Kaasan/{Good Afternoon!} E, Kaale{ Good Evening!} E, Dide{ Stand up}/ E, Joko{ Sit Down} Like Ms. Tracy says, It would be helpful to have a channel, so many others can learn as well. Great Job, the girls are learning so fast!
I'm just smiling through this video 😊because even though I grew up here in Nigeria and still live in Nigeria, I couldn't speak yoruba until I went to uni in the south-western part of Nigeria where yoruba language is predominantly spoken and till this day, I love love my language. It's the sweetest and best and easiest to speak and learn. Well-done Nana 💛
As a South African l enjoyed this was also learning. Hopefully the parents ensure that children learn their native language. Great job Nana, more zoom classes will surely attend.
Please keep speaking to them in Yoruba so they can also speak it fluently. Am excited they are learning and Nana's Yoruba is so fluent even after staying abroad for so long.
I would love to see an entire video of Ami and her mom speaking in their native language. Just add the sub titles ! This video was fun!
I absolutely love this video. Especially since my ancestors are Nigerian. Nana and the girls look beautiful in their attire. The colors are gorgeous. I think I should start learning The Nigerian language.
Thanks for watching
Nigeria has quite a lot of languages though. There are over 250 tribes, so you'd first have to identify that which you originate from, but there are three major tribes though - the Igbos, Yorubas and Hausas.
I am not Yoruba but i love the language and wooow these girls are so smart...Thank you Nana
Nana did an awesome job teaching the girl. Kudos for teaching the girls their ancestral language.
Ami’s Mom’s outfit is beautiful!! The girls learned very quickly .
I never noticed how similar the girls voices are when they speak in unison! Blessed to have Nana to teach them!!!
I love this sooo much! They were so intrigued and excited to learn, and your mom is such an amazing teacher. I love how she made it fun for them. I would honestly watch an entire series of them learning with her. Beautiful bonding moment with 3 generations of beautiful ladies❤️❤️
She's the best teacher ever! She's not just reaching them Yoruba language, she's teaching them respect along with it.
Their Mother And Dad very respectful also... kids learn from grandparents of pass.... wonderful
The twins are very quick learners
Ikr
Their brains are more flexible than adults 😊easy to absorb languages.
@@gringa23 Mine too. Spanish is easy but French is hard !!!!
@@georgiaholdham2431 i will never want to learn French😂
@@georgiaholdham2431 and because you are young so the older you get things can become a bit complicated than usual
This Nana is stunning. She is a great teacher too. She should start her own language channel.
I didn't realise that in yoruba that meji could also be eji I was always saying them with m's at the beggining and I have been living in England and speaking Yoruba for over 2 or 3 yrs (I'm only 11) and I'm happy you posted this so see the girls learn and mainly because I'm learning aswell💕
I love Alexis' "really?" when her mum said she could learn as many languages as she wanted. She was so excited. 😂
I love this!! I’m Igbo and I speak the basic cos my parents speak that to us lol. Naija to the world🇳🇬
I luv u & ur dotas
Odimma
Kedu?
Especially if you live in Lagos..you got no problem
"you can learn as many languages as you want!!"
i wish my fam was supportive like that. in middle school i wanted to learn arabic and my fam ask me why would i bother and stopped me. you girls are so lucky.
I love this so much. I am a new subscriber of your daughters channel. I am truly impressed. Your mother is absolutely beautiful and she is so sweet. I recall my aunty from Ayiti (Haiti) telling me that our ancestors were Yoruba.....
I took some lessons from your mother while she was teaching your daughters. I hope your mom will have a channel soon to teach the Diaspora Yoruba too.
Your grandma is a fantastic teacher! Her voice is so soothing! Could this be a potential channel or a once a week learn Yoruba with Grammy and the Twins thing👀👀
Please please please teach more of this. I love learning Yoruba with them!
My grandchildren are only one quarter Yoruba and I have to teach them the language too, even the one who lives here. I love doing it...bless all grandchildren 🤗🤗💕💕
I love how they r experiencing nigerian and american when they r little kiddos. Watching this is so beautiful cause im also a full nigerian!
Good job grandma! Your Mom is so beautiful Ami💕 you did amazing Ava and Alexis! Im glad they are getting to learn about their roots thats is a special moment ! 🤩🤩
Wow! Never knew Ami is from Nigeria not to talk of my tribe YORUBA. Nice one girls
This was great! I really enjoyed learning Yoruba. And I’m impressed with how well the twins picked up and pronounced the words.
Thank you! 😃
I'm not Yoruba but love the language..I actually joined Eva and Alexis to learn..hope grand ma can give more lessons so we can learn too
Nana is a TEACHER true and true. They pronounced the words so so well. What are the girls Yoruba names if any? However for the twins (Ibeji) I know the default names for are Taiye(the one who came first) and Kehinde( the one who came after). But do they have other names. Smart girls they got stand and sit and numbers sooooo easily.
Im igbo/yoruba and my parents never spoke igbo or yoruba to me.. i only know greetings so im excited to learn too😊
i wish my parents kept teaching us Yoruba. now they just blame us for not speaking it fluently lol
ua-cam.com/video/ytcAvs6vUlc/v-deo.html .I am sure this Yoruba animation would help
Lol...same here.
There’s a generation of African parents who expected their children to magically “pick things up.” Instead of being taught.
Who expected their children to automatically absorb the culture and language of their parents by magic. Without any parental input whatsoever.
No one is quicker to drop and denigrate their culture than we Africans.
Colonial education of european geography and european history is to this day still taught in African schools.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@T.image79 it's possible for kids to pick it up if their parents speaks only that language to them.. but some of them only speaks English to their kids
My fifth great grandfather arrived in America from Yorubaland some 225 years ago. I lived in Puerto Rico, Korea and Switzerland and learned a great deal of their respective languages. I should really invest in learning Yoruba as well. Thanks so much for this video. So great to see grandma teaching the girls with such passion and joy!
Prayers for you from Yoruba land. We love you.
Awesome job! The importance of a person connected to their heritage through language, food, culture helps build self confidence and awareness. It would be wonderful if the entire family learned together.
Learned it when I was 5 by myself, then I made my parents speak it to me all the time. My parents are weird especially being born in the states I wanted them to speak to me in their language. I learned from the music and watching Yoruba movies. Yoruba tonal kills me most of the time but it's a dope language.
@@User__795 same me too expect I’m Dinka from South Sudan. They get mad and embarrass us in front of relatives for not speaking it. Now that I’m older it’s harder to learn a language.
@@User__795 It's a flex. A weird one at that. They don't want us to have accents. 🙃 It's strange to me and thank goodness I was the child who loves culture immensely. Having gone to Nigeria around the age of five and who knew I was from somewhere😂. It's like they were embarrassed to know they are from somewhere other than America. I have no idea what they were thinking. After coming from Nigeria at that young age I fell in love. I make sure that I am in tune with my culture. I started learning Yoruba on my own and one day I said to my parents at 8 to speak to me in Yoruba only. They were shocked and I learned it better that way plus utilizing the movies as my guide. I can say I understand it very well speak it sufficiently, lol. They expect magic it's like when they want you to face your studies and then ask when you're getting married🤣🤣🤣. I'm like wtf, 🙃. They have this weird mentality and they expect it to transcend, Issa no.
@@ifitslovinthatyouwant08 Their people learning languages just for the fun of it. Don't think of it as a chore it won't be fun. I learned Indonesian for 4 months and I thought I couldn't. I know more than I think I do. I can understand it but I practice it because I want to travel there and converse with people even though they speak English. I just feel it's dope to speak with the locals in their language. Start and have fun..I am not sure the language group it in but I'm rooting for you.😊
@@SoTomi87 well done 😃
@@SoTomi87 that’s funny how you would not want your kids to understand and speak your language. I’m happy for you..
don’t mind African parents with their ! Finish your studies and go to your husband’s house 😂😂 I’m Yoruba. Are you on Snap ?
It’s Alexis saying a deep voice is a language for me🤣🤣🤣
Nana is an amazing teacher!!!! 👏 . I am also shocked at how quickly the girls are picking up the Yoruba language
I knew they got their smartness and beauty cuteness from Nigeria♥️♥️♥️
What an awesome experience for the girls to have and a especially to know their TRUE African roots, cant wait to hear them become fluent!! 👸🏽👸🏽👸🏽👸🏽💖
Wow it's so nice and impressive to see the girls learn their language from Nana😍🤧
I'm actually Igbo but I grew up in Lagos(A Yoruba state) I understand Yoruba but I am not so fluent yet, meanwhile I am struggling with my native language Igbo😂😭
A nigerian stayc Stan!!!!
@@HRLenswithVee Yeahhhh😂🤗🤗🤗🤗💙
This was so engaging. Nana kept the girls so hooked. It was nice seeing their relationship with their nana.
Ahhhh, fasinating !
I really enjoyed that...
Almost as well as Lady Nana and the girls
Lol😉
I wish Ik how to say thank you in Yoruba
Thank you in Yoruba means " E SE".
@@jossyt7001 E SE
I'm Yoruba my dad used to live in Nigeria but he left when he was 14 and my dad tries to teach it to me
As an American with Naija blood & no familial connection 💚 I love this. Learned something new
Y’all making Yoruba folk proud you know. It’s such a joyous video to behold. And the two pretty stars of this video was up to the task. Can’t be more proud of y’all.
Awww this warms my heart. Great Job Nigerian Princesses, you’re making us proud. 💜🇳🇬💜🇳🇬
Im a yoruba girl and i love seeing vids like this. I live in Uk and my dad makes sure he speaks Yoruba to me and my sisters so we dont forget it. Everyone says my accent makes it sound wierd but i just speak it. Its a really fun language. Love the twins :)
ua-cam.com/video/ytcAvs6vUlc/v-deo.html .I am sure this Yoruba animation would help with your yoruba also
I feel like color and unique clothing patterns are so beautiful on dark skin.
There's no doubt about that. It's one of the things GOD has blessed us black people with. Thanks for the compliment.
"10 beans" "You don't have a gap when you don't have teeth" Hilarious!😂😂 Nana did a good job! 👏
Am based in Canada and my mom is a Nigerian and have never been to Nigeria and I can't even speak Yoruba. I am learning wow am sooooo happy i can learn another language apart from English,French,Spanish and Dutch(Am just 13 years so if there is Any channel I can use to learn Yoruba I would really appreciate )
Lovely video...thanks to you, I learnt some YORUBA!!!
Happy to hear that!
Proud of you girls♥️ 🇳🇬 proud Nigerian here 🇳🇬♥️🙏🏾 growing up my parents only spoke Yoruba.
They will be so grateful for these moments as they get older! Absolutely love this 🙏🏾🔥
They really try for the first time... They have Nigeria intonation which show it flowing in them... Love watching you girls
Very loving grandma to teach the kids another language.
The best grandma
Du hast recht. Aber Yoruba ist ihre Muttersprache. Nicht nur eine andere Sprache.
Thanks nana, I now have three languages under my belt. The girls did great 👏🏽❤
That's great!
I'm Ibibio, 31 years old and still trying to learn the language lol. You girls are doing amazing. This is very exciting to see!
Can I be adopted? Grandma is ray of light and so elegant. Thanks for sharing. I love watching kids learn. It is one of the most amazing things seeing their brains just engage and absorb.
This is literally the story of my family’s language abilities. 😂 My grandma is Swedish and they chose to keep Swedish a secret language so they could talk about stuff that was inappropriate for children in front of us. Then my dad acted all insulted when I couldn’t speak it.
Well i used english at that but my son learned english on his own way too early... I could've changed to swedish but most I know can't speak it
@@avatara82 Part of the problem is there’s nobody to practice it with. We used to live in Chicago where there are Swedish neighborhoods, however, once we moved, nobody knew it because of the lack of ethnic Swedes in our area. My Farmor is now in an assisted living place and she probably has Alzheimer’s. They don’t label it as that, but that’s kind of what it’s like. I am grateful she knows Swedish, English, and American Sign Language. They say being bilingual helps and she’s trilingual. There was also a Swedish couple living at this place and I said “Farmor you have to go hang out with them! They’re from Värmland too!” That’s honestly so big to find someone from the same province as you today in the US. That still blows my mind. I hope they are speaking lots of Swedish to each other.
As far as Swedish goes though, I think it’s something that’s sadly been lost to my family, but we do still carry some ethnic and cultural Swedish traditions. Like we might have juletomtens, peppakakor, bullas, etc. But little of the language.
story of my life lol
@@magscovers8924 i am from ethiopia but swedish is my 2nd language
The story is shared globally! I can relate..
I'm Yoruba too and my parents always make sure I never forget that Language
Grandma is the best nana ever she so good !!!.You can even see the twins are really in love in learning the mother,s language because the teacher is sweet yooooh love thumbs up nana.
it is such a fun way to teach them, grandma did a great job, and the girls are really good.
This is so wholesome, grandma is so lovely....Alexis is the sweetest !
I am Yoruba and I’m also Nigerian.
You guys can keep up the good work. I can speak some Yoruba for u right now
E kaaro E kaason E kuriole
Bye
Yes you tried, but little mistake in the spelling.
E kaaro correct
E kaasan not E kaason
Eku irole not E kuriole
Keep it Up
@@adeniyisamuel7578 Ok thank you for the spelling I will try to keep up
I love your family and especially how you raise your children. Your parenting skills are amazing 🤩....I unfortunately did not have a healthy and loving upbringing, so when I watch your videos I am able to see what a balanced, healthy and unconditional loving family is like.
Keep doing what you guys are doing and I am looking forward to seeing the growth in your your families channels overall ☺️👏🏼❤️
Stay blessed, love from London ✨
Thanks so much for this. One of your best videos. The girls learning their mother tongue from their granny! It rarely gets better than that. Please let them continue learning Yoruba. They are smart enough to master it with ease. It will also enrich their lives beyond measure. At the same time such videos will open to Black people in the Americas how beautiful African languages are. With their musical tones.
Im half Yoruba but my Dad and Mom are from the Ibibio tribe. Im not sure if anyone else is from this tribe, but my mom and dad can also speak Yoruba and Igbo but my sis and i are having a hard time learning, so watching this im definitely gonna try harder 🤣😁
😂😂😂 both of your parents are Ibibio so where did the "half yoruba" emanate from??! 😂😂 Ékú isé o!
@@marthae080 I don't know this person, but here are some possibilities. I am just putting them out there to say, until you know all the facts, don't turn something into a laughing matter. If you have two parents, but one is only your bio parent, than you won't biologically be related to both of them. Maybe, this is a second marriage for one of your parents, and you were already born, from a previous
marriage. Maybe you could have been adopted as a child, one adoptive parent, you happen to coincidentally share the same language and tribe , the other parent you don't. In the end, all that matters is you have a loving family .
@@frugalityishername827 oh... you've got a point there. My apologies for turning it into a laughing matter.🙏 Correction well taken!!
My parents r igbo
Dont worry any of you! Both my Mom and Dad are my biological parents, Im not really half Yoruba, I just said i was half Yoruba because my parents can speak the language, my parents are both fully Ibibio and can speak Yoruba and a bit of Igbo. I hope that cleared things up!
That's awesome and the girls did absolutely amazing.The girls are too intelligent.Thank you Nana.
Thank You!
Wow! Grandma is really a great teacher!👏👏
They are so smart and not even just for their age, the observations thar they make and how easily they pick it up
Biko, we need more Yoruba lessons with Nana! I learnt a lot. Ese ma.
“How does a 4 year old make a choice?? Nooo ma’am.”
As the youngest 2nd gen kid in the fam & only one who can’t speak - I FELT THAT 🙌
Nana is very good with teaching YORUBA and wonderful kids excited to learn well. God bless the family and please do more video to use for kids.
I’m from Ghana but I learned some Yourba in this video thank you for making this!