Speak the language of your family.
Short audio lessons that get you greeting your elders, introducing yourself and sitting at the family table in Yorùbá. Two minutes a day.
Free to download. Unlimited free translations. Premium optional.
Ẹ káàárọ̀
Good morning
The Ẹ shows respect. Use it with parents, grandparents and anyone older.
Built around the moments that matter
Not tourist phrases. The things you actually say to family: greetings for every time of day, the respect forms elders notice, and what to answer when someone asks “whose child are you?”
Hear it first
Every phrase comes with audio, a slow-playback button and a tone chart that shows where your voice should rise and fall.
Say it yourself
Record yourself and play it back next to the native audio, side by side, until it sounds right.
Five ways to practise
Listen and choose, match pairs, build the phrase, fill the gap, and repeat after the speaker.
Correct Yorùbá
Full tone marks everywhere, like Ẹ̀gbọ́n and Bẹ́ẹ̀ni, so you learn the real spelling from day one.
Your first three phrases take two minutes
Then work through the units at your own pace.
A habit, not a chore
Daily goal and streaks
Pick 3 to 15 minutes a day. Every week in a row earns a streak freeze for the days life gets in the way.
Daily review
Phrases come back just before you’d forget them, so what you learn this week is still there next month.
Gentle reminders
One nudge at the time you choose, and none on days you’ve already practised.
A proverb every day
Òwe carry generations of wisdom. Read today’s, hear it spoken, and share it as a card with family. Plus the meanings behind 50 Yorùbá names, from Adébáyọ̀ to Kẹ́hìndé.
Àjò kì í dùn kí onílé má relé.
“A journey is never so sweet that the traveller doesn’t return home.”
However far you go, home still calls you back.
Unlimited free translations
The GRIOT translator is still here and now free without limits. Speak or type, and phrases from your lessons come back with checked, tone-marked Yorùbá.
Free languages
Swahili, Yorùbá, Hausa, Igbo, Zulu, English and French.
Voice or typing
Speak in English and other supported languages, or type in any of them.
Offline phrases
Everyday essentials that work without a signal.
Your family will notice the effort.
Start with Ẹ káàárọ̀ tomorrow morning. GRIOT is free on iPhone.