Narrative and Storytelling Style

Ọ̀nà Ìtàn Sísọ

About this concept

Traditional Yoruba storytelling structures: opening formula (àlọ́ ò!), call-and-response, embedded songs, formulaic closings. Narrative tenses and discourse markers for storytelling.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C1.

Examples

Àlọ́ ò! — Àlọ́!Story time! (Call) — Story! (Response)

Ní ìgbà kan rí, ẹranko gbogbo pàdé.Once upon a time, all animals gathered.

Ìtàn mi ti parí, kò sún mọ́ ẹ̀sẹ̀ ẹlẹ́sẹ̀.My story is finished, it does not reach the foot of the owner.

Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n fi ń gbé ní àlàáfíà.And so they lived in peace.

Prerequisite

Proverbs and Idiomatic ExpressionsC1

More C1 concepts

Complex Clause StructuresÌṣọ̀kan Gbólóhùn Ìjìnlẹ̀Proverbs and Idiomatic ExpressionsÀwọn Òwe àti Ọ̀rọ̀ Àpèẹrẹ Formal and Oratorical RegisterÌrísí Ọ̀rọ̀ Àgbà àti Àṣà Grammatical Tone AlternationÌyípadà Ohùn Gírámà Praise Poetry (Oríkì)Oríkì

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