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Simple greetings between a husband who is returning from work and a wife who was at home

Father: I am home.   Bàbá: Ẹ kú ilé. 
Mother: You are welcome.   Ìyá: Ẹ kú àbọ̀. 
Father: Hope you arrived safely?  Bàbá : Ṣé dáradára lẹ dé? 
Mother: Yes, thank you.   Ìyá: Bẹ́ẹ̀ni, mo dúpẹ́. 
Father: Where are the children?   Bàbá: Àwọn ọmọ ńkọ́? 
Mother: They are playing in the garden at the backyard  Ìyá: Wọ́n ń ṣe eré ní inú ọ̀gbà ní èyìnkùlé. 
Father: It is alright, I will see them when they get back inside.   Bàbá: Ó dára, mà á rí wọn tí wọ́n bá padà wọ ilé. 
Mother: It is okay then.   Ìyá: Kò burú. 
Note:  Close persons or agemates sometimes use Ẹ in greeetings to show respect to eachother.  Kíyèsí:  Ní ìgbà míràn, àwọn ènìyàn tí wọ́n súnmọ́ ara wọn tàbí àwọn tí wọ́n jẹ́ ẹlẹgbẹ́ ara wọn lè lo Ẹ ní inú ìkíni láti fi bọ̀wọ̀ fún ara wọn. 
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