Coordination With àti

Put àti between coordinated nouns or phrases. A coordinated subject precedes its shared predicate; a coordinated object follows the verb. Joining two names does not add a plural ending to the verb.

When pronouns themselves form coordinated participants, use independent forms such as èmi and ìwọ. The textbook explicitly distinguishes their distribution from short subject forms. Exercises asking learners to replace short pronouns must not be read as endorsements of the unrevised forms.

Àti combines items; tàbí offers alternatives. A pẹ̀lú phrase instead presents a companion. This entry covers nominal and phrase coordination, without extending that pattern into a general rule for full-clause linkage or action complements.

• Bísí àti Tósìn ń ṣiṣẹ́. — Bísí and Tósìn are working. Both names form the subject.
• Mo ra ata àti ẹja. — I bought peppers and fish. Both nouns form the object phrase.
• Èmi àti ìwọ yóò lọ sí Èkó. — You and I will go to Lagos. Independent pronouns identify the coordinated participants.
• Àpò àti fìlà wà lórí àga. — A bag and a cap are on the chair. The location predicate follows the whole subject.