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Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 10:15am On Dec 18, 2012
ifyalways: ^ he's not wrong. Depending on dialect, tongue can be ire or ile.

I guess in standard Igbo, it is 'ire'.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 10:18am On Dec 18, 2012
Moustache/beard - afa onu
Face- ihu/iru
Neck- olu
Waist- ukwu (different pronunciation from leg-ukwu)
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 1:04pm On Dec 18, 2012
Nice thread. I'm really trying to brush up on my fluency and knowledge of Igbo. It seems the surest way to achieve that is by conversing with regularly with native Igbo speakers, Listening to Igbo songs and watching Igbo movies. Threads like these are also helpful too.
Its such shame that we Igbos have the highest number of "non-mother tongue speaking" nigerians.
Following thread.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 1:10pm On Dec 18, 2012
Suchie: pls wat is Otuocha if i go to my hubby village,everybody will b saying otucha.wat is d meaning pls?

Haha. You're definitely from Mbano. My friends father uses that word all the time and in various varieties like:
Otu gbara kwuo cha!
Otu gburu onye ocha!

And i'm like #wtf!
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 1:14pm On Dec 18, 2012
Eze Promoe: More translations
Rice - Osikapa
Beans - Àgwà
Egg - Àkwá
Yam - Ji
Garri - Akpu egheleghe
Soup - Ofe
Big - Nnukwu
Small - Obere
Wide - Mbara
Narrow - Warawara
Dog - Nkita
Cat - Bùúsù
Goat - Ewu
Fowl - Okuko
Cock - Oke okpa
Bird - Nnunu
Sweet - Uto
Bitter - Inu
Love - Ihunanya
Heart - Óbì
Gun - Égbè
Bomb - Ogbunigwe
War - Agha
Genocide - Nkpochapu mba
Red - Uhie
Green - Ndundu
Blue - Anunu
Black - Oji
White - Ocha
Purple - Ugo
Brown - Uhie oji
Pink - Uhie ocha
Yellow - Edo
Phone - Ekwenti
Bridge - Àkwà mmiri
Dollar - Ego oyibo
wink
I never that colors had Igbo names.
Btw, we call cats nwaologbo in my village. I don't know if its only in my village anyway. :/
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 7:18am On Dec 19, 2012
"Black" and "white" were some of the first Igbo words I learned. It was very helpful when talking about people in the public lmao. "Onye ocha", "onye oji".

Welcome back, Odumchi smiley
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 7:22am On Dec 19, 2012
lucenzo: I speak a little igbo. I was born and brought up in benin by igbo parents. The only one I speak is otu, otu ocha, ikpu, amu, thunder gba gbo gi.......cool I‘m still trying to speak my enugu igbo.

Ha! Nwa nwoke Enugu. Kaaaai, I don jam lmao. Nna ke kwanu? When are you meeting my father? Lol.

In case people missed the dictionary Odumchi posted on page 9, here it is again:

http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/VN/Igboid/IGBO%20Dictionary.pdf

It's extremely helpful. I look at it every day. Have a good day!
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 11:52am On Dec 19, 2012
CFCfan:

You be Enugu man? That's interesting. Abum onye Anambra.
m bu onye amigbo, ishi ozalla nkanu west close to agbani. Dunno any prominent person except from Frank Nweke the former information minister.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 5:08pm On Dec 19, 2012
lucenzo: m bu onye amigbo, ishi ozalla nkanu west close to agbani. Dunno any prominent person except from Frank Nweke the former information minister.

I think d former governor, Chimaroke Nnamani, is from Nkanu West LGA.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by NRIPRIEST(m): 1:55am On Dec 20, 2012
ogugua88:

Chuks, kedu ka imere? A nom ofuma. Afam by Ogugua. A bum onye mba Umudioka, Neni. O bulugodu a nam a su Igbo ofuma, a nwe Igbo ime obi m. A bum ada ndi Igbo. Nnoo.

Ona adi m ka obu ifunanya I nwelu ebe "Flavour nabania" na melu iji acho isuba Igbo,ma obu maka na emelu gi Ezenwanyi. Kedu nke obu,Ogugua ?
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 7:47am On Dec 20, 2012
NRI PRIEST:

Ona adi m ka obu ifunanya I nwelu ebe "Flavour nabania" na melu iji acho isuba Igbo,ma obu maka na emelu gi Ezenwanyi. Kedu nke obu,Ogugua ?
wtf are you saying. I couldn‘t understand a thing. If you want to know how ogugua88 is faring you need to go through me. Okay?
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 7:48am On Dec 20, 2012
lucenzo: wtf are you saying. I couldn‘t understand a thing. If you want to know how ogugua88 is faring you need to go through me. Okay?

Lucy nwa mama. Ke kwanu?

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Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 7:50am On Dec 20, 2012
NRI PRIEST: Ona adi m ka obu ifunanya I nwelu ebe "Flavour nabania" na melu iji acho isuba Igbo,ma obu maka na emelu gi Ezenwanyi. Kedu nke obu,Ogugua ?

Lol. A nom ya. Flavour and Wizboyy were my professors before I found instructors on Nairaland lol.

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Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 7:50am On Dec 20, 2012
ogugua88:

Lucy nwa mama. Ke kwanu?
anom ofuma cool

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Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 7:56am On Dec 20, 2012
lucenzo: anom ofuma cool

Kedu nka i na eme tata?

I hope I said that right lol.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by NRIPRIEST(m): 8:12am On Dec 20, 2012
lucenzo: wtf are you saying. I couldn‘t understand a thing. If you want to know how ogugua88 is faring you need to go through me. Okay?

Chai,boys aren't smiling at all...nwanne jili nwayo maka odi ka I maro na anom Ogugua nso kalia gi...She lives about 5hrs away from me!
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 8:16am On Dec 20, 2012
Ezioku? A ma ro m lol.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by NRIPRIEST(m): 8:18am On Dec 20, 2012
ogugua88:

Lol. A nom ya. Flavour and Wizboyy were my professors before I found instructors on Nairaland lol.

Nne,inwero nsogbu ma ncha.Translation= mama,you ain't go problems at all..I speak that original Anambra dialect that turns you on grin....Flavour and Wizboy has nothing on this bloke. As for Lucenzo,you will forget about him in a second....Bia nso kam nye gi obi uso.Translation=Come closer let me give you a piece of joy.....lol

Ogugua,these are some of the translations. But I must warn you so you don't get confused. I know you probably understands that Anambra\ Delta Igbo but couldn't write in it. However,you must remember that Eze-Promo presents his teachings in Standard Igbo,which is different from what I'm writing with.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by NRIPRIEST(m): 8:21am On Dec 20, 2012
ogugua88: Ezioku? A ma ro m lol.

Imalugo kitaa....obu ezi ogeli(virtuos lady) di ka gi ka aru m cholu...."tomatoe Jos"!
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 8:25am On Dec 20, 2012
Me sef, I dey live about 7 hours from Ogugua's city.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by NRIPRIEST(m): 8:40am On Dec 20, 2012
CFCfan: Me sef, I dey live about 7 hours from Ogugua's city.
grin grin
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 9:09am On Dec 20, 2012
Kai. All these fine bobos within my perimeter. Mana sebi polygamy is illegal for Cali? Lol.

Nri Priest, you're funny lol. You too, you have been promoted to Professor. I'm doing my best to understand what you write lol.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by jackpot(f): 11:56am On Dec 20, 2012
lucenzo: I speak a little igbo. I was born and brought up in benin by igbo parents. The only one I speak is otu, otu ocha, ikpu, amu, thunder gba gbo gi.......cool I‘m still trying to speak my enugu igbo.
**does sign of the cross** shocked
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by EzePromoe: 12:17pm On Dec 20, 2012
ogugua88: Nna ke kwanu? When are you meeting my father?
*laughing and coughing Achukwunettedly*
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 12:20pm On Dec 20, 2012
Maka why? Lol.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by EzePromoe: 12:25pm On Dec 20, 2012
No o! I didn't say anything lipsrsealed
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 12:27pm On Dec 20, 2012
You're an instructor, not instigator lol.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by EzePromoe: 12:33pm On Dec 20, 2012
Sorry na! I just laughed and coughed o!
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 12:41pm On Dec 20, 2012
Lol.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by NRIPRIEST(m): 12:51pm On Dec 20, 2012
ogugua88: Kai. All these fine bobos within my perimeter. Mana sebi polygamy is illegal for Cali? Lol.

Nri Priest, you're funny lol. You too, you have been promoted to Professor. I'm doing my best to understand what you write lol.

Ok,I see but I got no problem with translating it in pieces. So,gwam nke I na aghotalo(tell me which one you didn't understand).
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by EzePromoe: 1:10pm On Dec 20, 2012
Ogugua, seriously i wonder how you would pronounce these Igbo words. I met an Igbo American who came back for holidays and she saw an inscription on a book written, 'Chukwudi', and pronounced it as 'Chorkwordi' and Nnewi as 'En-New-i' (as in the pronounciation of the english word 'new') grin
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Nobody: 5:36pm On Dec 20, 2012
ogugua88:

Kedu nka i na eme tata?

I hope I said that right lol.
ka, sua english or spanish maka igbo di bad cool

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