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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by moondust(m): 5:19pm On Jul 05, 2007
Ikomi:

Love your signature, very true. But that does not mean your wining the contest, your far behind moondust. angry

IKomi my homie! That's what I'm talking about! grin
its good u've brought this to their knowledge at this point
maka asi na

Agbisi gba otule omuru ako
when the ant stings the buttocks it is sure to learn a lesson


Adighi adi abuo ayi ara
don't argue with a mad person lest u look mad yourself


Ara abughi ihe umu aka
Madness is not for children

@ cute ass
Howz u doin? kiss
feeling the heat yet?


@ youngies
where art thou you deserter? grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by lilian777(f): 5:30pm On Jul 05, 2007
All of you claimimg to be the winner of this thread had better think again.

@ Moondust

Nwata na-ata abacha mana aru akpu anya bu akpiri ogonogo ji ya.

A child eyeing Tapioka while he's eating Fufu is only suffering from long throat.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Ugwumba(m): 5:44pm On Jul 05, 2007
Onye ji ike ya eti aku, og'eji nkume (okwute) eme gini?

Literal - He who uses his buttocks to crack palm kernels, would use a stone for what?
Meaning - use implements for what they are meant to be used.

Onye gbajiri ukwu n'elu akwa, ga gbaji kwa ya n'igba oso.

Literal - He who breaks a leg while lying on a bed, will also break it while running.
Meaning - The lazy man will always find a reason why he has done no work.

Eze ta nkikiri eze, ohu ata ogwu.

Literal - when a king chews the small of his teeth, the slave eats thorns.
Meaning - the anger of the king is not spared on the slave.

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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 5:57pm On Jul 05, 2007
moondust:

Adighi adi abuo ayi ara
@ cute ass
Howz u doin? kiss
feeling the heat yet?

I'm fine oo. Just chilling at work wink



Obulu na egbughi udele gba onu ôtô, ndi ibe ya agaghi achô akwa wolu n'onu
If the volture with bare neck isnt killed, the rest wouldnt find it necessary to find some clothings to cover up their own necks.

Ugwô na-ama ebu, ô naghi ele ule
A debt gets old, it never expires!!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by chiogo(f): 6:12pm On Jul 05, 2007
@ cute-ass, sis, u sure are wrong. am cool as ice. let's do this. BTW, how u doin'? grin


Kobe akpa gi ebe aka gi ga eru

Hang ur bag where ur hand can reach it.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 6:28pm On Jul 05, 2007
chiogo:

@ cute-ass, sis, u sure are wrong. am cool as ice. let's do this. BTW, how u doin'? grin

Lil sis, wrong about what na??

I'm very cool, thanks for asking wink;    How's my favourite sis on nairaland doing today?? kiss kiss
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by chiogo(f): 6:43pm On Jul 05, 2007
cute-ass:

Lil sis, wrong about what na??


that this competition is turnin' unpleasant. we're cool.
cute-ass:



I'm very cool, thanks for asking wink; How's my favourite sis on nairaland doing today?? kiss kiss

am good. thanks. kiss kiss

back to topic.
Nkita ne nwe ndidi ne eri nnukwu okpukpu. lol, dat's wrong, i know

The patient dog eats d fattest bone.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 7:05pm On Jul 05, 2007
chiogo:

that this competition is turnin' unpleasant. we're cool.

Love, it had absolutely nothing to do with you. I'll be damned to ever be uncool with you, its never gonna happen oo kiss


Ônye ajuju adighi efu uzo

He who asks, will not miss his way lol
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 2:20am On Jul 09, 2007
Ô na nwanyi eke amaghi akpu, ka ô bu na aguba ya adighi nkô
Is it that the market woman does not know how to barb, or her barbing instrument aint sharp enough?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by OmoEko1(f): 2:23am On Jul 09, 2007
Hey sweetie kiss kiss kiss kiss i finally found you cheesy cheesy cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 2:34am On Jul 09, 2007
Omo Eko:

Hey sweetie kiss kiss kiss kiss i finally found you cheesy cheesy cheesy

LOL . . there you are, and I'm glad you did kiss kiss kiss so whats up? Missing you kiss
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by OmoEko1(f): 2:38am On Jul 09, 2007
Missing you too kiss kiss kiss, nothing oh just chilling and bored
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:09am On Jul 09, 2007
moondust:

@ youngies
where art thou you deserter? grin

Well, well well, I don't believe I have been away this long. Thanks for holding forth.

Now that I'm back . . . I mana asi na nnukwu mmanwu puta obele mmanwu agba oso
When the big masquarade is in the sqaure, the small masquarades stay by the side and watch. grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:17am On Jul 09, 2007
Cutie darling, lolo ndi igbo na Nairaland, for having maintained the momentum from the very first day of this thread, I am so proud of you  cheesy

O nna gi muru gi
You are a true son daughter of your father  grin

Keep it coming, your crown awaits you, LOL
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:24am On Jul 09, 2007
Ilu nkanka nkata na eme nwoke nkanka akwa ujo
A proverb about a tattered basket makes a man in rags nervous.



@moondust, Ichie Okwulu okalusia!

Biko ama m ka isi eme, mme m ihe ona abu eme m obi adi m uto grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by moondust(m): 12:31pm On Jul 09, 2007
@ cute ass
hope u had a fun weekend? wink

@ youngies
Nara ise Biko!
kitaa k'ibiara.
Olee ihe me ga?
O mu bu Okwulu Okalia ibe ya. mana igwa beghi anyi afa otutu gi o!


E ji ro ihe mmadu eme ogo
You don't  use another man's property for good deeds

Onye ji mmadu na ani ji onwe ya
when u hold another man down, u're also down

e nwero ihe gbasara okuko na ita atu
the chicken has no business with the toothpick/chewing stick
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 12:43pm On Jul 09, 2007
moondust:


@ youngies
Nara ise Biko!
kitaa k'ibiara.
Olee ihe me ga?
O mu bu Okwulu Okalia ibe ya. mana igwa beghi anyi afa otutu gi o!


Ituo m Ichie Omenife, a kpunye m gi ehi grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 12:46pm On Jul 09, 2007
Mmiri anaghi ama nwa nnunu na akwu ya
A bird is not beaten by the rain in its nest.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by moondust(m): 1:07pm On Jul 09, 2007
youngies:

Ituo m Ichie Omenife, a kpunye m gi ehi grin

ICHIE OMENIFE!!!!!!!!!
TURU UGO!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 1:11pm On Jul 09, 2007
hehehehehe

Ngwa nara ato . . . eehe, eehe, eehe cheesy

Onye no nso? Biko kputara nu Ichie nnekwu ehi ka m nwere gwa ya aka grin grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by moondust(m): 1:19pm On Jul 09, 2007
Nsogbu adighi.
M ga ezigara gi na ndi ohaneze ozi.
maka
as na nwata kwoo aka ya o soro ndi okenye rie nri
A child who washes his hands dines with kings

Aka nni kwoo aka ekpe, aka ekpe a kwoo aka nni
the right hand washes the left hand as the left hand washes the right hand
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by mezainab(f): 1:22pm On Jul 09, 2007
youngies:

Cutie darling, lolo ndi igbo na Nairaland, for having maintained the momentum from the very first day of this thread, I am so proud of you  cheesy

O nna gi muru gi
You are a true son daughter of your father  grin

Keep it coming, your crown awaits you, LOL

@ Do i detect chauvenism here or what? What's that "son" doing there,Youngies?

well,na obodo ndi kpuru isi ,nwoke otu anya na abu eze
in the land of the blind,the one eyed man becomes the king.

Incase o buru na unu echefuo la
grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by moondust(m): 1:25pm On Jul 09, 2007
me-zainab:

@ Do i detect chauvenism here or what? What's that "son" doing there,Youngies?

well,na obodo ndi kpuru isi ,nwoke otu anya na abu eze
in the land of the blind,the one eyed man becmes the king.

Incase o buru na unu echefuo la
grin

OOOOO Obi aso gbuo la m ebe a. ulo juru eju o! cheesy
ma ndi ichie ma ndi lolo onye obula zuru e ezu n'rbe a!
Nya Kpotu ba!!!! grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 3:38am On Jul 10, 2007
Nwata hu ôgu egbolu egbo, ô si na ôgu na-atô ka nri
When a child sees a seperated fight, he claims that fights are as good as food


Agwa ônye ogbenye ihe a na-emesia wee bulu ôgalanya, ô si ka ya nôdu ôgbenye wee nwuô lol

A rather less financially priviledged man, after being told what it takes to roll around in cash, decides to remain poor till death
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 5:32pm On Jul 10, 2007
me-zainab:

@ Do i detect chauvenism here or what? What's that "son" doing there,Youngies?


Me c-h-a-u-v-e-r-n-i-s-m


Ndi be anyi si na ji ga agba oku ga agbariri ma esiri ya esi ma ahuru ya ahu
Our peopls says that a yam that is destined to burn shall surely burn whether it is roosted or boiled.

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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by diamondd(f): 8:23pm On Jul 12, 2007
hehehe youngies dats mad funny afo n'egbu m mgbu tongue
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by chiogo(f): 10:25pm On Jul 15, 2007
Nwata kobe ogodo ya ebe aka ya eme lu, ikuku ku be, obulu ya na ogodo ya. lol

If a child hangs his cloth where his hand cannot reach, when d wind blows, it'll blow away him and his cloth.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by darfur(m): 10:38pm On Jul 15, 2007
abgusi gbaa otele, ya amuru ako. . . cheesy

if the ant bites the buttocks, the buttocks learns how to scratch. . . . cheesy i.e when a real problem hits you , you will learn about the solution asap cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 3:55am On Jul 16, 2007
darfur:

abgusi gbaa otele, ya amuru ako. . . cheesy

if the ant bites the buttocks, the buttocks learns how to scratch. . . . cheesy i.e when a real problem hits you , you will learn about the solution asap cool

you no get am.
ako here means wisdom.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by moondust(m): 4:41pm On Jul 17, 2007
Ikuku kuo, afu ike okuko
when the wind blows, it exposes the chicken's butts!

why is this thread deserted?
where are all my people at?

Youngies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
cute-ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Zainab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

hey! my voice is echoing back at me! undecided
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by question(m): 6:21pm On Jul 17, 2007
I guess they have exhausted their igbo proverbs, They need to consult their primary/secondary school igbo textbooks.
Ndi be anyi a na m ekele unu o.

Udele na ebe akwa na mmiri mara ya mana ozo na eru,
The vulture is crying that he was beaten by the rain but clouds are dark and another down pour is coming soon.

Ndewo nu.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by darfur(m): 9:07pm On Jul 17, 2007
ana ekwu na uwe anaghi aba ukwu, ibi na ada gi grin

we are saying that the boxer is too small for you yet you are developing scrotal elephantitis grin
(i.e we are talking of a small problem and a big one is on the way

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