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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 12:08am On Jul 25, 2007
o di nma.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 12:09am On Jul 25, 2007
A di m happy to hear that . . kenesialum baba grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 12:13am On Jul 25, 2007
Ok.
O gbaa travel so a di m lonely.
o ga a na ta soon anyway.
I can't wait
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 12:24am On Jul 25, 2007
Aghotara m, mana ô na adi mkpa atimes ka i wee mara ihe i nwere


Dont worry, ô ga adicha mma wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 12:26am On Jul 25, 2007
cute-ass:

Aghotara m, mana ô na adi mkpa atimes ka i wee mara ihe i nwere


Dont worry, ô ga adicha mma wink

cute,i nugo di?
if not,make sure n'obu onye Igbo.
Igbo men di egwu!!
I can testify
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 12:31am On Jul 25, 2007
babyosisi:

cute,i nugo di?
if not,make sure n'obu onye Igbo.
Igbo men di egwu!!
I can testify


Hahahahahahaha, nwanyia, i ga egbum with ôchi . . anubeghim di sha, but anyi ga-ahu . . m ga a try i so advice gi and ôbulu na dim adaghi egwu, m ga e sue gi to court grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 12:32am On Jul 25, 2007
umu nwoke a bia hu ihe anyi dere ebe a isi ha ga ha ka Kilimanjaro
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 12:36am On Jul 25, 2007
Ô di ka i ma, even mountain everest sef . . mana ha amaghi na "in every 12, there must be a judas", maybe na ô hanwa bu the judas grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 12:43am On Jul 25, 2007
especially nke a an akpo Toshmann.
Ihu otu this boy si na achughari umunwanyi na nairaland?
egwu ya di m grin

k'obu monshege n'achughari nnenneIgbo k'ochoro i ta the girl a ta.
Romeo ya onwe ya bu romeo n'ezie,onu uto onu uto

youngies,a n'am a watchi go di ya bu nwoke,way ya edoghi m anya

Onwere nke ozo a na akpo ikomi.
amaghi m ma obu onye awusa m'obu onye Igbo? grin
even o na asu Yoruba  grin

donzman di ka ezigbo mmadu ka ma o nalu ogu too much.
The boy ga e woundu  mmadu

my brothers unu gbahara m
enwerem diarrhoea of the mouth
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 12:48am On Jul 25, 2007
roflmaco . . baby i di too much


Really?? so, ihe nilea na-eme for this place?? egheee . . hmmm, na wa oo


anyways, ô gi siri na ha di egwu, i guess na ha na a try i gosi nke ha jiri buru "igbo men" lol


Ôchi egbulam ebea!! grin grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 2:21am On Jul 25, 2007
@ topic


Ônye nzuzu amaghi na nkea bu ôke

The stupid one doesnt know that this/that is the boundary
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 2:50am On Jul 25, 2007
Babyosisi, i ma ebeano! Donzman bu ezigbo mmadu, o eziokwu ka ikwuru, o ndi Nairaland na kpasu mmadu iwe too much grin .
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 6:05pm On Jul 25, 2007
youngies,a n'am a watchi go di ya bu nwoke,way ya edoghi m anya

BabayO
Nekwa akpa abu m, aji adighi ya oo grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 6:07pm On Jul 25, 2007
lol,I haven't heard that in a long time
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 6:12pm On Jul 25, 2007
Well . . . you have heard it today cheesy


Aka gbajie igwe, ujo atuo osisi
The wood gets scared when ordinary hand breaks the iron
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by toshmann(m): 10:50pm On Jul 25, 2007
babyosisi:

especially nke a an akpo Toshmann.
Ihu otu this boy si na achughari umunwanyi na nairaland?
egwu ya di m grin

k'obu monshege n'achughari nnenneIgbo k'ochoro i ta the girl a ta.
Romeo ya onwe ya bu romeo n'ezie,onu uto onu uto

youngies,a n'am a watchi go di ya bu nwoke,way ya edoghi m anya

Onwere nke ozo a na akpo ikomi.
amaghi m ma obu onye awusa m'obu onye Igbo? grin
even o na asu Yoruba grin

donzman di ka ezigbo mmadu ka ma o nalu ogu too much.
The boy ga e woundu mmadu

my brothers unu gbahara m
enwerem diarrhoea of the mouth


eeeeh undecided nne at it again. this campaign of calumny against me na wa o. nne, emecha gi akpo m ka m lutara gi ogu okwaya. m chuo umuoma, gi si na obu child abuse, m hapu ha, o buruzia child neglect. emere m ihe ojoo? ma m achughi ha, onye ga achu ha? imaghi na abu m blessing ebe umuoma ndia no? imaghi?
i si na i nwere diarrhoea n'onu, mu n'onwe m nwere epilepsy n'onu o. akwukwu onu bia m ebe a, o ga adikwa risky o grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 12:17am On Jul 26, 2007
Haha. . .Anurum ihe i na ekwu Tosh, Child neglect, hahaha! grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 1:29am On Jul 26, 2007
nkpa na ye shop noboa ila ya ta sha

No matter how hard the gun shot may sound, an Igbo man will always lock his shop before running
grin

My pardon
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 2:09am On Jul 26, 2007
What language is that?. . .You're damn right, I'll take a few seconds to lock up my shop! cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:12am On Jul 26, 2007
LOL. . . Toshman nwa mama

. . .Child neglect. . . that's a new one
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 3:52pm On Jul 30, 2007
When I begin to sing my Winner song, cute ass will show up to antagonize me of not being the winner.


Well,

Ihe di mma na anya gbara ndu
The eyes is a sucker for every pleasant looking thang
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by moondust(m): 3:41pm On Jul 31, 2007
youngies:

When I begin to sing my Winner song, cute ass will show up to antagonize me of not being the winner.


Well,

Ihe di mma na anya gbara ndu
The eyes is a sucker for every pleasant looking thang
Oga youngies wassup?
the king just left, and everyone is claiming champion shey?

well I'm back!

Nnukwu mmanwu na agba egwu, oti mkpu ga eti ri ri!
when the great masquerade dances, the henchmen will surely hola!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by darfur(m): 3:47pm On Jul 31, 2007
shi ojoo nwe ushi

a bad/ugly lump of excreta smells really bad

(meaning ~ kind of. . .by their fruits ye shall know them)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 4:27pm On Jul 31, 2007
@ moondust
you're back?? after how many years?? lol, anyways welcome oo . . u have a lot to cover wink


@ topic

Ônye na-ere okuko na akpasa nku ya, ônye na-ego ego na-akpakoba akpakoba
The person selling the cocks/hens try to spread the wings, while the buyer tries to cover it.


Ônya gbalu aka na-azô ani, ônye ji nri a na-akônye akônye

While the empty handed is fighting for the land, the person with seeds is busy sowing lol
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:34am On Aug 06, 2007
This thread na wa ooh, well . . .

Onwu egbughi ji, ogaghi epu ome
If death doesn't kill the yam, it will not sprout up with new life
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Gunsmoke: 2:25am On Aug 07, 2007
Nwa agu anaghi ata ahihia
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Gunsmoke: 2:27am On Aug 07, 2007
Nwa mkpi na-agba afu onu, onye nwe ya a na-agba, mgbe a puru ahia a mara onye kpu ibe ya.

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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 1:18pm On Aug 07, 2007
@Gunsmoke

Please maintian the instruction on this thread by going back to translate all the proverbs you have posted, this is for the benefit of others who are not Igbos so that they can appreciate the richness of our proverbs.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by darfur(m): 12:13am On Aug 08, 2007
i wu afo anu
you are a piece of intestinal flesh

meaning: you (whoever is reading this) are hopeless
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by kellorah: 12:16am On Aug 08, 2007
OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cry
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:04am On Aug 08, 2007
darfur:

i wu afo anu
you are a piece of intestinal flesh

meaning: you (whoever is reading this) are hopeless

Nahhhh, I don't think you are in the right thread angry
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:13am On Aug 09, 2007
@people

Have we ran out of proverbs or what? 


Well. . .  ejighi ike araru ura
To sleep no be muscle

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