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Hotstepper (f)
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damn, I wish I can write igbo like you, I can't even write or read  |
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babyosisi (f)
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another good Igbo saying.
Okwa si na Ihe mere ya ji n'eti abughi ka ihe ji ya hapu ya ma n'obu k'uwa nuru olu ya.
The patridge says the reason he's wailing is not that the ones holding him captive should set him free but just to alert the public.
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babyosisi (f)
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Ndi Igbo si ka agbara oso ewepu aka enwe n'ofe tupu oghoo aka mmadu
We should take out the monkey's hand from the soup pot before it turns into a human hand.
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ZuluNation (m)
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damn, I wish I can write igbo like you, I can't even write or read My sister me too, but I'm loving this thread. Ndi mmadu choro asusu igbo |
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PTBNaija (f)
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Awww, could someone give me Igbo reading and writing lessons? lol   I mean, I can understand some written words if I say it in my head, but I want to just be able to know  |
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2fine4u (f)
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Agaghi m ekwe ka nwoke o bula jiri isi m nuo garri.
It is only when you kill a mad man that you will find out that he has relatives.
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edygirl (f)
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2fine, I bow for you. Girl you got it loaded. My grandfather, Ozo Ekwomibe used to say, Anyi agaghi eji maka oku n'agba na-ozara rapu uzo ukwu nna nna anyi ochie ha. Ndi igbo rienu, nuanu, tazuonu. Iseeeeeeeeee! Udo diri unu. Ihe oma mere m rutekwa unu aka. Amen. |
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2fine4u (f)
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edygirl, thanx oh my sista. i love those proverbs but u too is way too good especially wit your Igbo writing.
The eneke-nti-oba, when asked by his friends why he was always on wing said, ‘Man of today has learnt to shoot without missing and I have learnt to fly without perching'.
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edygirl (f)
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Thanx girl.  |
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edygirl (f)
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Onye taa m aru n'isi na-asoghi ntutu m, m taba ya aru n'ike, agaghi m aso nsi ya. Otu a ka-omere. Obu Edy na-ekwu oo. |
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Hotstepper (f)
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@edygirl, can you please translate as well, thanks
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toshmann (m)
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onye tara amu ebule ji ibi ugwo. he who ate the privates of a ram has a debt to pay to elephantiasis of the scrotum. meaning, u reap what you sow  igbo kwenu!!!!!!!!! |
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edygirl (f)
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I think I will let the authentic igbo mistress 2fine do that.
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ZuluNation (m)
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Omg  :oI'm so jealous of edygirl and 2fine, you ladies are way good  |
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edygirl (f)
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Zulu please don't be. O nwayo nwayo k'eji aracha ofe di oku. |
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toshmann (m)
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eddy nwanma |
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ZuluNation (m)
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I Zulu please don't be. O nwayo nwayo k'eji aracha ofe di oku. I love that one, girl you got me all jumping and laughing in the office, folks looking at me like am a freaking retard or something |
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2fine4u (f)
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@ Hotstepper Onye taa m aru n'isi na-asoghi ntutu m, m taba ya aru n'ike, agaghi m aso nsi ya. Otu a ka-omere. Obu Edy na-ekwu oo. anybody who bites me on the head neglecting my hair, when i start to bite his ass, i will also neglect his sh1t. |
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2fine4u (f)
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hehehe edygirl hope i did a good job |
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Hotstepper (f)
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10x gurlllllllllllllll, I got all F in school |
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edygirl (f)
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I I love that one, girl you got me all jumping and laughing in the office, folks looking at me like am a freaking retard or something Boy you got me rolling on the floor too. Glad you liked it. If they look at you again, tell them noo nna gi muru gi.Egwu adighi ya. hehehe edygirl hope i did a good job Girl, that was the reason I left that job for you. You are just good. |
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2fine4u (f)
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thanx edygirl, u kno i try
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babyosisi (f)
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You guys are so funny.toshman that was a good one.
Ngwanu another one.
Nwata gbere egbere ta m aru mu egbere egbere ta gwara.
If a child crawls and bites me,I'll also crawl over and bite back.
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ZuluNation (m)
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Thank you my sister I printed it. Wow this is amazing |
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ZuluNation (m)
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check this one out. O te aka o di njo emesie o ga-adi mma. Wow now I can compete with edygirl and 2fine |
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babyosisi (f)
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i na try small small my brother
jus jisie nno ike
very soon i buru professional.
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ZuluNation (m)
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check this one out too O na-abu a si nwata wuba ahu, o saba afo ya translation* Tell a child to wash his body, he washes his stomach. |
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babyosisi (f)
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I di ready ka'm nye gi ozo.
Here you go
Nwata bunie nna ya enu, akpaamu ya ayochie ya anya.
[If a child lifts his father, his scrotum will blindfold him.]
· Onye hapu onu ya, uguru arachaa ya.
[If one fails to lick his lips, the harmattan will do it.]
· Okuko si na ihe ya ji-ele anya n'enu ma ya na añu mmiri bu na ihe na-egbu si n'igwe abia.
[The chicken says it looks up when drinking water because what kills it comes from the sky.]
· Ijiji na-enweghi onye ndumodu na-eso ozu ala n'inyi.
[A fly that has no counselor follows the corpse to the grave.]
· "Nwunye anyi, nwunye anyi": ka ndeli bia ka anyi mara onye o bu nwunye ya.
["Our wife, our wife": come midnight and we will know whose wife she really is.]
· Ula towa uto, ekwowe ya ekwowe.
[When sleep becomes enjoyable, we snore.]
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2fine4u (f)
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hahaha zulu goodluck in competing with us  |
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dondele (m)
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@babyosisi that your engli-igbo is too much. kai, u got me laughing. about that proverd of
Nwata bunie nna ya enu, akpaamu ya ayochie ya anya.
[If a child lifts his father, his scrotum will blindfold him.]
it is not akpaamu it is ogodo(wrapper). |
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