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echelon (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1504 on: July 11, 2008, 12:04 PM »

Quote from: youngies on July 11, 2008, 10:55 AM
@echelon BabyO cannot be Queenisha

Jukwaa ese!
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1505 on: July 11, 2008, 01:03 PM »

O maka adighi ama ama O gwara O?  Grin
echelon (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1506 on: July 11, 2008, 01:08 PM »

Ife I machakwa.  Wink

Ok. Scroll down to her post here:
http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-19138.15488.html
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1507 on: July 11, 2008, 01:17 PM »

Honestly BabyO jizikwa nomencleture record n'obodo NL
echelon (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1508 on: July 11, 2008, 01:22 PM »

I fugonu ya. nomenclature record ma o bu metamorphosis record. like the sound of the later Grin
ifyalways (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1509 on: July 11, 2008, 04:29 PM »

Ehen. o buzi queensheba na ewuzi ugbua.lol
BabyO bu onye noo fitiri ewu gambia si na o bu ya nwe ala .
@topic,a naghi agba aka ahu nwata eze
i can't tapiala nkea hoha  Cheesy
uhuruchi omanu
ifyalways (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1510 on: July 13, 2008, 08:03 PM »

Ya gazie  Cheesy
echelon (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1511 on: July 16, 2008, 04:52 PM »

Agbachizinelu onye chi ya na agbachineghii
Don't block the road for someone whose God has not blocked road for

any better interpretation?
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1512 on: July 17, 2008, 11:09 AM »

Na wa oo, this thread is slowing down

Okwa mmadu nwe ogodo ewu na ata?
Shee na person get the clothes wey goat they chop?


Ify and Echelon
Ukwu na ama ogodo adighikwa mma igba oto
A waist that is used to clothes does not deserve to be naked
fesse (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1513 on: July 17, 2008, 02:37 PM »

youngies how far
kee ije nwa nne
fesse (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1514 on: July 17, 2008, 02:41 PM »

onu na ugwu tugburu ele
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1515 on: July 18, 2008, 12:31 PM »

Quote from: fesse on July 17, 2008, 02:37 PM
youngies how far
kee ije nwa nne
Nne oma, anyi noo na adoga  Cheesy
dadsgal (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1516 on: July 18, 2008, 01:05 PM »

Kedu nnu eehhhhh,ndi oma
AMAKAONE (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1517 on: July 18, 2008, 03:54 PM »

E tie dike n'ala, a nu uzu ya.

LITERAL TRANSLATION:  Knock a valiant man on the ground and the shouts will be tremendous.

" The downfall of a famous man attracts public attention. "
AMAKAONE (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1518 on: July 18, 2008, 03:55 PM »

Nwunye awo si na di atoka uto, ya jiri nuta nke ya kworo ya n'azu.

literal Translation:  The female toad said that husband is so sweet that when she got married, she carried her husband permanently on the back.

Explanation: A humorous proverb used in cajoling women into loving their husbands.
AMAKAONE (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1519 on: July 18, 2008, 03:56 PM »

Nwaanyi mara mma ma nwee ajo omume, a ga-alu ya alu; nwaanyi joro njo ma nwee ezi omume, a ga-alukwa ya alu; nwunye mmadu ka ha ga-abu; ma nwaanyi joro njo nwe ajo omume anaghi ebi be di.

A beautiful woman with bad character is marriageable; an ugly woman with good character is also marriageable -- they will both be wives; but an ugly woman with bad character does not live in a husband's house.
AMAKAONE (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1520 on: July 18, 2008, 03:57 PM »

Nwaanyi mara mma ma nwee ajo omume, a ga-alu ya alu; nwaanyi joro njo ma nwee ezi omume, a ga-alukwa ya alu; nwunye mmadu ka ha ga-abu; ma nwaanyi joro njo nwe ajo omume anaghi ebi be di.

A beautiful woman with bad character is marriageable; an ugly woman with good character is also marriageable -- they will both be wives; but an ugly woman with bad character does not live in a husband's house.
toshmann (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1521 on: July 18, 2008, 05:13 PM »

onye gakwanu alu nwanyi joro njo  . . o bu free? ihe ahu i ga emere nwanyi mara mma, i gakwa emere ya nwanyi joro njo, soo obaghi uru ilu nwanyi joro pieces. ka m ghara inwe nightmare n'abali Grin
echelon (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1522 on: July 18, 2008, 05:19 PM »

Quote from: AMAKAONE on July 18, 2008, 03:56 PM
Nwaanyi mara mma ma nwee ajo omume, a ga-alu ya alu; nwaanyi joro njo ma nwee ezi omume, a ga-alukwa ya alu; nwunye mmadu ka ha ga-abu; ma nwaanyi joro njo nwe ajo omume anaghi ebi be di.

A beautiful woman with bad character is marriageable; an ugly woman with good character is also marriageable -- they will both be wives; but an ugly woman with bad character does not live in a husband's house.


How about a beautiful woman with a good character? na d one i want Cheesy
rubi (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1523 on: July 18, 2008, 05:34 PM »

Agwa bu nma nwanyi dika ndi igbo turu n'ilu
echelon (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1524 on: July 18, 2008, 05:43 PM »

Di ka ego ji buru mma nwoke, okwa ya?
rubi (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1525 on: July 18, 2008, 08:05 PM »

Obu ezi okwu mana oburu ego akpatara n'uzo ziri ezi
n'abughi 419, ogwu ego, ma obu n'uzo arurala
echelon (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1526 on: July 21, 2008, 12:45 PM »

rubi, ufodu umu nwanyi achoghi i ma ihe ahu i na-ekwu?

They don't care where the money is from.
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1527 on: July 21, 2008, 12:47 PM »

Yes na, maka na ndi Igbo si na oji ego bu eze
He who has money is king
rubi (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1528 on: July 21, 2008, 02:20 PM »

Emecha ha ga akiayi n'ihi na agba acha oso aguo mile
ifyalways (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1529 on: July 21, 2008, 04:26 PM »

agwa bu nma nwanyi,omume bu nma nwoke  Cheesy
@Topic,iru/ihu di nma adiro nma itu mbo But biko umu igbo e cherem na ilu a adighi korrect,infact o bu ihu di nma kwesiri itu mbo maka na nke joro njo,a jochala njo already,therefore o bu nke di nma kwesiri itu mbo  Undecided
@youngies,a puolam  Wink
@rubi,hiiiiiiii e misirim gi ri nne Kiss.e jighim ahu
Quote from: fesse on July 17, 2008, 02:41 PM
onu na ugwu tugburu ele
ole ebe m gara oooooo  Sad Sad Sad
cheri ca va? Kiss Kiss Kiss Kiss Fesse ole ebe i gara kemgbe?a juru ajuju gi even nwanne gi Tosh sef a maghi ebe i no  Angry biko loghachite.bissou  Kiss Kiss Kiss
echelon (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1530 on: July 21, 2008, 04:44 PM »

I jighi ahu? Ndo kwa ooo. Gbakeee ngwa ngwa o
ifyalways (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1531 on: July 21, 2008, 04:53 PM »

dalu.o disigo nma already.
echelon (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1532 on: July 21, 2008, 05:31 PM »

Ekene dili chukwu n'ihi na

Onweghi ihe akika puru ime nkume
There's nothing termites can do to a stone
ifyalways (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1533 on: July 21, 2008, 05:35 PM »

EBE KWANU  Cheesy
o nweghi ihe oke ga eme akpa rice,na o taka ota otu iko
Theres nothing a rat can do to a bag of rice,he can't possible finish it!,at most he can only consume a cup  Cheesy
Queenisha
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1534 on: July 21, 2008, 05:43 PM »

kedu ndi ji my name aku asiri hia? Grin
echelon (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #1535 on: July 21, 2008, 06:03 PM »

O mu nwa Angry Kedu ihe i ga-eme Huh
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