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me-zainab (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #416 on: June 26, 2007, 06:03 PM »

onye nyara Anyinya anya ukwu na awu oso n'uzo adighi mma ga enwete onwe ya ma kwusikwa n'uzo ihere.

he who rides the horse of greed at a gallop will pull it up at the door of shame

@
Quote from: moondust on June 26, 2007, 01:02 PM
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cute-ass
u should be part of this face-off

@Moondust,
bring it on
me-zainab (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #417 on: June 26, 2007, 06:14 PM »

@cute-ass

where are you ? haba!

@youngies
where are you guys now?

i hu okenye ka o na agbago olu n' eri utara akpu,o bughi maka uto ya kama na makana ochoghi ka ofe gu sa ya na-akwa.

when you see an elder bending his neck while eating fufu,its not because of its sweetness but because he doesnt want the soup to touch his cloth. (an elder makes peace not because he can't make trouble but for peace to prevail)
me-zainab (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #418 on: June 26, 2007, 06:33 PM »

Oti igba ga enwe anya asaa!

a master drummer must have 7 eyes

mee ihe n'oge ya ka udo were soro ya

do a thing at  its time and peace follows



youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #419 on: June 27, 2007, 12:06 PM »

@me-zainab

You have shown that you can hold your own any day, but ije ka tere aka  Wink waiting to see how long you will last, lol


Adighi eji ogwu nkiti agwo oria ahubeghi mbu
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with everyday (herbs) medicine.
diamondd (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #420 on: June 27, 2007, 03:02 PM »

youngies i'm here so where do we start
cute-ass (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #421 on: June 27, 2007, 03:48 PM »

Look at all these trespassers . . YOUNGIES, MOONDUST, WHO ELSE? Anyways you guys better acknowledge oo Tongue Tongue

Agwô otu ônye huru na-aghô eke
A snake seen by one man could turn into a python (lies) Grin
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #422 on: June 27, 2007, 03:53 PM »

Quote from: diamondd on June 27, 2007, 03:02 PM
youngies i'm here so where do we start

Go through the thread and read carefully. Ask questions on words, phrases etc. Let's take it from there.
me-zainab (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #423 on: June 27, 2007, 03:58 PM »

ok youngies,

Agu anaghi agwa uwa na obu agu

a Tiger does not have to proclaim its Tigritude

ma umu Agu  enweghi onye ga ako akuko nta ha mere mgbe ochie , ndi mmadu ka ga n'eto dinta.

until lions have their own historian tales of the hunt,the people will always glorify the hunter.
cute-ass (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #424 on: June 27, 2007, 04:02 PM »

Quote from: me-zainab on June 26, 2007, 06:14 PM
@cute-ass

where are you ? haba!

Dearie i'm right here oo, forgive my absence please Wink

Ihe agwô muru aghaghi ito ogologo
Anything born of the snake, is very very likely to be long Grin
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #425 on: June 27, 2007, 04:03 PM »

Onye akpakwana nwa agu aka n'odu, ma odi ndu ma onwuru anwu
None dare touch the tail of a lion whether it alive or dead


Me-zainab take note  Wink
lilian777 (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #426 on: June 27, 2007, 04:23 PM »

hello!
kedu ndi no eba a?!

Ilu unu di cha mma! Ndi igbo siri na ana ekwu okwu na mkpo ya , nwoke ma ihe biazia tiwaa ya
words are spoken with their shells,let a wise man come and shuck them.

having a good discussion is like having riches

ezigbo nkata di ka ezigbo aku na uba.

enweghi amamihe jikariri abali na oji

lack of knowlwdge is darker than night.

youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #427 on: June 27, 2007, 04:32 PM »

Adighi eti nwata ihe ubochi owufuru mmanu, mana obu ubochi owufuru ogiri akwu
A child is not flogged the day he throws away palm oil, it is the day he throws the liquid waste from the oil that he receives the cane.
cute-ass (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #428 on: June 27, 2007, 04:54 PM »

@ lillian777

I salute oo, I can see you mean business Grin


I'll be back sha Cheesy


moondust (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #429 on: June 27, 2007, 05:08 PM »

Quote from: cute-ass on June 27, 2007, 03:48 PM
Look at all these trespassers . . YOUNGIES, MOONDUST, WHO ELSE? Anyways you guys better acknowledge oo Tongue Tongue

Agwô otu ônye huru na-aghô eke
A snake seen by one man could turn into a python (lies) Grin

Hey cute ass wassup?

U guys better brace urselves because I'll show no mercy this time Cheesy


Ahapu nwa ite ogbo nyuo oku
If u leave the pot, it quenches th fire
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #430 on: June 27, 2007, 05:09 PM »

Cutie

Keep on going on and off like former NEPA Cheesy
moondust (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #431 on: June 27, 2007, 05:11 PM »

@ youngies
how u dey?
enweta beghi kwa m okpu ichie m Smiley


@ all
Power just went out so I'm off.
c y'all 2moro

youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #432 on: June 27, 2007, 05:29 PM »

Ezi nwokem moondust

Ndi ichie si ka m gwa gi na ituchabeghi utu gi n'ile. Obu mmasi m ka ekpubegi okpu ichei gi oo  Cheesy
diamondd (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #433 on: June 27, 2007, 07:29 PM »

youngies how many do i have to read thats a bad way to learn you just tell me some words and i'll go from there but post it on my thread so i dunt have to disorient this thread. thnks
cute-ass (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #434 on: June 28, 2007, 09:02 AM »

Quote from: moondust on June 27, 2007, 05:08 PM
Hey cute ass wassup?

Dearie I'm fine oo, i wonder whats happening these days, when you're on, I'm off and vice versa. We got to diminish that problem ASAP Grin


        *clears throat*

Ndi igbo siri na ô ônye di ndu kôrô akukô agha
Only a lving person, will get to give the details of the war

                  I'm waiting Tongue
me-zainab (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #435 on: June 28, 2007, 12:00 PM »

@ youngies

Okwa eto uto ogiri n'ofe o si be isi

when you praise the sweetness of the farmented melon in soup, it starts smelling

ngwa nu, anyi ga -ama onye ike ga-agwu. ochu okuko nwe ada,nwa okuko na nwe nwe oso

He that chases the fowl will fall down while the fowl continues in its flee.

@diamondd
Uzu na amaghi akpu ogene lee egbe anya n'odu

The blacksmith that doesn't know how to mould a gong should look at the tail of the kite.



me-zainab (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #436 on: June 28, 2007, 12:36 PM »

@ cute-ass

Nnoo. O tee la
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #437 on: June 28, 2007, 12:44 PM »

Quote from: diamondd on June 27, 2007, 07:29 PM
youngies how many do i have to read thats a bad way to learn you just tell me some words and i'll go from there but post it on my thread so i dunt have to disorient this thread. thnks

I have since started the lesson (Igbo mbu) for you  in your thread
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #438 on: June 28, 2007, 12:48 PM »

Quote from: me-zainab on June 28, 2007, 12:00 PM
@ youngies

Okwa eto uto ogiri n'ofe o si be isi

when you praise the sweetness of the farmented melon in soup, it starts smelling

ngwa nu, anyi ga -ama onye ike ga-agwu. ochu okuko nwe ada,nwa okuko na nwe nwe oso

He that chases the fowl will fall down while the fowl continues in its flee.


Onye tetra ura n'ututu, okuku chubaya oso, gbabakwa oso n'ihi na omaghi na oji abali nwe puo eze
He who wakes in the morning and finds himself being pursued by a chicken, should run for his life for who knows whether the chicken grew teeth overnight.
youngies (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #439 on: June 28, 2007, 12:53 PM »

Cutie hun,

You have got another chance to assert yourself, or . . .  Wink  Wink

@me-zainab
Ukwa dara ubochi oriri, adaghizi n'oge
The breadfruit which chooses to fall on the day of festivity has not fallen early enough.  Grin
Makamiyaki (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #440 on: June 28, 2007, 01:23 PM »

hey peepz wats up here?
I'm Igbo, but I can't speak. can someone teach me? Embarrassed
moondust (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #441 on: June 28, 2007, 01:39 PM »

YO FOLKZ!
what's cooking up in here?
ututu oma nu o!!!
Quote from: youngies on June 27, 2007, 05:29 PM
Ezi nwokem moondust

Ndi ichie si ka m gwa gi na ituchabeghi utu gi n'ile. Obu mmasi m ka ekpubegi okpu ichei gi oo  Cheesy

O di ka unu na anwa m! Kedu nke bu kwa utu.? Biko nu kwanyere nu dimkpa ugwu diri ya tupu owere ya n'ike!( nke a abughi kwa ilu) Angry
maka   adi ama ama Onitsha gwara Obosi!!! Angry

Onye onye- ara gburu nna ya, o fu mechanic o waa
He whose father was killed by a madman, flees at the sight of a mechanic


Quote from: cute-ass on June 28, 2007, 09:02 AM
Dearie I'm fine oo, i wonder whats happening these days, when you're on, I'm off and vice versa. We got to diminish that problem ASAP Grin


Cutesy whuddup?
I noticed that 2. Perhaps its the different time zones that's the issue. I think we're like 6hrs ahead or behind u guys. but the good thing is u're online now.
so How u dey?


Thanks for sending the mail o!
Hugoboi (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #442 on: June 28, 2007, 01:41 PM »

Quote
Onye onye- ara gburu nna ya, o fu mechanic o waa

LMAO Grin  Grin  Grin  Grin  Grin
moondust (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #443 on: June 28, 2007, 02:17 PM »

Amamihe di ka akpa aji ewu, onye obula nya nke ya
Wisdom is like a goat skin bag, every man carries his own.

noro chim, aburo maka onye akwukwu
no shaking is not for an epileptic


"kwulu nu oto kelee eze" aburo maka onye ngwuro
stand and hail the king is not for the cripple


Echi di Ime, ama ihe o ga amu
Tomorrow is pregnant none knows what it will give birth to.




cute-ass (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #444 on: June 28, 2007, 02:18 PM »

Quote from: moondust on June 28, 2007, 01:39 PM
Cutesy whuddup?
I noticed that 2. Perhaps its the different time zones that's the issue. I think we're like 6hrs ahead or behind u guys. but the good thing is u're online now.
so How u dey?
Thanks for sending the mail o!

On the contrary, we're just one hr ahead of you guys Wink. just that i've been kind of busy with work and on tuesday when i was opportuned to be here, the internet line in town was being worked on, so i was handicapped sort of! And yes oo, its a good thing we're both online now but i have to dissappear for an hr and half or so, hope you're online then, but if not, we'll catch up tomorrow because tomorrow i'll be online the whole evening Wink

And about the mail, i apologise, i know you were just being sarcastic - - - but i'll make it up Smiley
moondust (m)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #445 on: June 28, 2007, 02:34 PM »

okie dokie, then! Wink
me-zainab (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #446 on: June 28, 2007, 02:53 PM »

@ youngies

Uta adighiri gi nwanne m! You are not to blame ,my brother Smiley.

Mgbe onye ji tete bu ututu ya.

Whenever one wakes is her morning

besides, a ga na achu aja ka ikpe na- ama ndi mmuo.
sacrifices will be made so that the spirits will be blamed
me-zainab (f)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills
« #447 on: June 28, 2007, 02:55 PM »

Egbe bere ,ugo bere.Nke si ibe ya ebela,nku kuu kwaa ya

Let the Kite fly,let the eagle fly,
The one that says the other shouldn't fly,should lose it's wings.

Youngies,  note that Grin
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