Igbos come show your proverbs skills

Youngies, amarago tredi gi a ofuma ofuma. Onweziri ndi na-enomi di tredi ugbua. Ano m na board "culture" we hu ebe edere "***** come show your proverbs skills" . Ihe nke a di egwu!

Guys join me in celebrating the literary icon - Prof. Chinua Achebe - as "Things Fall Apart" marks its golden jubilee. He has been a source of inspiration to wannabees like my humble self. Watch out for the novel in Igbo - Ihe Aghasaa

Read more:
1. http://www.kwenu.com/bookreview/obaze/2008/tfa_ihe_aghasaa.htm
2. http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=11893

Tribute to Osita Osadebe:
http://www.kwenu.com/publications/chidoka/osadebe_igbo_renaissance.htm

@topic

Mmadu adighi echefu isi mkpisi-aka mgbe o na-agba ufioro aka
You don't forget your thumb when you are cracking your knuckles

Ji awayi di uto nke ukwu, onye na-esi ya abachawanye ji
When the yam porridge is very delicious, the cook cuts more yam into the pot

Kama usu ga-atagbu gi, usu ahu felaga
Let the bat fly away instead of biting the hell out of me

Agba mbu o tu n'ogwe, a gbaa abuo otu n'ogwe, o di ka o bu ogwe ka a piiri aku
When you shoot the first time and it lands on the bridge, you shoot the second time, it still lands on the bridge, it appears as if the arrows were made for the bridge

Onye na-akpokota aku anaghi emebi nke ibe ya
The capitalist does not destroy other's enterprises

Ihe okuko ji mmiri ozuzo achu di ya oke mkpa
What the chicken is pursuing in the rain is very important to it

Nke onye chili, ya zelu!

@ youngies, ima atu inu ofuma noo, jisike mana adirom sure na inu go nka: 

Onye nagba egwu surugede omakwa na surugede bu egwu ndi mmuo.

Many thanks to you Echeboy. O bughi nani tredi m, o bu tredi anyi.

I appreciate everybody who has contributed in making the thread what it is.

Ifyalways enye m gi nsusu 

looks like you're missing my point youngies. of course it's our thread

by the way amaghi m na o bu otu a ka egwu igede si wee di. o di egwu!

hehe Zandra igbo gi aaaaaa,o kpukwa oku na mouth.lol 

biko, o kwa 'TAGBO UBESIE' dere akwukwo egwuregwu abuo :
JUO OBINNA
UKWA RUO OGE YA

dalu nu.

Zandy just take it easy  ilu bu mmanu ndi igbo ji eri ji okwu 

Keeping on trying, lol

Ndi igbo si na akwulu oto tuba nwanyi ime, omua onye ara

If a woman is impregnated while standing, she will beget a mad fellow

Onwa tibe, ije aguba ngwulo
when the moon is shining, the cripple becomes hungry for a walk

Anwu ga-achakwasigodu ndi kwu oto tupu o chaba ndi sekpu ala n'okpuru ha
The sun shall first shine on those standing before getting to those kneeling under

Agadi nwanyi anaghi anokwata ma atuba ilu tunye okpukpu kporo nku
An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb

Ihe gburu nne oke ahughi umu ya hapu
What killed the mother rat will also kill its children

Okenye tinye ubu, umu aka etinye onye zota aku, o taa
When an elder starts dragging, the children will start eating whatever palm kernel they can drag out

Nnunnu isi akaghi aka anaghi aga akwa atu mkpokpororo


I can't translate this last one, I need help LOL

daalu soo! Isi kara gi aka!

Udo!!

Otee aka odi njo, o mesia odi mma
After rain comes sun shine

It means: The firewood in a foreign land gets the food done for them

Onye na ebere onye isi anu esiri esi na-afio ofifio mgbe nile.
He who is cutting cooked meat for the blind must be whilsting all through (you know why)

Anu gbaa ajo oso, agbaa ya ajo egbe
If a prey runs outwittingly, it will be shot accordingly

Uzu amaghi akpu ogene nee egbe anya n'odu
the blacksmith that is deficient in gong-making should copy the kite's tail

Kama egbe ama efe chaa, ya fee ka udele
it is better for the kite to fly like a vulture than not flying at all

Ukwa ruo oge ya, o daa
the bread fruit falls at its time - events have their appointed time

Onye amaghi na o ga echi ozo na-agbaru eriri ozo n'ikpere
he who never knew that he will ever become a king-maker wears the symbolic anklet up to the knee!
Onye nwanne ya n'agba ajo egwu n'ogbo na-ako oko iku anya
he that his brother is dancing awfully in the public picks his eye brows

ihere mere nwanne onye isi ka onye isi jere isuru ofe wee suru ya n'ala
the blind's brother was ashamed when the blind aimed for the soup but missed

o na adi mma ka etuto too okwa opi n'onu
it is good for the piper to have boil on his mouth

@topic,oko kowa mmadu o gakwuru umunna ya mana oko kowa anumanu,o koo ya na osisi
when one itches,he goes to his neighbour but when an animal itches he goes to a tree for relief.

biko ole onye dere akwukwo igbo "ukwa ruo oge ya"?
weekend oma nu 

@Kashif, deeje. I bu omenuko aku. Ya gazie


Okwu ndi okenye,  Okwu eji adi ndu

Mmadu kwara okuko n'elu ka yie akwa, ma o dighi ya mma, O kwaara ya n'ala,  O dighi ya mma, ihe kwesiri ekwesi bu ka o hapu ya ka o ga yie akwa ahu ebe di ya mma.
If you prepare a place for the hen to lay eggs at a height and it refuses, you prepare a place for it on the floor, it refuses, it's best to let the hen be, let it choose where is best for itself.

Ahu oku bia mmadu n'ahu, o zuo ya ahu niile
When someone is afflicted with fever, it gets to all parts of his body

Dimkpa ejighi ntaku nsi di ya n'ibe ike eme ogaranya
A speck of feaces on the buttocks of a grown man is not a sign of affluence

Nwata agaghi aju iga ije wee ju i chara ibe ya ka o ga
A child can't refuse to walk and also refuse to get out of the way for others

Mgbe mmadu na-aga ije wee kpoturu eze, mgbe o choro ilaghachi, ya kpoturu ya ozo
If you visit the king enroute to somewhere, its good you see him also when you are going back

Ndi chi oma tiri aku ekwesighi ichefu idi ume ala
Those whose kernels were cracked by a good God should not forget to be humble

Igbo ndi oma m, anyi anaghi asi ihe ojoo emelaa, kama ihe ojoo emela anyi. Ihe anyi ga-eri biaa ma nke ga-eri anyi abialaa.

Nodunu juu

I zatara ya! O Tony Ubesie. Akuko maka Ngozi na Chude

thank youssssssssssssssss  i almost chefuola !
hehe.i biakwa again.echetanam ya ooooooooooooooh.heheeeeee good old dayz 
nna men,mmadu a kala ooooo 
@topic,onu koro ogiri onu ga a koro ogiri racha ***be right back for the meaning 

kashiff,youngies na echelon,ndeewo nu