tchidi:

Do u mean 'ifu gi amaka?' Cos ife gi amaka means 'your tin is fine' literally

Ebe ka chioma di is correct... Or kee ebe chioma di?

odumchi: When you're referring to something that's alive, you use no instead of di. Di is only for inanimate objects.

achi4u: Madam!

Chioma is not a "thing" she is a human being so...

kee ebe chioma no or jere is correct.

thank u

ogugua88: [size=13pt]I guess I'll be deleting that app lol.[/size]



[size=13pt]Does the same go for bu versus di?[/size]

ogugua88: [size=13pt]"A dim nma" and "Afa m bu Ogugua". "Nma" is inanimate and "Ogugua" is a living being.

Funnily, I've used no several times but never thought of it as meaning "is" as well.[/size]

ChinenyeN: Yea, it can get very complicated. It is true that bu, di and no all translate to is, but at the same time, they each convey a different sense of "being". Bu for example is generally "to be", di is more along the lines of "to exist, or be in the condition of", while no is along the lines of "being in a state of" (state as in mainly its positioning; di can also share this understanding).

As for di and no being for "inanimate" and "animate", respectively; that's the first I'm hearing about that. Many people tend to use the two almost interchangeably. I, for instance, have heard no being used a lot with inanimate objects and vice versa with di. So if someone were to ask me to differentiate di and no, then I wouldn't say it has anything to do with animate vs inanimate. Instead I'd just say what I said earlier about di being used to convey a state of being, as in condition, and no being used to convey a state of being, as in position.

ogugua88: [size=13pt]LOL! Now that's embarrassing.

I'm using an app on my phone. Na wetin I see [/size]

odumchi: I don't know if it seems as if I'm over-complicating things.

odumchi: I don't know if it seems as if I'm over-complicating things.

[size=13pt]Not at all! I understood you, ChinenyeN, and Eze Promoe more than well. Thanks so much for the clarification. [/size]

2sexy: Ogugua, please can I have such an app on my laptop? where can I get it and how much does it cost?

Thank you.

achi4u: "nice to meet you"=="Odi m mma ifu/ihu gi.etc

ezeagu:

I feel like I'm stumbling over words saying that and I feel like it's something no one will ever say in life. There's simply no "nice to meet you" in Igbo exactly that way, you simply say ndewo. It goes:

A: Ndewo
B: Ndewo
A: Gini wu aha gi
B: Vivian
A: Ehehe, okay, aham wu Okorie. Ndewo
B: Ndewo

That's it. There are too many attempts at transliterating English to Igbo. Ndewo covers "nice to meet you". I'm not trying to be offensive.

J12: I think Nnoo means exclusively You're Welcome.

ezeagu: I feel like I'm stumbling over words saying that and I feel like it's something no one will ever say in life. There's simply no "nice to meet you" in Igbo exactly that way, you simply say ndewo. It goes:

A: Ndewo
B: Ndewo
A: Gini wu aha gi
B: Vivian
A: Ehehe, okay, aham wu Okorie. Ndewo
B: Ndewo

That's it. There are too many attempts at transliterating English to Igbo. Ndewo covers "nice to meet you". I'm not trying to be offensive.

ogugua88: [size=13pt]Professors, nye m aka biko. Pronunciation help: is "ife gi amaka" (nice to meet you) pronounced as it looks (ife gee amaka) or as "ife g'amaka" (silent i)?

One more thing. "Ebe ka o di?" is "where is he/she?". If I wanted to say, "where is Chioma?", how would I say it? "Ebe ka Chioma?" "Ebe ka Chioma di?" The former looks/sounds correct to me.[/size]

Eze Promoe: Ogugua, itetana

ogugua88: [size=13pt]Lol. Ke bu itetana?[/size]