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Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by ChinenyeN(m): 1:08am On Jul 28, 2013
odumchi: Also, what exactly determines if a name is feminine or masculine? I'm guessing there's a syllable rule and that names with more syllables are masculine while those with fewer syllables are feminine.

I don't believe there are any hard rules on gender naming, but who knows. If we start out with listing male/female names in respect to our different cultures, then maybe, in the end, we might eventually gain a kind of textbook understanding of gender naming across Igboland.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Antivirus92(m): 6:50pm On Aug 02, 2013
How did i miss this sweet thread? Any way... Not yet late!
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by EzePromoe: 6:12am On Aug 13, 2013
Antivirus92: How did i miss this sweet thread? Any way... Not yet late!
But I thought you posted somewhere on this thread.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by odumchi: 7:46am On Aug 13, 2013
How do you say "disappoint" in Igbo?

In the Ogidi dialect [of Idemili], they say (iko okpo), which based on the way I've seen it used in music, looks like it can translate to "to disappoint". But I'm interested in seeing other dialects and of course Izugbe.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by OdenigboAroli(m): 10:06am On Aug 13, 2013
In my Idenmili area we say "nghalipu" for disappoint. Aghalipuna m'.....Don't disappoint me.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by gundie(f): 11:24am On Aug 13, 2013
mmh...how do i say my boy friend is from naija
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by OdenigboAroli(m): 1:30pm On Aug 13, 2013
gundie: mmh...how do i say my boy friend is from naija

Enyim-nwoke si Naija....By the way,you look very succulent...lol
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by odumchi: 3:33pm On Aug 13, 2013
Odenigbo Aroli: In my Idenmili area we say "nghalipu" for disappoint. Aghalipuna m'.....Don't disappoint me.

Oh ok. Have you have heard of 'iko okpo' before?
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by Antivirus92(m): 4:34pm On Aug 13, 2013
Eze Promoe:
But I thought you posted somewhere on this thread.
i don't think so or maybe i've forgotten. U can help me.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by OdenigboAroli(m): 11:16pm On Aug 13, 2013
odumchi:

Oh ok. Have you have heard of 'iko okpo' before?

Not realy.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by oboy3(m): 11:30pm On Aug 13, 2013
is 'mme' another name for blood in igbo langugae,i use to remember my father say 'onwero ife anya fu gba mme'
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by OdenigboAroli(m): 1:53am On Aug 14, 2013
o'boy:
is 'mme' another name for blood in igbo langugae,i use to remember my father say 'onwero ife anya fu gba mme'

Nwanne,is it "mme" or "mmee" ?
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by pazienza(m): 2:27am On Aug 14, 2013
o'boy:
is 'mme' another name for blood in igbo langugae,i use to remember my father say 'onwero ife anya fu gba mme'


Mme means red colour in igbo. And you know blood is the only human fluid that is red in colour.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by pazienza(m): 2:42am On Aug 14, 2013
Type3: Biko nu,onye n'ime unu Mara ihe ndi abia,delta,Enugu na ebonyi na kpo rice,cassava,bread fruit,corn,yam,coco yam,beans.?



I heard from an ngwa friend,that they call corn Ukwuoru in ngwa. Ukwuoru is equally used in isinweke,Okigwe areas.



In my idemili dialect.

Rice - Osikapa

Cassava- Akpu

Bread fruit- Ukwa

Corn - Oka

Yam- Ji

Beans- Agwa




Funny enough,i know that some igbo groups call cassava ji akpu, i can't just remember that group.


In ndoki dialect.


Cassava- Akpakpuru

Bread fruit- Ukwa

Corn- Ukwuoru

Yam- Oba ji

Beans- Akidi
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by pazienza(m): 2:53am On Aug 14, 2013
Odenigbo Aroli:

Eze Promo isnt an Idenmili guy.....I think he is from Ikwerre or so.

Idenmili..
Achoo m' ilahu ula.
Ana m' amu amu.
jee saa/wuo aru/ahu; this depends on the area,though. Nkpor,Obosi,Ogidi and Onicha "say saa aru",while Umuoji says "wuo aru/ahu.


Ogidi says ''wuo'' and not ''saa'', onitsha says cha/chacha and not ''saa''.
I don't know what Nkpor and obosi say, but most idemili people i use to think, use 'wuo', cos thats what they use in abatete,awka etiti, and umuoji.


Onitsha will say something like- jega chacha aru, meaning, go and take your bath.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by pazienza(m): 2:57am On Aug 14, 2013
NRI PRIEST:

Awka dialect is the sweetest ? That's my first hearing...How about Onicha,Obosi,Nkpor and some northern groups like Nando,ogbaru and Anam. You need to reach home more often. Have you ever dated an Nkpor,Obosi,Ogidi or an Onicha chic...danm! Accent sound so good you wanna scream. Awka is too rough and Umuoji speaks one of the hardest Idenmili dialect.


Yea! Ogidi, nkpor and obosi idemili are the sweetest and most nasal free igbo dialect, no competition there. Even my Abia friends like it when i speak Ogidi, it's just so light and nasal free,they told me.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by oboy3(m): 7:04am On Aug 14, 2013
pazienza:


Mme means red colour in igbo. And you know blood is the only human fluid that is red in colour.
Odenigbo Aroli:

Nwanne,is it "mme" or "mmee" ?
dalu nu shinne
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by pazienza(m): 8:13am On Aug 14, 2013
o'boy:
dalu nu shinne


Odinma.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by OdenigboAroli(m): 8:37am On Aug 14, 2013
o'boy:
dalu nu shinne
grin grin grin...Onye Igbo nnoo. Guy,okwadi onye Obosi ka ibu ?
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by OdenigboAroli(m): 8:39am On Aug 14, 2013
pazienza:



I heard from an ngwa friend,that they call corn Ukwuoru in ngwa. Ukwuoru is equally used in isinweke,Okigwe areas.



In my idemili dialect.

Rice - Osikapa

Cassava- Akpu

Bread fruit- Ukwa

Corn - Oka

Yam- Ji

Beans- Agwa




Funny enough,i know that some igbo groups call cassava ji akpu, i can't just remember that group.


In ndoki dialect.


Cassava- Akpakpuru

Bread fruit- Ukwa

Corn- Ukwuoru

Yam- Oba ji

Beans- Akidi

"Akidi" is a type of beans in Idenmili. Right ?
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by OdenigboAroli(m): 8:41am On Aug 14, 2013
pazienza:


Mme means red colour in igbo. And you know blood is the only human fluid that is red in colour.

Mmee can be used for the red color and bloo. Example;Ona agba nmee.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by oboy3(m): 1:05pm On Aug 14, 2013
Odenigbo Aroli:


grin grin grin...Onye Igbo nnoo. Guy,okwadi onye Obosi ka ibu ?
eh
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by oboy3(m): 1:08pm On Aug 14, 2013
Odenigbo Aroli:

Mmee can be used for the red color and bloo. Example;Ona agba nmee.
exactly,because my grandma rarely uses obala
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by OdenigboAroli(m): 1:28pm On Aug 14, 2013
pazienza:


Yea! Ogidi, nkpor and obosi idemili are the sweetest and most nasal free igbo dialect, no competition there. Even my Abia friends like it when i speak Ogidi, it's just so light and nasal free,they told me.

But don't forget Onicha,Nkwelle Ezunaka and Asaba and even Oba and Ojoto. Well,most Idenmili sound alike.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by OdenigboAroli(m): 1:32pm On Aug 14, 2013
o'boy:
eh

Ok,I don't know you guys say "shinne". I have a friend from Obosi and he sound exactly like Onicha people.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by oboy3(m): 1:45pm On Aug 14, 2013
Odenigbo Aroli:

Ok,I don't know you guys say "shinne". I have a friend from Obosi and he sound exactly like Onicha people.
really,where are you from?
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by pazienza(m): 2:44pm On Aug 14, 2013
Odenigbo Aroli:

"Akidi" is a type of beans in Idenmili. Right ?



Yea, but in Ndoki, all types of beans are called Akidi, agwa doesn't exist in their lexicon.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by pazienza(m): 2:47pm On Aug 14, 2013
Odenigbo Aroli:


But don't forget Onicha,Nkwelle Ezunaka and Asaba and even Oba and Ojoto. Well,most Idenmili sound alike.


Yea, but Ogidi is the lightest. Nkwelle ezunaka shares boundary with nkwelle Ogidi, but they are in Oyi LGA, and not in Idemili.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by achi4u(m): 3:28pm On Aug 14, 2013
@pazienza,

Cassava is called 'ji-akpu' in Ezza dialect.

please what is,

fu nda?

kana wee hie?

All from Aguata area.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by pazienza(m): 6:09pm On Aug 14, 2013
achi4u: @pazienza,

Cassava is called 'ji-akpu' in Ezza dialect.

please what is,

fu nda?

kana wee hie?

All from Aguata area.



Sowie bro, i have no idea of the meaning of those sentences. Sounds a lot like like ekwulobia dialect, i have my guess of what they mean, but since am not too sure, i would refrain from sharing them,until an ekwuolobia son comes here to help us out.



Ezza calls cassava ji- akpu, yea, thanks for helping solve that confusion of mine. Just found out today that Ngwa people call it 'ji -apu'.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by pazienza(m): 6:14pm On Aug 14, 2013
o'boy:
really,where are you from?



I thought that you are from Eziowelle or so, how come you have 'sh' in your dialect? I mean in Ogidi that should have been 'dalu RINNE' and not 'SHINNE'.
Re: Igbo learning thread + Translator by OdenigboAroli(m): 8:43pm On Aug 14, 2013
o'boy:
really,where are you from?

Guy,abunu m' onye Umuoji....Okodu n' Igwulube.

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