ifyalways: Forgive me - Gbaghara m
I have sinned - E meghewo m
I am sorry - O di m nwute
It pains me (to tell u this. . ) - O na ewute m (igwa gi . . .)

^ ^ Igbo

Fascinating! The our languages are rich o! Sadly most are lost due to western culture assimilation. I'm guilty.

Annie2gud: Mine has(isoko)goes like this...Ivio le. @the poster above me.the urhobo meanin for am sorry is...Biko whor gwo.

From research,
''Ivio le'' can only be translated to mean ''please'' or begging' not literally I'm sorry as you earlier posted.
I called an Isoko Linguist of some sort, and he said there is no straight literal translation of the statement in Isoko.
But there are substitutes such as
'' Eva dho we he'' meaning Don't be angry
It could also be ''mè ibor' - but it doesn't make any sense in everyday communication.
Or the widespread ''doooo'' can easily serve the purpose of the 'sorry' word

Oildichotomy^:
From research,
''Ivio le'' can only be translated to mean ''please'' or begging' not literally I'm sorry as you earlier posted.
I called an Isoko Linguist of some sort, and he said there is no straight literal translation of the statement in Isoko.
But there are substitutes such as
'' Eva dho we he'' meaning Don't be angry
It could also be ''mè ibor' - but it doesn't make any sense in everyday communication.
Or the widespread ''doooo'' can easily serve the purpose of the 'sorry' word

Baby,they are the same.it depend on the contend of usage.thanks....Noted.

in Igbo we simply say 'Biko Ndo' which means 'please sorry' there no need adding 'I am' (A dim or A bum) since u are d one saying it. So lets say 'Biko Ndo' (Please Sorry) will answer your question for the Igbos.

Stop down grading african languages... What is EKU ILE in English?... As a yoruba man i dnt nid English to confirm the authenticity of my language... Help me with the meaning of EKU ILE in English @OP

I salute you for being at home

nenergy:
Last week in a bus I boarded, a woman after being told by the conductor to “Abeg enter with your change o, i nor get change at all at all o. Na beg i dey beg o!”, entered and gave the conductor a thousand Naira note. Quite frankly I have never seen a Lagos bus conductor plead so much. The conductor berated the woman vituperatively for ignoring is plea. All the woman could say was; “Abeg nor vex”. It occurred to me that “Abeg nor vex” is not an apology, but an appeal to the offended party not to escalate the matter. That is when I discovered that possibly, NO Nigerian language has a sentence that can be literally translated into “i am sorry”. The three major languages attest to this discovery.

Hausa: Yakuri (take patience)
Yoruba: Ma binu (don’t get angry)
Igbo: Eweliwe (don’t get angry)
Ibibio (my dialect): Ku yat esit (don’t get angry)

Can i conclude with this that NO Nigerian Language has a literal translation for “I am sorry”?
How do you say “I am sorry” in your dialect and does it literally translate?

If there was ever any d0mb post in Nairaland, this is it.

Op,
There is a word in Yoruba, "Pele". Does English have a word for it?

In Igbo there is "Ndo". Does English have a word for it?

In Hausa, "Sannu". Does English have a word for it?

You will find out when you cross language barriers that are witin same family you get cognates and same meaning. However, when you cross to non-fraternal languages all you can do is "approximate"!

English is not in a family of language with any Nigerian tongue so you can only approximate.

This assignment you are chasing is the most unintelligent and d0mbest task.taskI feel like petitioning Ministry of Education to revoke your degree and ban you for ever applying to any job in Nigeria where the criteria require use of intelligence.

nenergy:

sha, sha, sha...shame Oya just try now.lol

Many persons can speak their language but can't write it because they were not taught how to write it.

Annie2gud:
Mine has(isoko)goes like this...Ivio le. @the poster above me.the urhobo meanin for am sorry is...Biko whor gwo.

Your assertion just refute op's assumption. How someone conclude a thing using five languages when we have over 250 languages. Omote omagare?

Our language rules in yoruba Are different. I don’t see a big deal with being “ourselves”

ImperialYoruba:


If there was ever any d0mb post in Nairaland, this is it.

Op,
There is a word in Yoruba, "Pele". Does English have a word for it?

In Igbo there is "Ndo". Does English have a word for it?

In Hausa, "Sannu". Does English have a word for it?

You will find out when you cross language barriers that are witin same family you get cognates and same meaning. However, when you cross to non-fraternal languages all you can do is "approximate"!

English is not in a family of language with any Nigerian tongue so you can only approximate.

This assignment you are chasing is the most unintelligent and d0mbest task.taskI feel like petitioning Ministry of Education to revoke your degree and ban you for ever applying to any job in Nigeria where the criteria require use of intelligence.

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