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Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by experimentist: 12:58pm On Jan 02, 2014
Hausa boy, I speak Yoruba well. I know some few words/sentences in Igbo but not easy to say thou.
I know there's a lot of good Igbo ladies and gentlemen here so pls, help a brother out.

Here are the few I know:

» Nkenkeneme (what is happening)
» Odiran fechhaa (is not easy)
» Nkem (my own)
» Nne maramma (your're beautiful
» Anama biya (I am coming)
» Miri (water)

I forgot many..

Ok..please how do I say:

» I love
» What is your name?
» Where are you going to?
» God bless you
» Who is at the door
» I am going to the market
»Head/nose/eyes/teetth/fingers etc

Oya, make I dey learn small-small abeg...
Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by experimentist: 1:20pm On Jan 02, 2014
Where my Igbo peole at cry
Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by pragmatistm(m): 1:37pm On Jan 02, 2014
Me too. I'm interested.

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Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by experimentist: 1:46pm On Jan 02, 2014
pragmatist_m: Me too. I'm interested.
Ok, welcome, but the lecturers are yet to come. Or are they still on strike? cry
Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by Nobody: 2:56pm On Jan 02, 2014
experimentist: Hausa boy, I speak Yoruba well. I know some few words/sentences in Igbo but not easy to say thou.
I know there's a lot of good Igbo ladies and gentlemen here so pls, help a brother out.

Here are the few I know:

» Nkenkeneme (what is happening)
» Odiran fechhaa (is not easy)
» Nkem (my own)
» Nne maramma (your're beautiful
» Anama biya (I am coming)
» Miri (water)

I forgot many..

Ok..please how do I say:

» I love u: A huru m gi na anya
» What is your name?: gini bu aha gi?
» Where are you going to? Kee ebe I na aga?
» God bless you: Chineke gozie gi
» Who is at the door: Onye no na onu uzo
» I am going to the market: A na m aga ahia
»Head/nose/eyes/teetth/fingers etc: Isi/Imi/Anya/Eze/Mkpisi aka etc

Oya, make I dey learn small-small abeg...
Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by EzePromoe: 4:43pm On Jan 02, 2014
I guess you are Yoruba!
Please note that we do not use "an" for the pronunciation of "o", just as you wrote in "odiran". It's "odiro ofele" instead of "odiran fechaa"

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Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by experimentist: 5:08pm On Jan 02, 2014
Eze Promoe: I guess you are Yoruba!
Please note that we do not use "an" for the pronunciation of "o", just as you wrote in "odiran". It's "odiro ofele" instead of "odiran fechaa"
Ok. Lesson learnt, thnx so much. Bro pls translate those others for me pls.

Btw, I be Hausa.
Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by experimentist: 5:10pm On Jan 02, 2014
@eze promoe, pls what is the meaning of 'odiro fele'? Thnx.

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Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by SugaryBelle(f): 1:59pm On Jan 04, 2014
experimentist: @eze promoe, pls what is the meaning of 'odiro fele'? Thnx.
Odiro ofele=its not easy.

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Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by SugaryBelle(f): 2:06pm On Jan 04, 2014
» I love you=afurum gi na anya
» What is your name? =Kedi aha/afa gi
» Where are you going to? =Ole ebe ina aga
» God bless you= chukwu gozie gi.
» Who is at the door=onye no n'onu uzo.
» I am going to the market =mneje ahia/afia
»Head=isi /nose =imi /eyes =anya /teeth= eze /fingers =mbo aka .

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Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by experimentist: 12:13pm On Jan 05, 2014
SugaryBelle: » I love you=afurum gi na anya
» What is your name? =Kedi aha/afa gi
» Where are you going to? =Ole ebe ina aga
» God bless you= chukwu gozie gi.
» Who is at the door=onye no n'onu uzo.
» I am going to the market =mneje ahia/afia
»Head=isi /nose =imi /eyes =anya /teeth= eze /fingers =mbo aka .

wow, na God go bless u o!
Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by fingard02k(m): 10:10am On Jan 07, 2014
check this thread. It will help. You can drop questions there
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https://www.nairaland.com/260225/learning-igbo-language

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Re: Please Help! I Want To Learn Igbo Here by experimentist: 10:49am On Jan 07, 2014
fingard02k: check this thread. It will help. You can drop questions there
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https://www.nairaland.com/260225/learning-igbo-language
Bro I appreciate. God bless!

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