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Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by odumchi: 9:11pm On May 21, 2011 |
lepasharon: It means animals know the children of idiots. Only if your "ofe" was supposed to be an "Ofia" |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Candy9(f): 2:12am On May 25, 2011 |
Hello, kindly translate for me: --"Se rere nitori eyinwa ola " Thank you so much! |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Nobody: 1:32am On May 26, 2011 |
Candy9: Hey babe, how far? long time! Translation : Do good things because of tomorrow. Simply means do unto others as you'll want them to do unto to you in the future. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by odumchi: 1:52am On May 26, 2011 |
Lol I was wondering if that was Igbo or Yoruba since you usually ask for Igbo Translations. Candy9: |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Candy9(f): 4:26am On May 26, 2011 |
hello thank you so much again. I am fine. Really, in this forum I have not asked for an Igbo translation. wish you all a great day! |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Candy9(f): 4:29am On May 26, 2011 |
and "how far?" does this refer to my Yoruba advancement? well, am trying, busily keeping my vocabulary notebook, if I knew all by heart now, I would then be far, trying, love to you all here! enjoy! |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Nobody: 7:46pm On May 26, 2011 |
Candy9: LOL I wouldnt say pidgin english (How far) extends to your knowledge of the Yoruba language tho I'm proud of you, keep learning. I'm always here to help. If you need my email for instant answer, I won't mind posting. Goodluck!! |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by odumchi: 2:46am On May 27, 2011 |
I'm sorry of I sound Arogant or obnoxiousn but I only want to point this out to you so you won't confuse it for Yoruba. You asked for Ezi-Nwanyi which is Igbo. Candy9: |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Candy9(f): 1:15pm On May 27, 2011 |
Good morning thank you so much your offer is most kind! |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by lepasharon(f): 12:11am On May 31, 2011 |
odumchi:haha! 4 real? thanks! im learnin more diss words in igbo |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by odumchi: 2:32am On May 31, 2011 |
Glad to help. It also improves my own Igbo skills lepasharon: |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by tutuwater(m): 1:45pm On May 31, 2011 |
Obinrin so iwa nu oni oun ni ori husband (oko). |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by okooyinbo(m): 3:56pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
tutuwater: Should be: Obinrin so iwa nu, o ni oun ko ni ori oko. Literally translated: Obinrin =woman so nu = to loose (lost), cast away, throw away iwa = behaviour (also composure, but behaviour, character is better) o = she (he, it) ni = says (wipe is also a synonym) oun = (herself) ko = not ni = (to have) has ori = head (here, it means luck) oko = husband A woman has no character and says she has no luck with men. A badly mannered woman would not say she is bad, rather she blames her not having a husband on her misfortune with men |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by odumchi: 10:34pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
Ive noticed a striking similarity between a few Yoruba and Igbo words. In many Niger-Congo languages the letter "m" is used as a possessive particle. ex Igbo: My Husband "Di'm" ex Yoruba: My Husband "Oko mi" Related Words: Yoruba: Igbo: Meaning: Uwa. Agwa. Behavior or Conduct o. o. He, she, it And if I may ask what does "Ife and Oyo" translate to in Yoruba if at all it has any meaning? Please I hope you don't mind my asking I am fascinated in languages. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by regina101: 9:26am On Jun 06, 2011 |
Can anyone translate the ibo word CHIETUGO? Thanks |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Ogaga4Luv(m): 5:58pm On Jun 06, 2011 |
Candy9: |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by truevoice: 11:52am On Jun 09, 2011 |
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Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Ogaga4Luv(m): 11:01am On Jun 10, 2011 |
[size=13pt]Thanks for sharing my dear. . . I'll check the page out later . [/size] truevoice: |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Sissy3(f): 4:50am On Jun 28, 2011 |
pls, can someone help me with this english-igbo translation ' i am at my father's wife house"? thanks! |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 4:53am On Jun 28, 2011 |
~Sissy~: A nọm na ulọ nwinye nna'm. A nọm n'ulọ nwinye nna'm. (preferred) |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Sissy3(f): 4:57am On Jun 28, 2011 |
thanks lot ezeagu! |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Ogaga4Luv(m): 10:07am On Jun 28, 2011 |
[size=13pt]~Sissy~ dear , English to Igbo translation is on google. . . lucky you [/size] |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by odumchi: 4:32pm On Jun 28, 2011 |
I'm still waiting for them to make BBC Igbo since there already is BBC Hausa. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 7:06pm On Jun 28, 2011 |
Ogaga4Luv: No it's not, where? http://translate.google.com/ odumchi: BBC Hausa is there because unlike Igbo people, most Hausa BBC listeners can't understand English (well), plus who even speaks proper Igbo again so why should they waste their time. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by odumchi: 12:53am On Jul 03, 2011 |
@ Ezeagu I try my best to speak unadultered, Englishfree Igbo. If people try abd think they'll find out there is a word for everything practical and precolonial in Igbo. If you'd like to prove me wrong I want ANYONE TO POST A LIST OF NON-MODERN AND NON ENGLISH THINGS that they think aren't expressed in Igbo and I'll be happy to answer. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by ChinenyeN(m): 5:20am On Jul 03, 2011 |
Odumchi, 'unadulterated' sounds nice. How well can you pull it off? I try to do the same as well. And what exactly do you mean by non-modern, non-English? Mind giving some examples? |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by odumchi: 5:32am On Jul 03, 2011 |
@ Chinenye I can speak it very well. Personally i have observed that the problem most people find in speaking Igbo is the placement of English conjunctions and Igbo conjunctions. But like i said there is a word for everything necessary. "or: mo but: kama and: yana before: tam" By non-modern i mean words such as: computer, television, car, calculator (which some call ogu-ego), phone, internet, etc and other modern words. These words are unfamiliar to Igboland and much of Africa as a whole. An average, Igbo speaker would say: "Kedu, how far? Achorom iga to that house before junction ukwu onhu. Iwere ike itak'm? But the proper way is: "Kedu, nda? Achorom iga na ulo onhu no n'ihu okporo izonhu. Iwere ike idugam? |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by ChinenyeN(m): 6:08am On Jul 03, 2011 |
Oh okay. I know what you mean. I've noticed it to (the conjunctions and the Engligbo). But me, I've managed to eliminate all (if not that, then most) of the English conjunctions and replace them with the proper equivalents. On the non-modern words, how exactly do you express computer, phone, and internet? |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 3:23pm On Jul 03, 2011 |
The problem with speaking proper Igbo is that not everyone understands proper Igbo. odumchi: Of course, there are also non-modern words that couldn't have existed in Igbo (apple, potato, snow, tsunami). ChinenyeN: Computer, phone and internet should just be Igboised to komputa, fonu and intanet, unless people want to go to the very basic roots of these modern words (which are usually Latin, which has a vocabulary similar to Igbo, and also a way of putting words together to make new words similar to Igbo) and provide their own Igbo versions, which could look funny, but could look something like this: Computer 'Computer' from 'compute' from Latin 'computare' coming from com 'together' and putare 'to settle an account', but with in English meaning to calculate, calculate is: "–verb (used with object) 1. to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/calculate So in Igbo that would be something like gukọta 'count together', then add a Ọ in the front and: [size=14pt]Computer: Ọgukọta[/size] Phone Short for telephone from tele-: "Origin: combining form representing Greek têle far, akin to télos end" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tele- and phone "from Greek phōnē voice, sound" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-phone so in Igbo, té or tèrè/tèlè is 'far, long' (funnily enough) and ólú 'voice, neck', so: [size=14pt]Telephone: Tèlólú or Ólútere (or can be Ọwụólu, 'voice jumper')[/size] Internet "Internet 1985, "the linked computer networks of the U.S. Defense Department," shortened from internetwork , from inter- + network." inter- "inter- a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,” “in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” ( intercept; interest ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( intercom; interdepartmental )." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inter- network "Origin: 1550–60; 1910–15 for def. 2; net + work" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/network Igbo: Só- (same meanings as inter) and kà ùbu, kùbu 'like a net, network' [size=14pt]Internet: Sókùbu[/size] |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by ChinenyeN(m): 3:59pm On Jul 03, 2011 |
Ezeagu, na wa. Also, what do you mean proper Igbo? |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 4:05pm On Jul 03, 2011 |
ChinenyeN: M like-kiri gi. < Not proper igbo. |
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