hmmm bawo ni me? kole werk ooo. u can say ur Hello's like dis ekaaro ekaasan eku irole ekaale ekuile ekaabo En le beun eku isinmi eku jimo oloyin shey daada ni eku oorun eku ise and sooo many eku's someone shld continue

Afam4eva:

What you just said is common in every language. In Nigeria, you don't tell an elderly person how are you.

Exactly. That's the point I'm trying to make. Thank you.

daddyrich:
Typical Nigerian mentality, very quick to find fault without offering any better Solution. What is the better way?

Ho, Sorry! The better way to greet someone older than you in Yoruba land is to say "E ka'ro sir/ma". I hope that clarifies it. Thank you.

k9ine:

Ok you ended up arguing against the use of Bawo oni, and clearly failed to tell us the proper greeting. So how then do u expect us to know it?

You may want to please refer to my explanation above. Sorry for the mistake earlier. I was rushing to take FTC . Don't know the import of that FTC thing anyway!

Afam4eva:
In Igbo, there are different ways of saying Hello

Kedu - This is the most common
Kekwanu
Ke nke na eme
Ole nke na eme
Ogini na fio

does this not mean "what's happening?"
bende people in abia say "owara" to mean hello too.

mbhs139:


@OP, you need to be told, in case you don't know, that you don't use Bawo ni! just for anybody and at any place or time. For instance, in Yoruba land, you can't greet your seniors saying Bawo ni!, it is wrong. You actually use Bawo ni! for a much younger person than you or to your pal. I think that is clear. Just like telling your dad's elder brother that how far!, you know that's wrong, at least in the Yoruba context.

true!

kini scope

its a chair there!

Lol

Abole. Sannu. Hey.

Afam4eva:
In Igbo, there are different ways of saying Hello

Kedu - This is the most common
Kekwanu
Ke nke na eme
Ole nke na eme
Ogini na fio

,ke nke osi ada

bigerboy200:
We greet with hot slap in my area..

lol.. Attack like a lion n humble like a DUKA, GWARA GWARA

"Naani" means how far, agbor delta state

brummell:
I think Abole' from the Idoma people of Benue state is cool by me. Idoma' olAdam

i see you brother!

Culin:
Abole. Sannu. Hey.

obobi inno

Bawo ni can be termed disrespectful if directed from a younger person to a senior. You don't expect a son to say bawo ni to someone his father's age, it can earn him a knock on the head.

TechPanda:

obobi inno

Lol nice one. Anya.

Culin:

Lol nice one. Anya.

can i follow you up?

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