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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by presido1: 4:12pm On Aug 24, 2009
nwata ga awu eze ana ama oge amuru ya
we know when a king is born

Agaghi m azu akpa nji achi ihe ogologo gbuo agwo chiri ya na aka
I cant kill a snake and hold it by hand when i bought a bag to carry long stuffs
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 2:49am On Aug 31, 2009
Onye menyuru oku hia ?
Nwata huwa anya,o kwuwa onu.
when a child sees what hes not supposed to see,he wud say what he ought not to say.Rubi na Youngies kiss kiss ,presido tongue
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 9:01pm On Sep 01, 2009
Ihe oma n'anya gbara ndu
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 10:12pm On Sep 01, 2009
Nwa moo emegbuna nwa mmadu ma nwa mmadu emegbuna nwa moo.
Treat others fairly so you'd treated same.

Igbo kwenu!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 1:47pm On Sep 02, 2009
rubi:

Ihe oma n'anya gbara ndu

rubi thanks hun, kiss
This is my all time favourite ilu !!!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 2:05am On Sep 03, 2009
rubi:

Ihe oma n'anya gbara ndu
Ihe oma dika mu . . . . na gi too. kiss
Echelon,anya gi. shocked
@topic,Anya ka eji ama oka chara acha.
You can tell a ripe corn by its looks
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by preselect(m): 3:14pm On Sep 04, 2009
anya ka m ji hu oka ahu, okwa ya ify m wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 12:25am On Sep 05, 2009
Yes my rove  kiss
@Topic,Ihe foro otu agwula agwu agwu.
Something that is one step from the the end is almost over.
Onwu na egbu nwa nkita a naghi ekwe ya anu isi nshi.
The cause of a dog's demise denies it the sense of smell.
A choro igbu nwa nkita,a kpo ya ajo aha.
To kill it a dog, you give it a bad name

Kwenu. cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 11:21pm On Sep 05, 2009
A ne mere nwanyi ya ana emere onye di ya nnma
You are trying to please a woman and she is pleasing somebodyelse. ( Not only women oh oooooooooooo men are included in the game)

youngies:

rubi thanks hun, kiss
This is my all time favourite ilu !!!
O dim ka imara nma nwoke nkea ihe di nma n'eme gi ahu paulina paulina kiss
Ify nwa nma  kiss Onye si na ihe oma adighi ya nma ya kpata olugbu ya afoluya afo were ya tee of ka rubi fu
eche  shocked
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by boomlogics: 2:35pm On Sep 07, 2009
ochu nwa okuko wen ada, nwa okuko wen ganga oso
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Chi4nelo(f): 3:04pm On Sep 08, 2009
anaghi aju ite na ekpugahi ya ekpuga. dat u dont refuse food without opening it first.  lipsrsealed
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 5:05pm On Sep 08, 2009
rubi:

O dim ka imara nma nwoke nkea ihe di nma n'eme gi ahu paulina paulina kiss

Well . . . aga m asi na Jehova goziri m nke ukwuu cheesy
Ihe eji aghogbu m mgbe ufudo bu ihe mara nma wink Ify can testify
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 3:58pm On Sep 10, 2009
I were aka nri tie nwata ihe i were aka ekpe kpo kelata ya
If you scold a child with your right hand, you bring him/her closer with your left hand
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 9:47pm On Sep 10, 2009
youngies:

Well . . . aga m asi na Jehova goziri m nke ukwuu cheesy
Ihe eji aghogbu m mgbe ufudo bu ihe mara nma wink Ify can testify


rofl.
Youngie mara nma nwoke . . . .no doubt abt that.  wink
@topic,nwata gbere egbere bia ta mu aru,m ga egbere egbere ga tie ya ihe.
unu echeghi na ilu a dighi morally right  undecided
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 2:18pm On Sep 14, 2009
ifyalways:

rofl.
Youngie mara nma nwoke . . . .no doubt abt that.  wink
@topic,nwata gbere egbere bia ta mu aru,m ga egbere egbere ga tie ya ihe.
unu echeghi na ilu a dighi morally right  undecided
Honestly yabu ilu were comma undecided

@topic
Mmadu abuo na agba ulo okirikiri, amaghi onye na achu nwanne ya
It is always hard to say who is chasing who between two people running round the house

Ify anughizi m olu gi?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 3:19pm On Sep 17, 2009
Agwo mmadu abuo huru bu eke
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by agabaI23(m): 3:41pm On Sep 17, 2009
rubi:

Agwo mmadu abuo huru bu eke



Mba
Agwo[b] otu [/b] onye bu eke

Meaning that one person can exagerate any incidence if their is no witness.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 3:49pm On Sep 17, 2009
agabaI23:


Mba
Agwo[b] otu [/b] onye bu eke

Meaning that one person can exagerate any incidence if their is no witness.
Ekewghi m

Agwo mmadu abuo huru bu eke meaning If two people confirms incidence there is an element of truth in that issue

odi ka mamadu ikwu na two good heads are better than one
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ChinenyeN(m): 3:49pm On Sep 17, 2009
Ikpe Amaghi Eze!  angry
Ikpe Amaghi Ezee! angry
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by agabaI23(m): 4:05pm On Sep 17, 2009
rubi:

Ekewghi m

Agwo mmadu abuo huru bu eke meaning If two people confirms incidence there is an element of truth in that issue

odi ka mamadu ikwu na two good heads are better than one



nwanyi oma nsogbu adighi

Agwo otu onye huru aghaghi I bu eke is common. Let me learn your own. But I have never heard that!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 6:22pm On Sep 18, 2009
Onye akporo si ya bia rie nri okwo aka abuo onye kporo ya akpo oga emezi gini?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by agabaI23(m): 9:10pm On Sep 18, 2009
Onye kporo ya ga-akwo aka ya na ukwu ya grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ChinenyeN(m): 11:57pm On Sep 18, 2009
Onye akporo akpo iri, o si la okpu m ehila.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 2:43am On Sep 19, 2009
agabaI23:

nwanyi oma nsogbu adighi

Agwo otu onye huru aghaghi I bu eke is common. Let me learn your own. But I have never heard that!
Igbo prof. I di correct I piaram hands down
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by agabaI23(m): 2:46am On Sep 19, 2009
Nwayi oma

Udo diri gi
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 3:25pm On Sep 19, 2009
rubi:

Onye akporo si ya bia rie nri okwo aka abuo onye kporo ya akpo oga emezi gini?
rofl.
youngies:

Honestly yabu ilu were comma undecided

@topic
Mmadu abuo na agba ulo okirikiri, amaghi onye na achu nwanne ya
It is always hard to say who is chasing who between two people running round the house

Ify anughizi m olu gi?
Yes,ilu ahu nwere big rikom na kpom cheesy
e mere m obere njem,anyi ga akpa na oge na adighi anya
ChinenyeN:

Onye akporo akpo iri, o si la okpu m ehila.
Chineye na eziokwu,o kweghim nghota.Biko tapia ya na either igbo izugbe or na bekke.dalu.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ChinenyeN(m): 8:16pm On Sep 19, 2009
Gbaghara m.

Onye akporo akpo iri, o si la okpu m ehila
Someone called to eat (assuming I did the calling/offering), says to me that my own ball of utara is too much.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 8:23pm On Sep 20, 2009
Haha,o di funny.dalu.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ChinenyeN(m): 11:10pm On Sep 20, 2009
grin grin ee. Nmekpa ahu adighi.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 12:43am On Sep 23, 2009
Umu nne m,

Ndi be anyi si na

E kecha n'obu, e kee na mkpuke maka na Izu ka mma na nneji.

Anya na-erucha ma ukwu anaghi eru.

Ome mma na-emere onwe ya, ome njo na-emere onwe ya.

Jisie nu ike

Please forgive me my translation sub - routine is returning errors now. Someone please help translate.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 2:29pm On Sep 24, 2009
Ify no prob.

rubi, echelon, Chinenye, agaba, Chineke gba unu ume smiley

@topic

Odighi nma i gu onye isi Anene
It is not ideal to name a blind child Anene
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by fayahsoul: 5:33pm On Sep 24, 2009
Ala di n'ụdi n'ụdi.

Breasts come in varieties 
grin

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