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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 7:50pm On Nov 05, 2009
Onye hapu onu ya uguru arachaa ya
If one fails to lick his lips, harmattan will do it
If a man/woman refuse to perform his job someone else will do it for him/her
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by throttler(f): 9:01am On Nov 06, 2009
chicoooooooooo grin

i dala examu a. youngiesyyy bu neighbour mu. abum nwanyi luru di o. ekwekwala ka dim wete nma ogebe ya to tisha u lesson cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by throttler(f): 9:03am On Nov 06, 2009
@ topic

kporopkoto ga agba n'ihu enyi

[i][/i]kporokpoto will explode in the face of the elephant grin

the truth will soon be known.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cantell(m): 11:07am On Nov 06, 2009
@throttler,
Kporokpoto ga-agba na ihu ehi (cow not elephant)
Nne, gini buzi kporokpoto?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 3:02pm On Nov 06, 2009
Oku di over cheesy ,i swear.Ife nile na eme.
@Topic,Ndumodu bu onye njem,i nabata ya,o noro bara gi uru,i nabataghi ya,o laa.
'Advice' is like a guest,if it ias accepted,it stays and becomes beneficial,if not accepted,it goes
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by koolchicco: 6:07pm On Nov 06, 2009
throttler:

chicoooooooooo grin

i dala examu a. youngiesyyy bu neighbour mu. abum nwanyi luru di o. ekwekwala ka dim wete nma ogebe ya to tisha u lesson cheesy

Ina akpam Amu. grin   Obu na imaghi na miri oku adighi egbu Mbe? cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by preselect(m): 6:08pm On Nov 06, 2009
ifyyyyyyyyyyy m oooooo, onye oma m ji eme onu. kiss

nwanyi ojoo dika agbusi no na akpa amu. i hapu ya, o tarisia akpa amu gi.  i piagbuo ya, i piarisia akpa amu gi grin

and evil wife is a double disaster. let her alone, she destroys ur marital happiness, send her away, ur marriage ends, kill her, u become a wanted murderer . . . .  cool

but ify m is nwanyi oma kiss
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by koolchicco: 6:10pm On Nov 06, 2009
cantell:

@throttler,
Kporokpoto ga-agba na ihu ehi (cow not elephant)
Nne, gini buzi kporokpoto?


Onye atuoro ilu kowara, i mara n'ego eji nuta Nne ya lara n'iyi. tongue cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by koolchicco: 6:12pm On Nov 06, 2009
pres-elect:

ifyyyyyyyyyyy m oooooo, onye oma m ji eme onu. kiss

nwanyi ojoo dika agbusi no na akpa amu. i hapu ya, o tarisia akpa amu gi.  i piagbuo ya, i piarisia akpa amu gi grin

and evil wife is a double disaster. let her alone, she destroys your marital happiness, send her away, your marriage ends, kill her, u become a wanted murderer . . . .  cool

but ify m is nwanyi oma kiss


Nwanne i bu ezi nwa afo igbo. cool

I kajara akaja! grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cantell(m): 3:21pm On Nov 07, 2009
@koolchicco,
Asim gi na m amaghi? Were ya nwayoo.
Nwayo nwayo ka eji ala cha ofe di oku. (na small small dey de take lick soup wey hot) lol
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ChinenyeN(m): 5:07pm On Nov 07, 2009
I che la Imo atala minri, miya ukwu.
(If you think that river Imo has dried up, then try and walk across)
---- Try my patience, and let's see what happens.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 6:04pm On Nov 07, 2009
Maka na Oke osimmiri anokataghi rie onye o hughi ukwu ya.

'Cos the great sea does not drown s/he it hasn't seen his/her legs
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by koolchicco: 6:41pm On Nov 07, 2009
echelon:

Maka na Oke osimmiri anokataghi rie onwe o hughi ukwu ya.

'Cos the great sea does not drown s/he it hasn't seen his/her legs
Onye and not ONWE cool
Why u dey spoil my language like that na? cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 7:11pm On Nov 07, 2009
Corrected. You try show say u be "Nwafo" cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by koolchicco: 7:14pm On Nov 07, 2009
echelon:

Corrected. You try show say u be "Nwafo" cool

Udo diri gi Nwannem! cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by throttler(f): 7:37pm On Nov 07, 2009
ebelebe igba grin

**hurries away before pres-elect, the owner of ebelebe-igba arrives*** grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by throttler(f): 7:38pm On Nov 07, 2009
umunnem na umunnanm

weekendi oma o. try not to be tooooo naughty tongue lipsrsealed
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by koolchicco: 8:31pm On Nov 07, 2009
throttler:

umunnem na umunnanm

weekendi oma o. try not to be tooooo naughty tongue lipsrsealed

Igbo bu Igbo ndi oma, Chukwu gozie unu nile. kiss kiss

Ubochi nta ka anyi chua na owere nchi.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cantell(m): 8:38pm On Nov 07, 2009
@Throttler,
Nne, oyibo nkaa i na-etinye na okwu gbawojurum anya. O buzi kwa Igbo ka-anyi na-ede? Ka o bu Ngiri-Igbo? Ka chi fo nu.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by fingard02k(m): 9:51pm On Nov 08, 2009
,1)Mberede ka eji ama dike.
Its in time of problem that a herro is known.

2)Ntụtụ k'eji atụtụ ju akpa.
-Its picking by picking that make a bag full-

3)Ọkụkọ sị na ọnahị eti mkpu ka ihe ji ya hapụ ya kama nọbụ ka ụwa nụrụ olu ya
-A fowl said that it does not cry out loud for the thing that holds it to leave it but for the world to hear its voice-

4)Aka nrị kwọ aka ekpe,aka ekpe akwọ aka nrị
-If the right hand washes the left hand the left hand will wash the right hand in return-

5)I were aka nri tie nwata ihe I were aka ekpe gụgụọ ya
-If you beat a child with right hand you call him back with left hand-

6)Okorobia tosịa ochera ibe ya
-If a young man grows finish he waits for other-

7)Awọ adịghị agba ọsọ ehịhịe n'efu
-Tod does not run in the day for nothing-

coolNkita n'eso onye afọ ukwu mara na ọnyụhị anyụ  ọgbọ agbọ
-A dog that follows a person with purging stomach know if he does not shit he will will vomit-

9)Nwata n'ata akara n'ata ego nne ya
-A child that chop akara chops his mothers money-

10)Onwere ka ịhe g'esi bịara Bishop  ọmia egbe
there are some kind of things that will come to bishop and he will draw AK-47
,,,,
11)ọgba ,egbe g'ana n'egbe
-A killer with gun will die in gun-

12)Agwọ otu onye hụrụ n'abụ eke
-A snake that one person sees is usually a kobra-

13)Oji nwayọ anahị emeru ahụ
-Person that walks slow doesnt get hurt-

14)Ikuku kuo ahu ike Ọkụkọ
-When wind blows fowl ass will be exposed-

15)Ozi eziri añụrụ ga erurị elu igwe aka
-Any message that is been sent to heaven through smoke must be delivered to heaven-

16)Iteta ụra n'ụtụtụ Ọkụkọ chụba gị ọsọ gbaba n'ihi n'ịmahị ma opuru eze n'abali
-If you wake up in the morning and fowl start chasing you,run cos you dont know whether it grew teeth in the night-

17)Onye ginu mee n'ọbụhị di ọkpara gburu
-If any one have let him provide that its not the first son that killed-

18)Oke nnọọkọ n'ebute oke mkparị
-Too much sitting together bring too much disrespect-

19)Anụta agbọhọ achụpụ agadị
-When a young lady is married (as a second wife) the old will be chased away-

20)Dibịa agwọọ ofeke,ofeke echozọọ dibịa gwọrọ ya   
-When  a doctor cures a fool that fool will forget the doctor that cured him-
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by throttler(f): 11:06am On Nov 09, 2009
cantell:

@Throttler,
Nne, oyibo nkaa i na-etinye na okwu gbawojurum anya. O buzi kwa Igbo ka-anyi na-ede? Ka o bu Ngiri-Igbo? Ka chi fo nu.


cantelli hapum aka o grin, i maghi na onwe ufodu ihe na anaghi ekwe isu na okwu igbo?

gini bu naughty n'okwu igbo?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by throttler(f): 11:09am On Nov 09, 2009
cantell, amaghim ihe kporokpoto w. i ma ihe owu?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by asha80(m): 1:44pm On Nov 09, 2009
throttler:

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cantelli hapum aka o grin, i maghi na onwe ufodu ihe na anaghi ekwe isu na okwu igbo?

gini bu naughty n'okwu igbo?

naughty= aghiriya
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 2:56pm On Nov 09, 2009
@fingard02k
Nwanne, next time please provide source ebe isiri copy and paste ilu ndia n'ile.

@throttler
Ihe nwa agu ji di ebube di ya na mbo aka
What make a lion fierce is on its crawls

@echelon
Anya gi?  cool

@Ify
Ihe na aso nwanyi di ime na asokwa onye tubara ya  cheesy

@koolchicco
Youngies bu nwa uko chukwu ooo  cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by throttler(f): 4:19pm On Nov 09, 2009
youngies, ihe mu na agu ji buru nwanne bu na mbo aka. grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by fingard02k(m): 4:59pm On Nov 09, 2009
@youngies I did not copy it any where,i wrote it down by my self.i am a typical igbo boy,i was born and grew up in igboland so Nwanne abụghịm ofeke. Nwanne,M-hụ  ịhe nkarịrị adịghịm ayọ chịm ya gbataram ọsọ enyem aka.so if you wants more i got it plenty
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by preselect(m): 5:36pm On Nov 09, 2009
throttler:

ebelebe igba grin

**hurries away before pres-elect, the owner of ebelebe-igba arrives*** grin

no need to run, ada mma. uyo wu uyo ma'a gi wink ebelebe igba wu okwu onye obula choro ikwu ya kwuruma o, arighi onye-ogbu smiley

ebelebe igba, ihe anyi kpatara na adighi mma, ebelebe igba cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 8:44pm On Nov 09, 2009
Ebelebe igba. Igba kiridim kiridim. cheesy
Threadia na ndi no na ya na ato ka mmanu anwu.
Unu jide ka unu ji cool
My love,I'm with u ooh kiss
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by throttler(f): 11:22am On Nov 10, 2009
i have started saying ebelebe igba so much that my huby is asking where i got that from grin
but anyway, since pres-elect has given me go ahead na, so it is.

ebelebe igba igba, igba kiridim igba igba( x100) cheesy.

ifyyyyyyy, ndewo! nda aga imere, na ndi ulo gi.

nwam nwanyi na assignmenti skulu ya di soo much dat by the time i finish helping her through the assignment i am already too grumpy to come to nairaland on sundays. odi egwu o! adim ka nwa primari skulu again angry
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by preselect(m): 3:10pm On Nov 10, 2009
throttler biko ur husband juo gi ebe isi mute ebelebe igba . . . . biko akpokwala aha m grin
anuru m na di gi nwere egbe dinta grin . . . achoghi m inwu. not when i still have the love songs of ify that i'm yet to listen to wink


meanwhile, ebelebe igba all the way, anaghi a kwuru ya tax cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by 8words(m): 9:35pm On Nov 10, 2009
Igbo kwenu
igbo kwenu
igbo kwezo oooooooooooooooooo

E, Obi di m mma ka unu si ede igbo, Ndi igbo si n'onye a si jide ka oje mara nke oje di mma. nwayi m bu onye ocha mana ihu ka osi asu igbo. o bia ebeghi ala igbo mbu.

Udo diri unu.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by throttler(f): 9:40am On Nov 11, 2009
pres-elect, agam agwa ya na obu gi kuzirim. o register-la na nairaland, login ya bu UROI! obiara yesterday na threadi IGBO KWEZUO NU. lipsrsealed

***i need to start behaving well o*** undecided

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