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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Ndeewonu: 3:57pm On Dec 27, 2009
1. "Nwanyi na-ere ogiri ma Ijiji anya piara" - The woman that sells 'ogiri' (a native seasoning, that stinks like poopoo) know the blind housefly.

Similar to & the same meaning as:

2. "Agburu na-eji eze ari elu ma osisi na-aku ilu" - The family that climbs with their teeth know the tree that is bitter.


3. "Mmiri ma uma ebu amu, amu kwu ebe o kwu." - The river attempts in vain to carry away the man's manhood, the penis is irremovable.

4. "Ilu adighi aso anya" - The Igbo proverb is no respecter of persons (meaning, you can use any kind of proverb not minding the words.

So forgive my number three, I am only invoking my people's culture as a true Igbo man.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by toshmann(m): 7:37pm On Dec 27, 2009
Ndeewonu:

3. "Mmiri ma uma ebu amu, amu kwu ebe o kwu." - The river attempts in vain to carry away the man's manhood, the manliness is irremovable.

ololololoooooo cheesy . . . . . in pidgin-igbo we call it . . . nothing mega cool . . . . . .or notmeg cool

amutala m otu ihe taaa o,

@ndeewonu
ndeewo o o o cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Ndeewonu: 7:05am On Dec 28, 2009
toshmann:

ololololoooooo cheesy . . . . . in pidgin-igbo we call it . . . nothing mega cool . . . . . .or notmeg cool

amutala m otu ihe taaa o,

@ndeewonu
ndeewo o o o cheesy

Onye ojoo! Oo nke I ga-amuta ngwa ngwa.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:59am On Dec 28, 2009
toshmann:

ololololoooooo cheesy . . . . . in pidgin-igbo we call it . . . nothing mega cool . . . . . .or notmeg cool

amutala m otu ihe taaa o,

@ndeewonu
ndeewo o o o cheesy

Tosh, ajo nwa siri owere ba nne ya afo tongue
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 3:48pm On Dec 28, 2009
Ndeewonu,I kajara akaja.Nna gi muru gi.
toshmann:

ololololoooooo cheesy . . . . . in pidgin-igbo we call it . . . nothing mega cool . . . . . .or notmeg cool

amutala m otu ihe taaa o,

@ndeewonu
ndeewo o o o cheesy
rofl.
@Youngies,Imela na ozi gi,udo di excess wink
Rubi,Throttler,Echelon . . . . .Happy Holidayss,afo ohuru oma nu
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 2:51pm On Dec 29, 2009
Ify glad to know that udo di excess smiley

Happy afo ohuru to yáll
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Ndeewonu: 11:23pm On Jan 01, 2010
Ndi be anyi,

Onye anwula ma ibe ya efula. Ka afo 2010 a wetara anyi oganihu, ahu-isi-ike, omumu, uba, mmuta na udo n'etiti ndi Igbo no na Naijiria na ndi no na mba ozo.

Ka onye nwe anyi nonyere unu.

Ndeewonu!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 3:28pm On Jan 02, 2010
Ndeewonu:

Ndi be anyi,

Onye anwula ma ibe ya efula. Ka afo 2010 a wetara anyi oganihu, ahu-isi-ike, omumu, uba, mmuta na udo n'etiti ndi Igbo no na Naijiria na ndi no na mba ozo.

Ka onye nwe anyi nonyere unu.

Ndeewonu!
Ofor soro ibe ya ree.
Ya gaziere anyi nile.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 10:35pm On Jan 03, 2010
Youngies thanks for the translation. Ify tongue for not translating. grin

2010 ga-aburu anyi afo oma, naani kwuba aka gi oto. I hope to be more frequent this year.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by agabaI23(m): 12:38am On Jan 04, 2010
Nwatakiri jiri panti ya mere bomb n'ugboelu choro ka ohaneze huru panti ya

Onye ejila amu ya akpa nganga maka amu di oke onu!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 5:04pm On Jan 06, 2010
agabaI23:

Nwatakiri jiri panti ya mere bomb n'ugboelu choro ka ohaneze huru panti ya

Onye ejila amu ya akpa nganga maka amu di oke onu!
Agaba ilu gi a dika udiri ilu Tosh na atu cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 6:54pm On Jan 06, 2010
Ijiji ha ndi singing,Agaba ha ndi Ilu cheesy
Echelon,lee nwerekwa tongue tongue tongue
Youngies,i throway ekele oo.
Kedunu Rubi na throttler?
@Topic,mmiri mara ugo sara ugo aru.
Some of the things we see as unfortunate turn out to be blessings in disguise.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by agabaI23(m): 9:47pm On Jan 06, 2010
youngies:

Agaba ilu gi a dika udiri ilu Tosh na atu cool
Tosh bu nwanne m nwoke!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by africhika(f): 2:42am On Jan 07, 2010
keep 'em comin folks. i plan to compile these for a book cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 10:51am On Jan 07, 2010
africhika:

keep 'em comin folks. i plan to compile these for a book cool

I guess you haven't heard about copyright laws eekwa?

I may final get my chance to sue somebody in the last six years cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by africhika(f): 6:09pm On Jan 07, 2010
^ grin
luckily, u can't put a copyright on cultural proverbs.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 10:37am On Jan 08, 2010
africhika:

^ grin
luckily, u can't put a copyright on cultural proverbs.
Otu ocha!!!

This is Naija, Nairaland . . . anything goes

You 'ven't heard? We have been without a President for 43 day now! grin
It is a piece of cake to slam a copyright on cultural proverbs


But you can still use these proverbs if you go through the right channel
Get in touch with Ify and Echelon, they will reveal to you how much a vulture's meat costs at Afor Nnobi cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by toshmann(m): 10:01pm On Jan 08, 2010
agabaI23:

Onye ejila amu ya akpa nganga maka amu di oke onu!

o ka omere cheesy

youngies:

Agaba ilu gi a dika udiri ilu Tosh na atu cool

o di gi iwe angry

agabaI23:

Tosh bu nwanne m nwoke!
nwanne ke m. onwu choro igbu gi ya biko garam afghanistan ka kugbuo dede osama
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by toshmann(m): 10:03pm On Jan 08, 2010
@africhika

ihe nwata na eji egwu egwu wu ara nne ya, owughi amu nna ya cool

youngies tongue
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by toshmann(m): 10:05pm On Jan 08, 2010
@africhika
i no na chicago, obodo ndi ohi blago mafia, al capone obama grin

kedu? imaka. lekwanu so mma o, nne nyetukwala m akara ekwenti gi ka anyi kpaa ilulu better on the phone cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 10:30am On Jan 09, 2010
toshmann:

@africhika

ihe nwata na eji egwu egwu wu ara nne ya, owughi amu nna ya cool

youngies tongue
Tosh

Odighi m iwe at all I gave up on you long time ago lipsrsealed

toshmann:

@africhika
i no na chicago, obodo ndi ohi blago mafia, al capone obama grin

kedu? imaka. lekwanu so mma o, nne nyetukwala m akara ekwenti gi ka anyi kpaa ilulu better on the phone cheesy
@africhika

Ejikwela ihe ana agba n'nti agba n'anya
Toshi no na 'Watch list' ndi World Health Organisation shocked
Ihe di guy bu n'ukwu bukwa weapon of mass destruction tongue
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 12:49pm On Jan 12, 2010
A nam amu ajo amu ebe a cheesy Tosh na Youngies ga egbu mmadu.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by deluxecad(m): 5:12pm On Jan 12, 2010
Mmiri na-ama odibo, o na-ama onye kpo ya. Meaning: If rain dey beat slave, e go dey beat im master wey follow am.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 1:53pm On Jan 14, 2010
ifyalways:

A nam amu ajo amu ebe a cheesy Tosh na Youngies ga egbu mmadu.

Ify no mind Tosh grin

@topic

Asi na obu mkpughari mkpughari ka eji ere nwa mkpi

Someone help me translate this one abeg
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 5:40pm On Jan 15, 2010
Happy new year to onye o bula smiley

Igbo kwenu kwezue nu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Beta anu bete anu o kwa n'ahu mnama (ehi)
More meat more is it not from the body of a cow
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 4:36pm On Jan 16, 2010
deluxecad:

Mmiri na-ama odibo, o na-ama onye kpo ya. Meaning: If rain dey beat slave, e go dey beat im master wey follow am.
Okwu.
Youngies,shld i mind u? cheesy
Rubiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,happy new year.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by mamagee3(f): 12:43am On Jan 17, 2010
Hapu ya ka o bia, ya nwa, ya fu na anya
Leave am make e come, make e try, make e see
.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by toshmann(m): 7:18pm On Jan 18, 2010
youngies:

Ify no mind Tosh grin

ify na youngies,

hapuchakwaa na mmiri mara amu, umuaka akpoo ya akpa nkwu, toshmann awughi obele mmadu n'ilulu cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 3:27pm On Jan 22, 2010
toshmann:

ify na youngies,

hapuchakwaa na mmiri mara amu, umuaka akpoo ya akpa nkwu, toshmann awughi obele mmadu n'ilulu cool
Toshi, ihe n'ile a i mega na ohio, one day ga abu one day undecided

Onye riri amu ebule ji ibi ugwo
Whoever eats the the p.enis of a ram is already indebted to elphantiasis of the scrotum
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 3:58pm On Jan 23, 2010
Direction Ilu anyi na atu here na agazi na atum egwu.
O mere m onu pichikom cheesy
Igbo nma nma nu.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by preselect(m): 10:37pm On Jan 25, 2010
ndi iberibe abiala itu ilulu.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 6:00pm On Jan 26, 2010
Ire ka eju ji aga n'ogwu
A snail uses his touge to walk on thorns
Wisdom is the key solution to any problem
ifyalways:

Rubiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,happy new year.
Ify Happy new year to you sweetheart kiss kiss chineke diri obi m nma

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