Ogamysamo:

What of goodbye?

naa gboo Igbo language is complex ,we don't actually say good bye we say naa gboo or ijeoma = safe journey

naa gbo = good bye.

But in literal translation it means, come back early.

Naa= go back
Gboo= Early

Let's talk about food and drinks.

1.Nri= food
2.Ihe oñuñu( the ñ sound is a perculiar one)= drinks.
3. Mmanya= Wine
4. Ofe= Soup
5. Ihe olilo= swallow( this covers all the likes of Garri, semovita, etc)
6. Mmiri= water
7.Mkpuru Osisi= Fruits
8. Akwukwo Nri= Vegetables
9. Mmanu= Oil
9. Anu=Meat
10. Oka= Maize
11. Ite = Pot
12. Nku= Firewood
13. Isi Nri = To cook
14. Iñu Mmiri= To drink water
15. Iri Nri= To eat food
16. Ji= Yam
17. Azu = Fish
18. Ose= Pepper
19. Oku= Fire
20. Ede = Cocoyam

Ogamysamo:

What of goodbye?

Ka o di, which when pronounced is Koodi (kaawde).

Ogamysamo:


what of the remaing uses of 'Na'

The second use of 'na' is to indicate 'and' or conjunction. I made a post on this few posts back.

'and' = 'na'.

For example, Osaze na Chike na-abia taa (Osaze and Chike are coming today). Notice the presence of 'na' twice in this sentence but they play two different roles. One 'na' plays the role of 'conjunction' and the other 'na' indicates present verb).

Mu na gi = me and you

Mu na ha = me and them

Mu na chi = me and God (the Igbo name, munachi quickly comes to mind).

The third role of 'na' is to indicate position or location

'Na' is also used to emphasize on the location of a person or object.

For eg,

Emeka bi na Abuja = Emeka lives at Abuja, 'na' here plays the equivalent role of 'at' in English
Chinedu bi na London = Chinedu lives at London
Nkita no na iro = 'the' dog is 'at' outside (Nkita is dog, 'iro' refers to outside)

However, according to Igbo writing orthography, Emeka bi na Abuja is written properly as, 'Emeka bi n'Abuja', due to the presence of a vowel (udaume) immediately following 'na'. Chinedu bi na London remains the same because a consonant 'l' comes after 'na'.

The fourth use of 'na' is to indicate a negative sentence

The final use of 'na' in Igbo is to indicate negatives or opposite of a verb. For example,

Gaa na London = go to London. The negative would be 'don't go to London' = 'a gana london'
Kaa ya = say it = a kana ya
Sie ya = cook it = e sina ya
Mee ya = do it = e mena ya

bigfrancis21:


The second use of 'na' is to indicate 'and' or conjunction. I made a post on this few posts back.

'and' = 'na'.

For example, Osaze na Chike na-abia taa (Osaze and Chike are coming today). Notice the presence of 'na' twice in this sentence but they play two different roles. One 'na' plays the role of 'conjunction' and the other 'na' indicates present verb).

Mu na gi = me and you

Mu na ha = me and them

Mu na chi = me and God (the Igbo name, munachi quickly comes to mind).

The third role of 'na' is to indicate position or location

'Na' is also used to emphasize on the location of a person or object.

For eg,

Emeka bi na Abuja = Emeka lives at Abuja, 'na' here plays the equivalent role of 'at' in English
Chinedu bi na London = Chinedu lives at London
Nkita no na iro = 'the' dog is 'at' outside (Nkita is dog, 'iro' refers to outside)

i need test base on what you have been teaching me, to see if am catching up

bigfrancis21:


The second use of 'na' is to indicate 'and' or conjunction. I made a post on this few posts back.

'and' = 'na'.

For example, Osaze na Chike na-abia taa (Osaze and Chike are coming today). Notice the presence of 'na' twice in this sentence but they play two different roles. One 'na' plays the role of 'conjunction' and the other 'na' indicates present verb).

Mu na gi = me and you

Mu na ha = me and them

Mu na chi = me and God (the Igbo name, munachi quickly comes to mind).

The third role of 'na' is to indicate position or location

'Na' is also used to emphasize on the location of a person or object.

For eg,

Emeka bi na Abuja = Emeka lives at Abuja, 'na' here plays the equivalent role of 'at' in English
Chinedu bi na London = Chinedu lives at London
Nkita no na iro = 'the' dog is 'at' outside (Nkita is dog, 'iro' refers to outside)

please test me

Ogamysamo:


please test me

Sure. Translate these English sentences into Igbo (with the proper apostrophe):

1) Chika and John live at Akwa Ibom

2) Me and Chike are coming today

3) God please bless me and you

bigfrancis21:

Sure. Translate these English sentences into Igbo (with the proper apostrophe):
1) Chika and John live at Akwa Ibom
2) Me and Chike are coming today
3) God please bless me and you

1. Chika na John no Akwa Ibom
2. Mu na Chike na abia(i Forget Today)
3. Chi/Olisa biko gozie Mu na Gi

Ogamysamo:

1. Chika na John no Akwa Ibom

2. Mu na Chike na abia(i Forget Today)

3. Chi/Olisa biko gozie Mu na Gi

Good one.

1) Chika na John bi na Akwa Ibom or Chika na John bi Akwa Ibom. 'bi' specifically refers to 'live somewhere'. 'no' refers specifically to location. Chika na John no Akwa Ibom while it sounds correct, literally means, Chika and John dey Akwa Ibom.

2) Mu na Chike na abia taa (taa is 'today' in Igbo)

3) Excellent translation.

I have a few more lessons and tests for you.

Lesson (let's translate some other basic phrases from Igbo to English)
1) Short Igbo Drama

Adaku! Adaku!! Adaku! Adaku!!
Ee! Onye na-akpo m? Yes! Who is calling me? (kpo as in kpaw means 'call' in Igbo)
Nne na-akpo gi! Mommy is calling you
O si gi bia! Literally, she say you come (she said you should come, in proper English)
O! M na-abia Ok! I am coming

2) Short Igbo Music
Let's play with this basic/easy Igbo chorus from Onyeka Onwenu's song, Onye bu nwanne m:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdJo8hBvKKI

Onye bu nwanne m?! Who is my sibling?!
Onye bu nwanne m?!! Who is my sibling?!!
Mayo mmammma mayo (word flavor to spice up the song)
Jesus bu nwanne m Jesus is my sibling
Mma di na iru Beauty dey for front (literal translation so you understand word for word each Igbo word, mma refers to beauty in Igbo)
Mma di na azu Beauty dey for back
...

3) Extra Practice Sentences
a)You're with your significant other and your phone rings...
Onye na-akpo gi? Who is calling you?
Nna m na-akpo m My father is calling me

b) Biko nye m nri Please give me food
Biko nye m mmiri Please give me water
Onye na-abia? Who is coming?
Kedu nne gi? Wey your mother? (Literal translation)
O na-esi nri She is cooking food (nri is food in Igbo)

c) Some Past Tense Examples
Enyi m biara taa My friend came/visited today
O kporo gi He/she called you
Ihe m nyere gi What I gave you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svw6ObIeu3c


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjxjgdlFn-0

bigfrancis21:

am waiting for the test

Ogamysamo:

am waiting for the test

Using the previous examples, translate these basic sentences into Igbo:

1) Please, who is calling Chinelo, my friend?

2) Uloma, my sibling, and Cheryl, my friend, are coming today

3) My mother and my father are calling me.

bigfrancis21:


Using the previous examples, translate these basic sentences into Igbo:

1) Please, who is calling Chinelo, my friend?

2) Uloma, my sibling, and Cheryl, my friend, are coming today

3) My mother and my father are calling me.

1. biko, onye na akpo chinelo enyi m

2. uloma nwanne m na cheryl enyi m (or. nwanne m uloma na cheryl enyi m) na-abia taa

3. nne m na nna m na-akpo m

Ogamysamo:


1. biko, onye na akpo chinelo enyi m

2. uloma nwanne m na cheryl enyi m (or. nwanne m uloma na cheryl enyi m) na-abia taa

3. nne m na nna m na-akpo m

This is really impressive! I barely had to make any corrections.

This is writing tho, part of the learning is the speaking part with the right accents.

FUTURE TENSE IN IGBO:

Future tense in standard Igbo is indicated by the word 'ga' in front of a verb. In our previous examples where 'na' was used to indicate present tense, simply replacing 'na' with 'ga' converts all our previous sentences to future tenses. Some examples,

Obi ga-abia taa - Obi will come today.
O ga-akpo gi - he/she will call you
Ada, nwanne m nwanyi, ga-akpo gi - Adaku, my sister, will call you
Mee ya - Do it (mee in Igbo means 'do')
O ga-eme ya - He/she will do it
O ga-akpo m echi - He/she will call me tomorrow (echi means tomorrow)
O ga-adi mma - Literally, 'e go dey fine' or proper, it will be fine/good (the Igbo name, Ogadimma, comes into mind, di is the Igbo verb used to qualify an adjective similar to 'dey' in pidgin)
Chinedu si o ga-akpo m echi - Chinedu said he will call me tomorrow
Jesu Kristi ga-abia ozo - Jesus Christ will come again (as religious folks will say in Igbo)

Some dialects in Anambra and Enugu use 'ya' instead of 'ga', for eg: 'O ga-adi mma' would be 'O ya-adu mma' in some parts of Anambra and Enugu and in Owerri, it will be 'O gi-iri mma'. Igbo language has plenty dialects and standard Igbo was developed as a unifying dialect across these diverse dialects. Interestingly, Onitsha Igbo is a dialect uniformly understood across all Igbo-speaking areas, very simplified and easy to speak.

DIFFERENT VERB FORMS IN IGBO
Dee ihe - write something, literally
O ga-ede ihe - he/she will write something
O na-ede ihe - he/she is writing something
O dela ihe - he/she has written something
O dere ihe - he/she wrote something
O deghi ihe - he/she didn't write something

Another example:
Jee uka - go church, literally
O ga-eje uka - he/she will go to church
O na-eje uka - he/she is going to church
O jela uka - he/she has gone to church
O jere uka - he/she went to church
O jeghi uka - he/she didn't go to church

Practice questions (combining this lesson and previous lessons): translate these sentences into Igbo

1) Tayo is my brother
2) Odinaka said he will come today
3) Please come again tomorrow (used especially when an Igbo trader wants his customer to patronize him again)
4) Who is my father?
5) a)Please who is coming again tomorrow?
b)Please who will come again tomorrow?
6) Mee ya - do it. Write out the different verb forms using 'mee ya'.

bigfrancis21:
1.tayo is my brother 2.odinaka said he will come today 3. PLEASE COME AGAIN TOMORROW 4. who is my father? 5. a)please who is coming tomorrow b)who will come tomorrow

1. tayo bu nwanne m 2. odinaka si o ga bia taa 3. biko bia ozo eche 4. onye bu nna m? 5. a)biko, onye na abia eche? b) onye ga abia eche?

bigfrancis21:
mee ya--do it. WRITE out the different verb forms using mee ya

1. o ga mee ya he/she/it will do it 2. o na mee ya he/she/it is doing it 3. o.....(i don't know it) he/she/it did it

4. what of must, may, ought to(should or suppose to)?

PrinxArthur1:
hey! , I will only do this at my leisure time, not now and I am attempting most of this off hand. It ain't easy as you think.

add more please, OR rather give me a test base on what you have taught me

Ogamysamo:



1. o ga mee ya
he/she/it will do it
2. o na mee ya
he/she/it is doing it
3. o.....(i don't know it)
he/she/it did it


4. what of must, may, ought to(should or suppose to)?

I must say that I am impressed with your zeal and fervor to learn Igbo language. Keep up the spirit. In no time you would be a fluent speaker.

Now, speaking and writing are two different things. You need to also make sure that you can speak it with the right intonations.

O ga-eme ya - he/she will do it
O na-eme ya - he/she is doing it
O mela yaa - he/she has done it
O mere ya - he/she did it
O meghi ya - he/she didn't do it

bigfrancis21:


I must say that I am impressed with your zeal and fervor to learn Igbo language. Keep up the spirit. In no time you would be a fluent speaker.

Now, speaking and writing are two different things. You need to also make sure that you can speak it with the right intonations.

O ga-eme ya - he/she will do it
O na-eme ya - he/she is doing it
O mela yaa - he/she has done it
O mere ya - he/she did it
O meghi ya - he/she didn't do it

what of must, should and maybe

keep it up, what a great teacher

bigfrancis21:

I've got lots of questions though….

Kayberg:
I've got lots of questions though….

Throw your questions.

bigfrancis21:

Throw your questions.

what of the meaning of
1. i must do it.
2. we may go home today

I followed this thread from the first page, I really enjoyed it and gained a lot from it, however where is our teacher? Why did you stop the class?

Facosco:
I followed this thread from the first page, I really enjoyed it and gained a lot from it, however where is our teacher? Why did you stop the class?

Thanks for the comment. I'm glad that you learned a few things.

What would you like to learn today?

bigfrancis21:


Thanks for the comment. I'm glad that you learned a few things.

What would you like to learn today?

seems back and fish have the same pronunciation in Igbo can you explain this please

Facosco:
seems back and fish have the same pronunciation in Igbo can you explain this please

No different pronunciations but the same spelling.
Azu - back - rising and midtones
Azu - fish - up and down tones

bigfrancis21:


No different pronunciations but the same spelling.
Azu - back - rising and midtones
Azu - fish - up and down tones

oh I see ..... Thank you

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