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presido1:
Agaba u are doing a great work here, i must commend you.
I'chengiee la maka chi

the market days are 4, the suffix of Ukwu and Nta are not counted as days just like ordinary eke and afo.
In the Gregorian calender we have eke ukwu after every 2 weeks.

All the same jisi ike, but don't corner any of them gyls. You are warned

make i watch ManU eat Juve raw.

Onye aruru ala
But we still have two kinds of weeks in Igbo tradition - the 8 day and 4 day.

Area boyoyo

onyinye2:
They are my partna'z in crime, but there is no way in hell i will allow them to climb in the bed with me. I can't even allow my boyfriend to climb in the bed with me.

iwe

area boy

Ogreeepooker

freaky

That Nigerians should change there attitude

hehehehehehe

tpia:
the average Nigerian needs to wake up, smell the coffee and know where its at.

the leaders are a reflection of the people.

True change starts from the individual attitude.

AAs who complain all the time about white discrimniation, tend to remain in the ghetto.

Not to say there's no color discrimination, but constant complaining while refusing to accept your own faults, keeps you down.

Word

come Ruby, what are you doing here
bia    Ruby, kedu ihe  I na-eme ebe a

come(bia) Ruby, what(Kedu ihe) are you doing( I na-eme) here (ebe a)

onyinye2:
@agaba
I hope you are happy because you got me bringing out all my Igbo dictionaries and papers trying to translate your piece.

hehehe
Good for you.

onyinye2:
Gini?

I have caught you.

But at least you now know your fault. Work on it

onyinye2:
Took the words right out of my mouth. I mean when i think about all the stupid things i wanted to prove, i just start to laugh. It was so ridiculous. I mean i was just being childish. I guess i wanted to prove that i was a strong woman. That i don't need a man to provide for me, take of me because i can do it myself. So he just left. He said that if i want to be independent, then be independent.

So you have already experienced the result of wanting to be independent. You were only forming?  . . hehehe

It is not even race card here
I am talking about bad name.


Why not say he picked it in their african trip? No it is easier to hang it on Nigeria. i never mentioned race and i am not refering to that.

For there is no difference between racism and tribalism save for international dimension

area boy

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=19138.msg2619446#msg2619446 date=1218044897]Oh my!1 I've been so stupid!! did not see the big picture!!

4 days are prefixes for the 8th days. Makes things a lot easier to rem.[/quote]many igbo's do not know these esp this present generation.

You may not need to border much cos even the old woman in the village talks about Monday and tuesday

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=19138.msg2619426#msg2619426 date=1218044649]And if I stand correct, from my observations,

Is BIG= ukwu

SMALL= nta?[/quote]You are correct

EKE ukwu, orie nta, afo-ukwu, Nkwo-nta, Eke-nta, Orie-ukwu, afo-nta, Nkwo-ukwu

But in a four-day week it is Eke, Orie, Afo , Nkwo

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=19138.msg2619385#msg2619385 date=1218044129]Yes, you mentioned it.

Anyway you can translate the 8 day market day to english? I'm having a hard time understanding what the 8th day could possibly stand for.


Wait, you saying that the 4 days is like the 8th days market days, except the 4 days week is repeated to make it 8th day market day?
Like on the fourth day, do you repeat it again?[/quote]Yea They are repeated into BIG EKE (eke-ukwu) and SMALL EKE (|eke-nta)
You have problem cos you are comparing it with the western 7-day week

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=19138.msg2619358#msg2619358 date=1218043853]I'm sorry, oga Agaba, but are this days in order?

If you don't mind me asking, what do this market day represent? A regular week day, a festival week day, or what?[/quote]yes they are in order.

They represent a regular Igbo week day. The 4-day week is mostly used.

that camera loffs u

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=19138.msg2619328#msg2619328 date=1218043611]by the way, what is okwu mbibi?

and this monday you told me that I meela= ndewo. right?
LOL!! [/quote]yea
Imeela =ndewo =daalu = thank you
Okwu mbibi = borrowed word. Okwu=word
mbibi or mbite =borrowed

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=19138.msg2619314#msg2619314 date=1218043488]wait, so you're telling me that :
tuesday= tuesde
wednesday= wednesde

and so on?[/quote]Yea you gat it ryt

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=38130.msg2619274#msg2619274 date=1218042927]Agaba:
What is the meaning of that?

Iyen= that [/quote]ese gan

the week days are only translated directly from english.
Okwu mbibi. Monday = monde etc

However we have our own week called the 'Izu'

Made up of 4 or 8 market days

The four day week comprises EKE, Orie, Afo, Nkwo while
the 8 day week is made up of Afo-ukwu, Afo-nta, Eke-ukwu, Eke-nta, Orie-ukwu, Orie-nta, Nkwo-ukwu na Nkwo nta.
Don't worry about this though.

spikedcylinder:
So they like wore microphones and screamed "I Do" at each other?? It doesnt make sense to me but I guess, each to their own. Abi?

They were not screaming. they made use of aircraft communication system adapted for that purpose.

My fear was that the stunt planes might collide apart from that, they were tied to the stake . . .lol

daalu = imeela = thank you

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=19138.msg2619180#msg2619180 date=1218041777]I meela. Although I just placed te pic there to take off space
I'm fine, ok.
lmao!1 So you're now the ladies men? kwusi ichu nwanyi
Well, guess what? Today is the tomorrow you talked about



@dafur
LOL! Now that I got the translation, you like th epix, no? hehehe[/quote]hahaha . . daalu

didn't they go to South Africa?

How many days did they spend in Nigeria compared to South Africa.

No it will be more like it if they say it is from Nigeria where everything goes wrong

idupaul:
not certain, but the building behind the 307 coupe is definitely the first family lodge at state house aso rock, am 100 percent sure of that.

Thanks

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Mbe rikpuo n'onu ahu were guwa

onye ga-alu ada agu mbe
onye ga-alu ada agu mbe
ma mbe alughi ada agu onwu
nne gi ga-anwu
nna gi ga-anwu
ada bekee ada agu ga-anwu

Mgbe agu nuru ihe a O bi gbawa ya.
O gbagharia choo onye na-agu ka o were aka dogbuo ya. ma O hughi. O were kpebie na O bu ndi muo na-agwa ya ihe O ga-eme
Agu kporo ada ya yoo ya ka okwere luo mbe ka ha niile were di ndu
Agu mere ososo zipu ndi oje ozi ya ka ha jee gwa mbe ka O bia gbaa nkwu nwanyi.
Mbe mekwara ngwangwa je luru ada agu.
mana ewi no na akuku na-anara mbe aka azu mgbe o bula maka O mara nihe niile bere na abali abuchaghi anwu nta

Oti oyooo
O yooo otiiiiiiii

Onwere akuko m ga-akoro unu, kooro anyi ya k'obi di anyi mma.


Onwere otu oge, akporo umu nnunu oriri n'elu igwe. Umu nnunu wee kpo mbe nwaniga ka osoro ha gaa.
Mbe si ha na onye o bula ga-aza aha a ga na-akpo ya. Mgbe onye o bula wechara aha O ga-aza, mbe si na aha a ga-akpo ya bu, unu niile.

Makana mbe enweghi nku O ga-eji fegoro eluigwe, umu nnunu were tukota nku nye ya were uro we nyado ya na ahu. Ha wee malite nje m ruo eluigwe.

Mgbe onye kporo ha batara bute ihe oriri
Mbve nwaniga juo ya, kedu onye nwe nke a, o zaa ya 'o bu unu niile.

Mbe si O nke a bu nke m. Ya buru riche. Nke o bula ebutere o buru nke unu niile.
Umu nnunu enweghi ha riri. Iwe wee wee ha
Onye obula adokara nku ya fere laa a hapu mbe ebe ahu
Di nwe ulo bia tuturu mbe si na eluigwe tudata ya ala.
Mbe daa n'ala kuwasiya.

Mgbe O huru ijere ka O na agafe, O yoo ya ka onyere ya aka dokota ya onu. ijere nyere ya aka
mana mgbe o mechara, aru mbe adighizi akwo muru muru ka O di na mbu. ihe mere ahu mbe ji di mgbakwunye mgbakwunye ruo taa

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