₦airaland Forum

tomakint: I think English has come to stay in its domineering status the more reason we often blend our dialect with English.In my own candid opinion, I believe English has usurp many languages in Nigeria except for a few, take a look at the Yoruba language, there is what we call the [size=13pt]ilana afetiya[/size](words borrowed from the way we hear the pronunciation) and [size=14pt]ilana afojuya[/size](words borrowed from the way they are written). Our environment didn't allow one to relate in one's dialect, and this is bad!

!!!! Bros you are not YORUBA You don't even know how to write Yoruba. Ilana what exactly because the translation does not follow what you wrote

agitator: Only 4 people killed in a family of 12 translates to WIPED OUT? These igbos themsef na wa

Maybe they should kill 4 people in your immediate family before you know where it hurts. YES IT IS A WIPE OUT

why are we nigerians so desensitized

Eze Promoe: But Yorubas have relationship with Anioma, isn't it? Please help me tell your OP to get a job.

Not anioma in particular but Olukumis.

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Do you mean to tell me that Desola and naijababe are "we mu garri", a.k.a Ijebus? [/quote] Wow you know Ijebu too, Actually it is "ma wa gaeri" ijebus don't use mu rather it is wa. Nice try though

Ijebus among all other yoruba ethnic groups are considered to be the cleverest and well respected among others. With the responses by Ijebu sons and daughters on this thread, they have further gain my respect. Awujale is one man who in recent times have disappointed me.

@ Ndu chuks; da dadadawa aboki playing the devil's advocate here eh

franchizy: I wonder why people just comment witout reasoning. Creation of states is a good move because it will give many Nigerians the opportunity to have access to development and growth rather than live in poverty. It will also help to fight insecurity. If you don't know wat to comment, why not shut up your dirty mouths rather than say foolish comment.

du.mb read people's comment again

lagcity: Nobody cares about Igbo living anywhere. But some nairaland igbos make false claims of being the lifeblood of Yoruba n Hausa cities. In return, igbos are told to go and give life to their own cities first before becoming "lifeblood" to foreign cities. This issue wouldn't come up without the false claims made by some delusional igbos.

+ 1000000

nnenna.1 that is your answer

[quote author=Akanbi_edu]I am beginning to think there is more to ALJ's anti-Tinubu stance than meets the eye.[/quote] Do you not see the in CORRUPTION FOUND IN OGA TINUBU ?

Royal Roy: Some of you just speak out of extreme ignorance. A Chancellor of a University in Nigeria has NO business in the running of a school. He is on the other hand supposed to try and find credible Investors who can bail out the school in terms of infrastructure and equipment.
Its like appointing a GOODWILL ambassador for the school.
A very stale news by the way......don't understand why a 4 month old news will be making the front page!

Of course it is ceremonal BUT WHY TINUBU. It seems you do no get my point. What is the lust with tinubu and POWER ?

What good gesture has tinubu done to get such honour is my question

[quote author=Akanbi_edu]May God not answer your prayer. Amin.



What about the fact that peace has returned to the school since ACN took over Osun and Oyo? Were you not aware of fights that turned personal between Akala and Oyinlola because of the school?[/quote]ACN arrived NOT TINUBU. So you mean Tinubu is the mature one that settled the fight between Akala and Oyinlola ?

dayokanu: Only a fool would think there is any material gain to being Chancellor of a University.

Its more of a honorary position

Chancellors are usually Traditional rulers or Politicians

So it what honorary gesture has Tinubu done to be given such prestige ?

IT IS FOR POWER AND FINANCIAL GAIN NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS

Eze Promoe: OP, i also made a research and discovered that Egun people are Igbos and Aworis has a mixture of Igbo and Bini ancestry, that will explain why Igboman see their land good enough as hometown

we HAVE NO BLOODY OR ANY RELATION with IGBOS. The first time we saw Igbos was in the 50s. I am mixed Ogu and Awori.

Yes we have a bit of bini but WE ARE FULL YORUBAS TOKAN TOKAN

[quote author=*Ileke-IdI]No word can describe how irritated I feel with this news.[/quote]Oh I thought I was the only one

lol emperor tinubu take am easy o ! I just hope PDP would win in Lagos state 2015

ikeyman00: ^^^ i think u need to withdraw that statement!!

that is harsh; but emm as always lets see wat alj boko harem say

bloody i dots

Why are you interested on what I have to say. You Know I WOULD NEVER EVER SUPPORT THE KILLING OF ANYBODY NEITHER DO I SUPPORT BOKO HARAM.

In fact it is so painful because earlier Mr Okonkwo lost his son, all the governor said was some vague but did not ensure that people's lives and properties were safe especially the non-indigenes. Even to the point a WHOLE FAMILY WAS WIPED OUT.

That is evil both by Boko haram and the governor.

sheyguy: Yoruba is [size=18pt]not[/size] the Opposite of Igbo.

Let it ring in

slimyem: That post doesn't expressly make him igbo if i understand it well.
He called the igbo his brothers which isn't such a bad thing IMO.i could say the same too..depending on the context
I give up anyways..
You both obviously know yourselves better..
We have derailed this thread enough.

Trust me the OP is Igbo.

A nation full of many ethnic groups.

Mgbadike80: @alh harem, what is point of your two posts? U must not amounce ur self on every igbo related thread. Barika da sallah

SMH I must be in every Igbo thread because IGBOS ARE NIGERIANS

Asiwaju9ja: I hate it wen I see young igbo guys talking about marginalisation. My mother is igbo and father Edo. I have carefully watched as the igbo elite continue to deceive dia youths for dia selfish gains. Igbos are dia own problems. "Autonomous" no let them come together, yet Achebe say naim be d one of d secrets to dia prosperity. He Lie Big Time.

God bless you

[size=14pt]What Achebe did was to open the PANDORA BOX and the reality is that Nigerians are angry, VERY ANGRY. I am sure Achebe and his supporters never thought it would generate this much controversy and anger.

Something that happened 50 years ago, the idddeiotic ACHEBE brought it back up and ignorant people are supporting him.

I wouldn't be surprise if Biafrain lose this case to ICC.[/size]

One question

why would Gowon be willing to go to ICC if not vindicated ?

SMH

@ Paul John

You see how unreasonable these people are, Look at what a poster wrote after you comment on fostering unity.

[quote author=Mr. Globe]The bolded renders your whole comment invalid Mr. Awoist. Next please[/quote]Madness right ? This is why likes of fstranger, dayokaun and alj harem are formed. To break goats like this down. *just saying* ie if i have time and want to catch some fun

Paul John: At times, I wonder what some old Nigerians are up to.
Are these people thinking at all?! for goodness sake. Now because he has said "Igbo's started tribal politics", is that going to change anything? the best that can happen is more tribal bashing and advancement in hatred towards each other.
The same way the old prof some recent weeks brought up a baseless assertion from the pit of hell.
If we continue like this I wonder what the generation unborn would look like. Already, our generation has been compromised by the barbaric mind set of our elders who should have been the ones to set a solid foundation that would help us attain a greater height in the world at large.

The world is moving fast and we need to be at the same pace. Alas, we're still at logger head on who did this?, why was it done like that?.
The annoying part of it is that; we younger ones seem to be worse that those who passed this to us, just from the comments on this thread.
We can't continue like...

How old is Femi compare to Achebe. Is it not likes of Achebe that is meant to be calling likes of Femi to order ? But you are very correct I can't fault you

[quote author=PROUD-IGBO][b]Another benefit of a state-wide rail network is that it would impact on the life of the poor Deltan [/b]more than two airports would, and would help open up the state and create more jobs (ie- station staff, train drivers, ticket inspectors, track maintainance staff, supplies-contractors, etc).[/quote]Gbammmm

^^^^^^^^

[size=18pt] LMAO !!!![/size]

confused government

It is a fact. Igbos are one of the biggest tribalist in Nigeria. The truth hurts my brother but it is the truth

SMH, It is clear Ikas are not Igbos WHY ARE YOU FORCING THEM

In fact they have more in common with Binis, Igala and Yorubas (ijebu) for example let me use Agbotean's post

agbotaen: BASIC QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES IN IKA LANGUAGE ,
1. KIRO- WHAT IS IT ? yourbas would say "kire"
2. KIHAIN ? what is it or what is wrong ?kire re
3. ki re me i? what is wrong with you . ki re me e
4. i yu ro- is it you
5. elem me - i am not the one re lem ko
6. elem men men -i am not the one that did it .
7. nani ? how are you same as yoruba
8. nani iri ? how are you .
9. i re hun re me i ? are you feeling sick i re ya ?
10. laghani- look
11. i hun a laghani a ? are you seeing it .
12. elehun- which one ?
13. egbata - in between
14. ra? is it se, sha
15. elebe ? where e re be
16. n nedi i ? where is your father
17. dino- sitjoko
18. wuzo- stand
19. ki bi ri m ? what is my concernki re se mi / ki re se m
20.za uta ni ? answer this question,
21. ju uta ? ask questions
22. hi ni m ? call me this
23. ahi zi ile? do not call
24. ori a hi a ? he/she is calling
25. i wu okunmu u ? are you a sickler ?
26. okoh le john- okoh and john
27. i ra gba ifie ? are you setting his injured bone ?
28. n men ro, ra , elem men? is it me or not me .
29. ya lako r ? are you not going ?
30. ilala alala ? are you still coming
31. gbegbegbe i ? wait for long
32. nkeshi ro ? is it true
33. elen nkeshi - it is not true
34. egilegbeshi ? is it true
35. ketiketi ? is it real
36. o ri a rere i ? he is tricking you .
37. erekereke ro ? is he tricking you .
38. ye bie ni ? you did not stay long
39. ye bie ke - you stayed too long

i have delineated some qestions in ika language , i will do more later , but i trust some people , they will soon start teaching us how to speak ika and how not to speak it and they are not ika people. ika is a nassal language and we speak with the nose and we add n to lots of words like ekwan for egg ,instead of the standard ekwa

I can keep going on but my egba/ijebu is not prefect

agbotaen: 1. i will try and get you the word for window ,but the word for kitchen is ukelu, outside is isere, room is imughe,parlour is ibere,
2. grinding stone is olor, bottle is ogorh igo, igorh, basket is ukpaliapare which is pronounced as a-pa-li , chain is eganegan, kettle is agere agere, cat is ologbo ologbo,
3. war leader is olotubashorun or sometimes olotun, young female is igbagba, trouble is ukpokpowahala, evil thing is uloro, devil is ojuwu you mean oju[b]k[/b]wu ?,
evil spirit is ighoghai, palace is ogua, foundation is iyetor, support is adansun, late- ikpomor,
4. proud is ghoron, buy is non, boast is aduga, light -ukpe or orukpe, water is minin, shirt is ewuru,
5. jail is egan, glutton is okpomowo, greedy is usian, lazy is lanzunzun, thank is kpanmin, joy is oyor,
6. happinness is ighogho, victory is ozegbe, light is ifonron, moon is ifon, month is also ifon,
7. giant is aduaran, bycycle is ikeke, door is ekwue, road is uwaya or iko,.,path or bush path is ozue,
person is ihian, old man edionma/diokpa, old woman -nene or odede., those that hold the kings cutlass are omuada,
simitar- eberen, cutlass- opia/asara, chair- agah/agarah, stove -mgba, wife -mgba, street -ogbara-ogbe,
8. stand - wuzo, gogo- to walk about, big- hiogbe , police- ulakpa Olokpa or Ulokpa, uniform- izagin, car-ozadun,bullet- igele/efuru
9. needle- oloden, plate- okpan/efere, knife- ebeke, palmoil-ofungbon, slave-igbon, servant-odibo, deaf -odin,
10. hunch back- ologumaza, short person- kpekiri, tall person- gboror/mgbaran, lake -odighiri, valley -iyere,
11. stool -ekete, throne- ukpo, longlife- tor or utormi, progress -ohai, bachelor - ohai, spinster-idegbe, female goat- odegbe, male goat- ewu, ram is ilolo, stupid- ozuor/obolo, destiny- oriehi, land of the dead -orimi, river niger or big river is ohinmin,
12. forest is egbokoIgbo, burial ground is ikpekpe, refuse dump is ikonfin, key is isafin or isahan, bolt is olaye, hold is kwondon, punch is ikpa, poison is edide, let go is bihia, trap is oga,ant is idon or tutu, money is egho, beans is isawe, rice is ekwanasaka or osikapa, tiger is ubidon, lion is eduke/udumen, leopard is eworo,
13. mountain/hill is oke, bench is agbara, cup is mkpu or ogban, suffering is uya, love is iboor, hate is arighor,
14. sign is ahima, family is ugbe or ebon or iboze or agbon, laugh is emun, discursion is inyeren, wives is inyemen,
,i will write more later

I just dey tired now, tooo much similarities

Andre uweh = tomakint

When did Igbos start claiming Ondo state