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Nwa moo emegbuna nwa mmadu ma nwa mmadu emegbuna nwa moo.
Treat others fairly so you'd treated same.

Igbo kwenu!

Interesting thread.

I have hawked sold a lot before turning 16

Ranging from "udala" fruits I would wake early to pick and sell to classmates in JS2 to "akamu" (maize pap) sold in the surroundings before going to school. I have sold broilers (parents own poultry farm), cassava, slippers (biz arrangement with cousin), iced water, soft drinks, plantain and banana bunches etc.

I have sold books (holiday job), computers , clothing and processed food (uncle's biz). The last four while in the university.

Selling and feeling the wad of notes thick in your pocket is fun. Aku na-esi obi ike (Wealth gives morale!)

romeo:
yeah "ncha nkota" for my part

Which part of Anambra are you from, Romeo?

Supu! Gwanu fa ka fa nu

ifyalways:
@Topic,Oji eze di eze na aka.
dont even know its real meaning,the translation is quite meaningless

C'mon, you are talking of respect and don't know the meaning of that proverb? It means give honour to whom honour is due.

@Ify
They experiencing technical difficulties - 500 Internal server error - to be snapped out of in a while, hopefully.

Okwa a si na o tee aka o di mma, o di njo…eehhhmmm, mba!

A si na o tee aka o di njo, o di mma   
Bad times don't last forever

A rikwa m ndu

Not time yet. I'll be in 730 days 

Ndi nne niile no na threadia: Happy belated mothers day.

Onye ga-emere mu ka nne muru? Odighi! 

Ndi be anyi si na an*ugbuo ngwo, a kpoo ya okpokokpo
When the raffia palm is spent (all wine drained), it's despised

Blue Is The Colour.  

We lost because we couldn't convert all our chances to goal. Forget the referee and his games  

Blue Is The Colour.

We lost because we couldn't convert all our chances to goal. Forget the referee and his games

@poster,

You need to watch the movie Shallow Hal to appreciate inner beauty of individuals not just the external.

echelon.

Ugo, anyi adi ahuzi gi n' "Igbo kwenu!"

keisha08:
My story is so long, it would be so much easier to discuss speaking, I have been dating an Igbo man for over 3 years, we dated 1 year I moved in with him, during the time I lived with him there were never any female friends who stopped by, and I rarely recall any phone calls to and from females.

This may sound harsh but if you're not officially married to him, he's not accountable to you, at least by Igbo culture.

"Ejighi Igbo agwa ya onye ocha"

Means that you expect someone you are dealing with to understand you/ your desires without much explanation

Uche2nna:
I have always wondered if this is a proverb or a maxim and what it actually means,

Ejighi igbo agwa ya onye ocha

More of a maxim; a slang. Hope you know the meaning though.

agabaI23:
It is latifolia not ratifolia

Both may be correct. See:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Gongronema+ratifolia&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

Nautillus:
Bruv, na God oh. . .The ride sweet die. . .the car dey sharkme like ogogoro+sheepee+redlabel_{The day i picked it up. . .i couldn't resist testing the responsiveness to SHAGAMU} . . .make we do this saturday now make i let you touch am for 5 minutes ONLY. . .

I fully understand your "craze" but make u take am easy ooo especially with speeding. Life no get duplicate ooo

.0.1.0.5.0.9.

Etu mma di ka esi api obo ya
The shape of a matchet determines how it's sheath is carved

E tigbuo nwa ewu, a mara onye nwe ya
When a goat is beaten to death, you'll know the owner

E jighi abali ekwe n'isi
Heads are not nodded in the dark (night time)

A dighi agwa diochi na olu di na ngwo
You don't tell a palmwine tapper that wine tapping is a difficult task

O bughi ikunye enwe mmiri riara ahu kama o bu i nata ya iko
The difficult part is not giving a monkey water to drink but collecting the cup afterwards

Onye na-enweghi ego adighi enwe umunna
A poor man has no kinsmen

ifyalways:
Amaka,thanks.
Echelon,Nope,Utazi and Okazi are not same thing.The taste sef arent same,Utazi have this peppery taste.maybe Amaka might have a pic

Ok. Thanks. I'm not conversant with Okazi. I'm very used to Utazi - used in demolishing roasted yam with oil-bean seeds (ukpaka) and fresh red palm oil 

@Poster
NO. At least not in eastern Nigeria

Culled from an email from Uwandiigbo yahoo groups

Folks:

Ndeewo nu.


As I hinted the class a while ago, I reviewed a copy of Maazi Amalinze Azih's "Igbo Lesson 1.1." I showed it to children that I teach Igbo two weeks ago. They had loads of fun and asked for encore! Their parents were so impressed by their smiles they asked for "copies" even before watching it. I told them it was not "for copy"; it is not a Nollywood movie or Igbo gospel CD people copy "anyhow." They wanted it anyway and anyhow. I ordered a few copies from Maazi Azih to pass on to them in June.

I now have enough copies for them and then some. If you are in the U.S., contact MOE at egbedaa@aol.com

For those who are new to the Igbo language, the CD is just what "onyenkuzi otaakara" (kindergarten teacher) ordered. It will give you the needed lift to tackle Igbo from ground zero. And for those struggling to teach their children the rudiments of Igbo, this is your answer. In one afternoon, they will make their first Igbo sentence and understand what they are saying. The presenter speaks clearly and deliberately slowly for children and beginners to follow. He even employed two computer characters, "Okorigwe" and "Mmokwugo" to help as teaching assistants. This cracks children up!

This version dwells on Igbo alphabets and takes on what he called "Special Igbo Letters." If nothing else, you will earn to pronounce "GB," "GW," "KP," "NY,"  etc. The rest of the ~ 40 minute lesson dwells on objects with "CH" letter. Oh, it carefully translates "nwanne" as sibling"!

"CHIKA na CHINEDU bu nwanne." 

Four things are worth mentioning.

1. The author/presenter included "C" (Seeee) as an Igbo alphabet. WRONG. There is no "C" among Igbo alphabets, even though there is "CH" -- something that compelled Prof. MJC Echeruo to propose the replacement of "CH with "C." It did not fly. I have brought this to the attention of the author, and he promises to consult more widely before Version 1.2 is put to bed later this year. 

2. The common mistake of not separating the pronoun "m" from proper nouns and verbs found its way into the production. For example: "Afam bu Chinelo" should be  "AFA   M   BU  CHINELO"; four words: My name is Chinelo.  Also, "Cherem" should be "CHERE M" (Wait for me.)
Then again, this is for children primarily and  for getting the "the hang" of Igbo, not for Igbo linguists and purists.

3. The author used ["Chukwu" or "Chineke"]  for "God." Children might think that God in Igbo is "Chukwu or Chineke" In future, he must settled for one term for one object. He could later supply other terms. There are probably 99 names for God in Igbo. We meet the reverse in "OCHE" -- which covers all sorts of sitting objects. "ACHICHA" also translats as "cookie" or "bread." Fair enough, the few the words that cover their Englsih vocabularly, the better.  Actually "oche" does not cover all sorts of chairs!   

4. The so-called "Special Igbo Letters" were separated from the main alphabet. That is so old school. This is one good thing Echeruo and Egemba did, besides the very difficult task of writing a dictionaries, of course! The alphabets should read as set in English, from whence we lifted the modern abichidi (Igbo alphabets)

This CD is VERY good for beginners; once mastered, the beginner can take off and build on what was offered living audio-video.
I recommend it.

If you want a copy, $10.00 will get it to you in USA. The project needs all the support it can get to further lower cost and even put it online. I have promised him Uwandiigbo support, if and when needed.



MOE
Ps. Read my review of our JAK's "unusual songbook" tomorrow at www.kwenu.com
Now that I have promised, I will be forced to deliver,  ouch!

I felt I should post this for the benefit of beginners. If you are in the U.S., you can contact MOE at egbedaa@aol.com.  BTW MOE is an authority in Igbo language. (www.kwenu.com)

RichyBlacK:
But seriously, we need to find ways of helping the youths to get out of that country and go live productive lives elsewhere - Ghana, India, Australia, even Liberia is providing opportunities for young people. This whole "Nigeria is your home" mentality is just a tired line. Your home that you'll be killed and NOTHING happens in terms of providing justice is NOT a home. Your home should be where you're appreciated as a human being.

You do not solve a problem by running from it! If we all leave Nigeria, who then will sanitize it?

Ify/ Amaka:

Is Utazi = Okazi?

Resolved @ Compuleb Nigeria Ltd. Plot10 Acme Rd, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

I presume you've googled for it? + try contacting toyota for it 

ifyalways:
bikonu,Onwere ihe mmadu nwere ike ime na ala igbo asi gba ozu ya oku(cremation)?
ihe dika nso,aru ma o bu nso ala.

Igba ozu oku? Anubeghi m nke a mbu. Ama m na onye mere nso ala dika Ikwu udo bu n'ajo ofia ka a na-atunye ozu ya.

Kedu ife a na-eme amosu ma o bu amagba ma e jide ha?

www.kwenu.com _{Simply suprise yourself yonder!}

ifyalways:
. . . .Mana cherekwa,Dimkpa a na enwe ogologo imi for real?

O nwere ike buru dimkpa oyibo  Amaghi m ooo. Ka ndi ozo tunye onu n'okwu a. Onye biri Ibe ya biri a na m ekele o.

Ilu Igbo

Okuku siri na ihe o jiri di ka ya anasaka usa bu na o na-abu ya kpaara chi ya, kpaara aka ya, mgbe o ga-akpa nke ya, chi ejibido ya!
The chicken said that why it appears as if it has "longa throat" _{someone help me here} is that it happens that it first fetches food for it's god and spirits (is this the correct translation of "aka"?), then when it's time to fetch it's own food, nightime will catch up with it.

Ihe ahachatara n'eze adighi eju afo
What you got by picking your teeth cannot satisfy your hunger

Usu siri na ya mara ka ya joro wee were anyasi na-akpa
The bat opines that it knows how ugly it is; that's why it's nocturnal

Nwata jide oku jide mma, oku ereghi ya, mma eghe ya
If a child is holding fire and knife, it's either he gets burnt by the fire or cut by the knife

Agbakpoo dike izuzu, agbagharia ya (the name of my God)
When you confer in the absence of a warrior, you gat to re-confer when he appears

Ahihia juru ohia ma a baa a choba utazi
There are plenty of leaves in the forest, but the "utazi" leaf is always sought after _{care to know why?}

Does anyone know the botanical name for "utazi"?

The wave

Nkita anaghi aracha onya di ya n'isi
The dog does not lick an injury on it's head

Ntukwu na-agu ngwere ma odu ekweghi ya
The lizard would love to squat but for it's tail

Aka abuo gbaa izu, ha egbuo ijiji
If two palms put heads together, they'll kill a fly (two good heads are better than one)

Ewi were uchichi tuchaa, ututu ahu onu ya
The hole dug by the rabbit in the night, is seen in the morning (talking of diligence)

A chowa mma ekwu, e kwuo ihe eriri n'abali
When the kitchen knife is looked for, what was eaten in the night will be revealed

Elelia nwa ite, o gbonyuo oku (title of a novel)
When the pot is despised, it puts out the fire (and you'll go hungry  )

Anyi abiala

Blue is True. Congrats for winning

Every one don dey form "Nwa Aba". Even dose wey no fit do any gree gree 

BTW where the hell is ABA4LIFE? Correct Nwa Aba 

Anyi ama ano mmadu mmadu ne-eshi mmoo mmoo