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gwam anu kporo nku na-eju onu?

ifyalways:
oga echelon ekelekwa m gi.
@all otu rove.

Ekene diri gi, Ada eji eje mba!
[quote author=+osisi link=topic=19138.msg1839574#msg1839574 date=1199984908]Ndewo by brother.
kedu kwanu?.[/quote]O di mma. A huru m na admin akpuputala gi na kirikiri. Gini ka m gwara gi? Na emechaa ihe di oku ga aju oyi. Ya gazie

cecegorz:
E kpere m bu na ndi okokporo nile a juru ebe a ga alutacha ezigbo di/nwunye, ka umu igbo wee na abawanye uba.

jisienu ike ooo

Iseeeeee! Amen! Ekpere niile bere na amen.

Happy new year to you too bro.

nightnurse:
ire is that correct?

No. its Onwa

nightnurse:
gwam egbe nwanyi n'agba na uso ekwu ya?

Ede?

Gwam polisi ukwu aja?

I wasn't after your prize because I've already got my own asa mpete here with me  , besides you can't give what you don't have

@earthrealm

Methinks your forefathers used the internet? Improvisation is allowed in Igbo

nightnurse:
gwam gwam gwam, gwam nwanyi wnere ara ano

Ikwe


Gwam otu ibe ji zuru uwa onu?

U are welcome

Nwunye okuko gwara egbene na ya ekwerela idina ala ma ya kwe ka ugbene foduru ya n'isi
The hen told the rooster that she has agreed to sleep with him so that he would allow her retain feathers on her head

Odighi ihe akika nwere ike ime nkume
There is nothing the termite can do to a stone

Ukwa na-amiri ndi na amaghi ata ya
The bread fruit grows for those that does not know how to eat it

Umu nne abuo na-azo ani, akika ana eso eze ya
When two siblings are fighting over land, the termite sharpens its teeth

@nightnurse

Don't you think it will be better if the next poster answers the previous "gwam gwam gwam" before asking another one?

youngies:
Gwam udu chukwu kwere anaghi awa awa

Afo!

gwam oti nwata n'ihu nne ya?

earthrealm:
gini ka internet bu na asusu igbo?

Ama saiba

@nwando
how na?

@youngies
I think "iro anya" means "to frown".  "iro anya" is more in the negative;shows disapproval/displeasure as opposed to "to wink" which is more friendly

@tosh nwa mama
I'm sure you made that one up 

toshieeee

Agadi nwanyi anaghi aka nka n'egwu o mara agba

LOL

@Freewilly
This online resource offers lessons on the language: http://www.uwandiigbo.com/

Ndị okenye sị na onye sị na ọ na-eri udele, ya rie ọgụ udele abụọ ka ọ pụta ya n'ahụ
Our elders say that whosoever says he eats vulture should eat forty vultures so that it will show on his body 

Adịghị agba aka ahụ ndị mmụọ
You don't see the spirits empty - handed

Aka akwọghị akwọ na-eje n'ọkwa ngana ngana
An unwashed hand approaches the mortar lazily

Ndị okenye sị na onye na-achọghị inye nwa agbọbia ụtụ na-asị ya soro ya laa n'ụlọ ka o wee nye ya
Our elders say that a dude that does not want to give a maiden "ụtụ" (a wild sweet fruit) asks her to follow him to his house so that he would give her

A colleague just told me that

Nnenwanyị na-amụ nwa na-eti mkpu bu ụmụagbọbia ka ọ na-eyi egwu
A matured woman that shouts while giving birth is frightening the maidens

@youngies
thanks for the compliments

ifyalways:
o dikwa egwu.echebobo jikwa iwe wee bia now.
i zutara akwukwo ilu ozo?

I'm into Igbo literature 

ifyalways:
buko onye ka a tugharim ilu a,a nuru m ya na ulo mana o doghi m anya.
'ndi na azo m ndu,ndi m na azo ndu'
buko i would really aprreaiate that.

It means: "Those that preserve my life, those I preserve their life"
I wouldn't call that a proverb. Just an expression: a phrase

ifyalways:
ehelon happy ago ohuru.

the nickname is echelon 

Hmmm,

Faketan akuko gi a di kwa mma. O bu udi akuko a na-adi m uto na nti.

Umuada igbo bia kparakwa ndi okpokoro foduru ka Igbo na-amuba!

Na nwamba adịka nwayọ bụ na oke agafetebeghị ebe ọnọ
That the cat is quiet is because the rat has not crossed its path

Iseeeeeee!
Ya me ooo

Afo ohuru oma dinyere unu niile. Ekpere anyi bu ka afo 2008 ka 2007 mma

Now 2008 is a leap year & cos of that, y'all will take a quantum LEAP in all facets of your life. One Love

Ọ ta anụ mmadụ jikere ụkwụ o ji agba ọsọ
The human flesh eater should be ready to run

Ụbochị ajụrụ gịnị ka a ga eri ka afọ na - ejubiga oke karịa
The day it is asked, what shall be eaten, is the day the stomach is overfed

Asị onye nwe ihe na ọ bụghị ya nwezị, uchu alaa
When the owner of a thing is denied his thing, diligence will fade _{talk of capitalism}

Anwụ kee, ahụ ihe nte gburu
When it shines, what the cricket killed shall be seen

Aka gara n’ite mmanụ anaghị ana n’efu
The hand that visited the oil pot does not go away empty - handed

Eji akwụkwọ na - atọ nwa mkpi ụtọ esi anụ ya
The leaves delicious to the he - goat is used to cook its meat

Ọlụ bịara mmadụ ka ọ bụ okorobia bịara ya n'oge ọma
A task that comes at ones youth comes at a good time

E chetara nchi arụ, ọ taa
If the grasscutter is reminded of biting, it bites

Onye ọbia na - eje, ọ dị ka o nweghị ụlọ
When the visitor is travelling, it appears as if he does not have a home

Igbo bu Igbo, okenekwaa. Nke onye chili, ya zelu. Merry Xmas and Happy NewYear 2 Y'all + keep outta trouble so you can still celebrate 2008 xmas maka na a si na Anu gbana taa, echi bu nta. Nodunu juu

Ogbu agwọ na-eze ndụ, agwọ na-eze ndụ
The snake killer is protecting his life even as the snake protects its life

Ejighị ifele ata ọjị nsị
You should not, because of shyness, eat a poisoned kolanut

Eze mee ajọ omume, ekpulu nkata n’iru gwaa ya ajọ okwu
When the king misbehaves, his subjects will cover their faces with baskets and insult him

Dinta na-ede anụ, odudu na-ede dinta
As the hunter aims at the game, the tse tse fly aims at the hunter

Ada adi achi enwe n’elu maka na nne muru ya n’elu
The monkey does not trip on the tree because its mother gave birth to it on the tree

Ubochị onye ori ga-akwa nne ya, ndi ihe ha furu agarube
On the day the thief will perform the burial ceremony of his mother, everyone losing a thing will attend

Oke osisi daa n’ala, ụmụ nnụnụ eju n’ọfia
When the great tree falls, birds will abound in the forest

Agadi nwanyị kaba nka o dị ka ejighị ego wee lụọ ya
When the old woman starts aging, it appears as if bride price was not paid on her

Eriri ma ngwugwu, ngwugwu ma onye kere ya
The string knows the parcel, the parcel knows who put it together

Eke niile dị ogologo mana enwere eke nwe ohia
All pythons are long but there is a python that owns the forest

Mmadu agaghi eji maka na nna ya biara ya uwa wee nyegbuo ya na nri
You should not, because you father re-incarnated as your son, overfeed him