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ogalanya:
my title is 'mmanwu na-ana ibe ya ego' 1 ( the masquerade that collects tithe from other masquerades)

Nna, afa gi a bu oke afa. I bukwa nnukwu mmanwu! reminds me of one song by Oliver De Coque

Enwere nnukwu mmanwu nwee oti mkpu (x2)

Nnukwu mmanuwu puta, obodo awara oso

Oti mkpu a na-eti

Gidigidi bu ugwu eze!

Amandianaeze - Do we know who to avoid?

Udochukwu - God's peace

Chinenye - God gives _{that's the name of ma gurl}

Mgbechikwelu - Whenever God agrees

"Obi" has more than one meaning in igbo depending on the tone.

Possible meanings are:

Man

Palace

Heart

King (for Onitsha Igbo)

Ihe nke a adi egwu! Bia tosh, chekwalu ka m juo,  Nke a onye o bula na-atu gi aka, lee kwa mara na i bu nsi n'ike. Nakwa echeki.

maka na ndi be anyi si na

Ebe nwata na-ebe akwa na-aru aka, nne ya anoghi ya, nna ya anoru ya
Where a child is pointing at while crying, either the mum or the dad is there

Ife adi eme na nkiti
Things do not happen without a cause _{english equiv: there is no smoke without fire}

Mu aga ahucha ebe a na-echi ozo gaba ebe a na-aru agwu?
Shall I leave where a title taking ceremony is going on and go where a mad man is being cured?

A na-asikwa na

Oriri abughi onu nkafi
Wining and dining is not stupidity <sub>for there is time for everything

Barka da Sallah to my muslim friends. Hope you are enjoying yourselves and the ram meat?</sub>

@Youngies

thanks for the compliments , i appreciate arts and culture a lot

greater thanks to you for starting the thread

A si na

Ekechaa n'obu, ekee na mkpuke
After sharing in the general house, we still share in the inner house

therefore,

thanks also to the numerous others that make the thread an on-going success like

faketan

cute-ass

toshmann

+osisi

presido1

etc etc

_{afterthoughts: as you are back from vacation, i guess you brought a basket full of proverbs?}

Nnoo, Keekwanu?

faketan:
Kedunu ebe ndia gara?

Umuigbo hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

ekenekwa m unu. Nke onye na-eme ya gaziere ya. Tosh/
Ikomium? Presido, mmadu niile na-abia ogbe a. Nnonuuuooooooooooooooooo

Ha gabara olu

@topic

My names:

Echezonachukwu: Do not forget God

Chukwugozie: God bless

@chiogo

"chi" is an integral part of Igbo culture so don't let it get you tired. It's our heritage from our forefathers

Ndi be anyi na-asi na

Onye ji afo mmadu ji onu ya!
He that has someone's stomach has his mouth_{means that nobody can be financially dependent and be free. i now understand my propensity to acquire wealth}

Nku di na mba na-eghere mba nri
The firewood in a foreign land gets the food done for them

Odi be ndi diri ha
Let what exists at a foreign land be theirs

Onye bulu chi ya uzo o gbagbuo onwe ya n'oso
When you go ahead of your God, you will run and be weary_{reminds me of Isaiah 40:31}

Jisienu ikeooo

here is one i heard recently

Onye gbulu nwanne ya abughi dike
He that killed his sibling is not a warrior

@doncnn

Nnooo

@faketan

how far na?

@everyone

Let me speak my dialect for y'all

Oooo nnidi na-afio ika?

Actually, this our thread can be better organized.

the old members should welcome the new ones and make them feel at home not ignoring them

whereas the new ones shld first introduce themselves. all in igbo of caus

back to igbo now,

Okwa unu nuuru ife m kwuru?

@rowlandwhy

Iyaaaaa

Isi na ibi to Port Harcourt?

Mu onwe m bi na Port Harcourt also. Kee kwanu?


@everybody

Keekwanunu?

Longest time no see.

Kedu kwanunu?

@topic

Ejighi enyo ele ife agba n'aka
You don't view something you are wearing on your hand with a mirror

Okwute lia enu, ujo ejide ite
When the stone climbs up, the pot becomes afraid_{understandably cos it could get broken}

Agbaghi uzo owere mgba, o dighi echi
If you don't fight against the apian way, it will not close

_{at last, my repertoire is exhausted. but not to worry, i've ordered my igbo notebooks to be sent to me as i said i would}

BTW where are the others?

Ka o digodu

@topic

M ga-agba oso mmiri ka o ka di n'obu ukwu
I will run away from the flood when the level is still at the ankles

Anaghi agba aka achu ihe na-ata alu
You don't pursue something that bites with bare hands

Oru furu ibe ya ka eji mbazu eli ya mara na o bu otu o ga-adi ya[/color][color=#990000][/color][color=#990000]
The slave that saw a fellow slave being buried with a spade should know that he will end up like that

Okenekwa

Ndi be anyi kee kwanunu? Happy independence to y'all. Obu olile anya anyi na agbomafo ofu a ga-ewetara anyi niile oganiru.

@topic

Uto na-adi mma na njeluta
Friendship is always better from a distance _{english equiv:over-familiarity breeds contempt}

Ura toba uto, ekwoba ya ekwo
When the sleep becomes sweet, snoring starts

Ura felu izu aburula onwu
The sleep that lasted one week has become death

Ije uwa bu onye na-eje, o na-ekepre chi ya
The world affairs is as you go, you keep praying to your God

Dibia gwolu ozo, ozo gbulu

Who can help translate the last one?

@topic

Ndi be anyi si na,

Nwa ewu ga-esekpuriri ani wee nuo nne ya ara
The kid must kneel down to suck the nanny goat's breast

Nne ewu na-ata agba, nwa ya a na-ele ya anya n'onu
When the nanny goat chews the cud, the kid looks at her mouth

Nwoke adighi ka o na-adi, O naghi eme ka o si eme
When a man is not as he used to be, he does not do as he used to do

action

darfur:
onye n'enweghikwanu nti?

Onye na-enweghi nti ya gbado aka n'ukwu._akimbo Asi na a na-agwa nti ma nti anughi, mgbe egbupuru isi, nti esoro ya 


Okenekwa

@topic

Ebe nwanza na-eriju afo ka a na-ebuta ozu ya
The place where the "nwanza" (a bird) feeds sumptuously is where its corpse is found

Asiri fee izu, o febe efe
When gossip lasts for a week, it starts flying

Onye tara amu ebune ji ibi ugwo
Whosever eats the genitals of a ram will have inflammation on his own genitals

Okuko otuto toro n'onu nwere ka o si atu ife
The chicken that has boil on its beak has a way it pecks at things

Onye nwere nti ya nuru

kedu ife na ayakwa onye a?

Ndi be anyi na-asi na

Onye a na-eduga n'ama na-ebu uzo
He that is being accompanied to the bush to poo poo leads the way

Onye aghogbuu ka agbaa
He that is deceived is he that is won

Onye kwuo na ihe na-ato uto, ya kwuo ihe o na-ato ka ya
He that says that something is del.li.ci.ous should also say what it tastes like

and of course, you know that,

Obughi onu ejiri bite aku ka eji akwu ya
It's not the courtesy that money was borrowed that it's paid back

n'ikpe azu,

Mgbe otu onye isi di mma kporo ndi ara iteghete gafee, ihe anyi ma bu na ndi ara iri gafere
When a sane dude leads nine mad men across, what we know is that ten madmen have passed.

Ndi be anyi okenekwa, nke onye chiri ya zere.

toshmann:
mu wa bu toshmann nwa mama, a ma m ihe m na eme, mana amaghi m ihe n'eme m.

(i know wetin i dey do, but i no know wetin dey do me)

Bia tosh, nke o bukwu ilu? Ana m aju ajuju o maka na-asi na onye ajuju anaghi efu uzo


Onye biri ka ibe ya biri, okenekwa

@topic

Ka o rana, ewetaghi onwe ya
No matter the size of something, it does not come by itself

O bu otu nne na-amu ma o bughi otu chukwu na-eke
Its one mother that gives birth but not one god that creates. _{actually means that though siblings are from the same mama, their personalities are different}

Onye na nwanne ya yii, ujo a na-atu ya?
Who is with his sibling and is still afraid? _{this is used to say that you still got enemies among your relations}.

Ndi be anyi noro nu juu

toshmann:
mu wa bu toshmann nwa mama, a ma m ihe m na eme, mana amaghi m ihe n'eme m.

(i know wetin i dey do, but i no know wetin dey do me)

Bia tosh, nke o bukwu ilu? Ana m aju ajuju o maka na-asi na onye ajuju anaghi efu uzo


Onye biri ka ibe ya biri, okenekwa

@topic

Ka o rana, ewetaghi onwe ya
No matter the size of something, it does not come by itself

O bu otu nne na-amu ma o bughi otu chukwu na-eke
Its one mother that gives birth but not one god that creates. _{actually means that though siblings are from the same mama, their personalities are different}

Onye na nwanne ya yii, ujo a na-atu ya?
Who is with his sibling and is still afraid? _{this is used to say that you still got enemies among your relations.}
Ndi be anyi noro nu juu

[quote author=+osisi link=topic=43635.msg1512773#msg1512773 date=1190241637]awwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Chukwu gozie gi[/quote]Believe it or not, thats my middle name

Daalunu faketan na +osisi. Ma ka m jukwa oo, ilu igbo enwere ike igwusi? O dikwa ka ilu anyi agwulaoo!

Well, Minna is a cool town. I especially liked the traffic. I never was held up in traffic. And food is cheap there too, especially yam. It was not unusual to get 5 moderately sized tubers for N240. Those that served in the villages said that they were given food stuffs free of charge.

Cost of living there then was generally low.

@topic

Ngwugwu a ga-ato ato adighi mma ka a na-enyo ya enyo
The parcel that will be opened needs not be peeked at

Emee nwata ka emere ibe ya, obi adi ya mma
When a child is treated as his mates, he becomes happy

Ozu nwada to n'uzo, o gbaa n'afa
If a daughter's corpse is not brought home to the family, it will show at the fortune tellers'

_{I'm feeling lonely in here y'all}

Onye bu mmadu uzo sibe ite na-aka ya enwe mkpo mkpo ite
He that started cooking before another has more broken earthen pots than the other _{this talks of the importance of experience}

Obughi otu aku inu si ada n'onu ka o si ato
The bitter kola does not taste as it sounds when being chewed 

Onye aririo ka onye ori mma
The begger is better than the thief _{but why beg in the first place?}

I served in Bosso local govt area of Niger state. Primary assignment was lecturing in FUT, Minna.

During my service year, I became addicted to Fura da Nunu , was careful though not to get entangled with the milkmaids

I was in Tourism CD club. Visited a number of attractions. Very entertaining indeed.

My only regret: I did not learn hausa language, just learnt a few to pass by especially the general greetings and market transactions.

@topic

Onweghi ihe anya huru gbaa obara
There is nothing the eyes will see that will make it to shed blood

Onye ara na uche ya yi
The mad man has his own thoughts

Ogaranya chie eze, o laa n'ikpo aku
When the rich is coronated as king, he enters into the world of wealth

and here is a long one,

Atulu si na o bu eziokwu na o maghi agba egwu ma akuru egwu gafeta n'ama nna ya, o maghi ihe o ga-eme, o wulibe elu
The sheep said that inasmuch as she does not know how to dance but if the musicians pass infront of their house and she does not know what to do, she will start jumping up.

Ngwanụ, ka chi foo.

Ka ọdị echi

@topic

Ọkụkọ rapụ kwọm kwọm, ọ were gịnị zụọ ụmụ ya?
If the fowl stops making the noise "kwom, kwom", with what will it use to feed its chicks?

Ahia bu ahia, nne na nwa na-azu
Trade is trade, mother and child transact _{used to say that business shld be separated from pleasure or family}

Otu osisi anaghị eme ofịa
A single tree does not constitute the forest

@presido1

A nọkwa m mma. Kedụ ka eke si anya anwụ?