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presido1:
onye too ilu nnaya turu ya kwukwa ugwo nnaya ji.

an interesting one!

A na-asị na

Ọkpụkpụ okenye dị nkọ
An old man's bones are sharp

Onye anakwana nwata ukpana ya maka na o dị anụ
Let no one take a child's grasshopper from him just because it's meaty

Nwoke nụsia ọgụ, nwanyị enwelụ akụkọ
When a man is through with the battle, the woman tells the story

Nke onye na-eme ya gaziere ya

Ndi be anyi na-asi na

Onye ajulu anaghi aju onwe ya
He that is rejected does not reject himself

Agbu ekelu nwa ngwere erugo otuto
It's time for the lizard to be unbound

Anya kwaba, imi akwaba
When the eye starts crying, the nose follows suit

Kachaanu

Ọ ife anyị na-emelụ onwe anyị 

_{glad you enjoy them}

@topic

Mmadụ anaghị agbalụ ife bia na be nna ya ọsọ
Nobody runs for something that comes into his father's compound

Ka ife esina sie ike, o nwelu ife sikarịrị ya n ike
However strong something is, there is always something stronger

Asị onye ara bia kere oke ihe nna ya nwuru anwu, ọ sị na nke o ji ka
When the mad man is asked to come and take his share of his late dad's property, he says that what he has is better

Okenekwaa

Unu a saala chi?

@topic

Naanị anụ ji eze ari enu osisi mara nke na-enu inu
It's only the animal that climbs the tree with its teeth that knows which one is bitter_{similar to english proverb: he that wears the shoe knows where it pinches}

Ana ekwu na okuku gbanyere aja, ọ chịrị okpa naabọ wụnye
Complaint is being made that the chicken put some sand in the dish, it then walked into the dish.

Nkịta dina n'uche ọ dị ka ọ nọ n'ụra
When the dog is lying down meditating, it appears as if it's sleeping

Ya gazie

presido1:
but why should we be translating ebe ndi igbo na ekwu si na onye aturu ilu kowara ya ego ejiri lu nne ya furu ohia.

Translate equals Kowara

Translate is just to render it in another language, literally, not to explain the meaning.

@topic

Kama ntu ahia ga-anyụ m ahia, m wenegara ya onye ziri m
Instead of losing my market due to "buy requests" by those at home, I'll send the requests back to them

Mmiri ugo jiri kwọ aka ka ụgbana jiri wụ arụ
The water the eagle used to wash hands is the same that the cattle egret used to bath. _{used to say that you can not satisfy the world no matter how you try}

Ajụ na-ewona mmanwụ n'isi
The carrying pad/cloth is sinking on the masqurades head_{*warning: meaning not exactly this. this is used to talk of hard times*}

Daalụnụ

Ndị be anyị unu a bọọla chi?

Nke onye chiri ya zelu

Ndeewonu

Ndị be anyị sị na

Aka nri kwọọ aka ekpe, aka ekpe akwọọ aka nri
If the right hand washes the left, the left will as well wash the right hand

Anya mmanwụ adịghịzị ebe akpọpụrụ oghere
The masqurade`s eyes are nolonger where the holes are made for it _{this is used to talk of hard times}

Ezi nwanyị dị ukọ
Good women are scarce

Okenekwa

@topic

the issue is worrisome especially in certain areas of Igboland. my area is moderate sha .

I even here that in some places, amongst the required things is a box full (ECOLAC) of Hollandis wrappers for the Umuada. _{Umuada a nokwa m n'ala}

In as much as this is a problem, we must not insult our culture as some have already done

Culture is dynamic and the Igbo is a typical example. In this regard, we can talk to our traditional rulers and Ndi Ichie as groups and I believe something positive will materialize.

Ndị be anyị sị na achụkata onye, achụnye ya n`ụwa ọma
When an individual is pursed, after sometime, he is pursed into a world of good.

Ife kwụlụ, ife akwụdebe ya
When something stands, another stands beside it _{(normally used to talk about a man and his wife)}

Anyụsịa nsị ma akapịrị ya ọnụ, ọ bụrụ otoro
After pooing if the feaces is not pointed, it becomes dysentery

_{*the word of elders are words of wisdom*}

Ndị Igbo kwenụ, ,

mụọnụ, , zụọnụ, , kachaanụ,

Faketan nwa mama ị bọọla chi?

Kedụ ka eke si anya anwụ?

Onye agbara egbe n'isi o di ndu ka onwuru anwu?

"what is he talking about?"

Ikomi:
Until ga akpomu Darling. I won't contribute one single word to that post.         

And if u don't call me Darling in the next 3 minutes, u'd have to add Honeeeeyyyy. To make me move.

And if don't say Honeeyyyyy and Darling, in the next 5 mins, ud have to add emmmmmmmmmm husssyyyyyyyy.

thats what i'm talking about

BTW anoghi m port harcourt ugbu a

<sub>*breezes in*

*reads previous posts*

*shakes head*</sub>

@Toshmann & Ikomi

O di ka unu amaghi na nwada a bu nwunye mmadu?

@presido1

Onye isi okelekwa

Anyi no bu na-eche gi ka i bia waa oji ma i putaghi n'oge. Anyi we si ka anyi gaba n'ihu ka iwe ghara iwe ndi nna nna anyi ha

Kedu ka i mere?

@Kashif
Asi na mgbe onye ji teta ula obulu ututu ya, n'ihi nke a, nnoo

Ma mara amara na ogaranya bu omumue omume maka na adighi abu ogaranya abu.

Ndi be anyi si kwa na

Onye malu na odi ofele, ya puta ka o mee

Ekenekwa m gi,

_{*readers forgive me this is a personal msg*}

Iseee

_{*finally breaks kola*}

Oji a gbaa mkpulu asaa nke putalu na oganihu bu nke anyi

_{*takes mine and chews, passes the tray to others*}

Ndi ichie nee nu oji were ooo

Egbe bere, ugo bere, nke si ibe ya ebeela, nku kajie ya ooo

<sub>*clears throat*

the kola is carried around for the elders to see, after that , i continue</sub>

Ndi be anyi si na onye wetara oji wetara ndu

Ife oma onye na-acho ka o ga-afu

Ndi okenye, nee nu oji ututu m ji wee bia. Oji choro ogugo

Onye biri ka ibe ya biri, anokebeghi m n'ulo unyahu.

Ndi be anyi na-asi na

Uwa abu nke onye?
Who owns the world?

Nwanyi choba nwunye di ya okwu, o si ya nye ya mmanu ka o wee taa akwu
When a woman wants to make trouble for her co-wife she asks for palm oil to use to eat palm fruits

Anyi na-asikwa na
Achou onye n'ikwu nna, o naa n'ikwu nne ya
When someone is pursed from his father's house, he goes to his mother's house

Ndi be anyi ekelekwa mu unu,  Noronu juu

_{*clears throat*}
Ndi be anyi una aboola chi?
_{*clears throat again*}

Ka anyi waa oji ututu,

@Faketan
Nna nee oji nara m, goo ofo nia maka ndi Igbo

Treasure

Lost

Ochi agha,  Oke afa ,  Afa dike

_{odighi nfe}

LOL

This one pass Whataburger ooo

I used to think they prepare the biggest,  hmmm

Ihe nke a adi egwu.

_{*clears throat* Mmadu anozikwa ebe a?}

O di mma, a na-asi na

Gbara agbara rie ede, maka na ede bu oke mmuo!
Eat Cocoa yam with caution, because cocoa yam is a great spirit

Aturu makpuru n'ala makpu kwa na elu okpukpu ya.
The sheep that is lying on the ground is lying on its bones

Anyi we na-asikwa na

Ososo mmiri ji banye n'ime olulu, o gbajie ukwu
When the flood runs into a ditch, it brakes its legs

Nodunu juu ndi be anyi

@Faketan
M ga-acho ka i nwuru okwa n'aka wee bia ebe a echi o

Ndi Igbo si na

Ukwu okuko zoro nwa ya anaghi egbu ya
The stepping-on on a chick by its mum does not kill it

Ebe onye no ka chi ya no
Where a person is, his god is there too

Ebe onye bi ka o na-awachi
Where a person lives is where he maintains

@faketan

Nwokem okwa eche m na isi na itapi okwu na bekee na-esiri gi ike. I hula nwanyi ugbu a nweta ike  

The issue of scam,con,419 is truly ubiquitious.
It actually started in the west with guys like

Victor Lustig(the man who sold the Eiffel Tower),
William Thompson,
Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil
George C Parker (sold NYC monuments to tourists), etc.

We even have living con artists like
Robert Hendy Freegard
James Arthur Hogue, etc

The only difference is that while the western con artists calls the target the "mark", their Nigerian counterparts call the target the "mugu"

faketan:
O buru m ka I na-aju echelon, a no m mma.

Tuo m. . onye biri ka ibe ya biri.

Olekwanu etu i di?

faketan, Onye biri, ibe ya biri,

Aputalu m ula (lafia lau ma o bulu ndi ugwu)

Aka m batasia n'ulo m ugbua ebe mpuburu na mba maka icho ihe afo ga-eri.

Onye tuo mu Nze bu na nwa, m ga-aza n'ihi na obu afa otutu m