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Okoro etoghi eto wara ogodo, ikuku bia, oburu ya na ogodo ya
If the young man is not of age before tying the wrapper, when the wind comes, it will carry him with the wrapper

Ukwu jie agu, mgbada abia ya ugwo
When the leopard becomes lame, the rhino? (creditor to the leopard) visits him to demand for his money

Onye taa mu aru n'isi na-asoghi uburu, mu gata ya n'ike, m gaghi asokwa nsi
Whosever bites me on the head without considering my brains, when I'll bite him in the bum bum, I won't consider the excreta!

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@moondust

Mmadu enwere ike ide aha otutu ozo? Ihe m mi aju bu maka na obu nani otu afa otutu ka mu onwe m nwere.

Shroud

Kedu nu onye bu pilas?

Investigation

Botany

Physics

_{was ma favourite}

Chemistry

Carbondioxide

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Isi akwu dara n'ala emetula aja
The palmfruit head that fell on the ground has been touched by sand.

Efi na-enweghi odudu, chi ya na-achuru ya ijiji
For the cow that does not have a tail, its god chases away the flies for it.

Itete ula okuko chuba gi oso, gbaba maka na i maghi na opuru eze n'abali
If you wake up and find the fowl pursuing you, run because you don't know whether it grew some teeth in the night.

Well, I'm opportuned that I can always ask my dad or grand parents what the name of some things in Igbo are if I don't know.
That's why I'm learning Igbo so that I can be there for my children

Our language must not die!

Igbo ga-adi!

Air

younghoodi:
that language is so strong before u learn it u gotta be clever.

Not necessarily. You've gotta be "committed" not "clever"

chiogo:
lol, yeah, it is 'cause different states got different ways of sayin' same stuff, it's confusin' sometimes, that i can't really speak igbo, i combine it with english 'cause most words like objects e.g table, idk how it's said in igbo, even if i knew, it's probably long so my siblings and i speak engli-igbo. lol

This is so because Igbo has many dialects (some of which are mutually unintelligible, e.g. I'm from Anambra but I don't understand Abakiliki Igbo from Ebonyi state). That is why Onwu orthography was agreed upon to provide "Igbo Izugbe" (ie. general igbo) so that new comers can find it easier.

@Chiogo
Improvisation is also allowed so table may be called "tebulu" just as cyberspace can be called "amasaiba".

_{where there is the will, there is the way}

Road

its Ok.
I'm not an expert on the language but I'm a Native speaker

Check out this website:

http://uwandiigbo.com/wb/

,  I believe you can take off from there, they've got some structure.

Jisie ike ooo (Be strong)

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Anaghi eme osiso aracha aka maka na agaghi ekobe ya n'elu
You don't lick you fingers very fast because you are not going to hang it up.

Asi nwata saa ahu, o saba afo ya
When a child is asked to bathe, he starts washing his stomach

Na ngwere niile makpu n'ala mere na amaghi nke afo na-asa
It's because all the lizards are lying face down on the floor, thats why you don't know which one has a running stomach

_{ssshhh! dont tell any1, i'm d last man standing}

Gubernatorial

Politics

Wealthy

Intelligent

Expectations

Abalidiegwu = the night is perilious

Biati = Beatrice

Chibundu= God is life

Dimgba= Ultimate Wrestler

mazia:
Quite an Interesting thread, actually i am glad someone had the initiative to start it up because i sure needed to learn most of these proverbs.
I am not quite versed with Igbo proverbs however I know for a fact that even though ha na si bekee bu agbara, ha amaghi na igbo bu nmuo.

@echelon
I agree with you that Jo-z na good looking girl,but how do you expect her to look forward to seeing you when she has no clue what you look like?_{except you don send am pic by email}

Dont worry. She has seen my picture.

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Agbasia egwu, o laa n'ukwu
After the dance, the waist will suffer it

Adighi amu aka ekpe na nka
You don't learn to be left-handed at old age
_{english equiv: you dont teach an old dog new tricks}

Okuku si na ihe melu oji eti mkpu abughi ka egbe hapu ya kama o bu ka umu uwa nuru olu ya
The chicken said that why he is shouting is not for the kite to leave him but that the world may hear his voice

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