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Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 8:07pm On Feb 11, 2009
NewYorkBoi:

what does igbo kwenu mean?

"Igbo Kwenu" is a greeting normally said to a gathering that may serve to get attention of people for you to say something important.

The reply to it is "Iyaaa"

onyinye2:

Echelon . . . . . I like your score system. If it were that way here in the states, my grades would be through the roof.

It's not my score system o. It's Nigerian score system. smiley
Culture / Re: Why Only Men? by echelon(m): 7:39pm On Feb 10, 2009
Chinenye,

Hardly is there any need to argue with an atheist. The best you can do for them is pray.
Culture / Re: Why Only Men? by echelon(m): 5:56pm On Feb 10, 2009
michelin89:

Prince Charming is more real than him!

May God help you. Amen.
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 5:52pm On Feb 10, 2009
ulomi:

GOD SAVE U ALL OOOOHHHHHHHHHHH

The same to you.
Culture / Re: Why Only Men? by echelon(m): 5:27pm On Feb 10, 2009
michelin89:

Ahahahhahahhaha!

Divine indeed. God doesn't exist in my house so you must earn whatever you get.

You mean you do not believe in God 
Culture / Re: Why Only Men? by echelon(m): 10:44am On Feb 10, 2009
earTHMama:

Will you claim that the heads of Afenifere, Ohaneze and Arewa have been doing very well?. If no, why not let women handle their affairs?

It's not that straight - forward
Culture / Re: Why Only Men? by echelon(m): 10:04am On Feb 10, 2009
Exceptions may arise when men fail to/ are reluctant to take up responsibilities.
Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 9:10am On Feb 10, 2009
onyinye2:


Okay yeah Echelon, that is a bit of an oxymoron. You said I did well but you still failed me with a 50. tongue Could have bumped it up to at least a D-. tongue


Actually 50% is a "C" here, not failure.
Culture / Re: Why Only Men? by echelon(m): 8:48am On Feb 10, 2009
A Man is the head by God's design
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 10:34pm On Feb 07, 2009
Echelon na-achu Hauwa shocked

Ol' boy your heart dey race ooo. hehehe.
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 10:18pm On Feb 07, 2009
Amu nko? E ji m n'aka na amu nke gi tukariri nke m na nko cheesy
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 10:14pm On Feb 07, 2009
Ikomi:

Now since u have decided icho mu uka, I think am ready.
Am sure those things u wrote there bu okwu Igbo. Ehhnnnn? Echelon angry

Those words you highlighted are Engish Words in English sentences. Not Engligbo sentences like yours tongue

Ikomi:

Secondly

Since u know little u should have been quite. Where is Hauwa and Igbo kwenu in ur union? Eeeeehhhhhhnnnn?
Echelon. angry
Maybe the Union is a null set but definitely not the Intersection. cheesy

Ikomi:

The boy na aliki trouble, the damn thread was running smooth before he came. If he wants to be a moderator, ya ga nara Seun post not making corrections to my omaka Igbo. angry
The bolded above is typical of what I'm saying. Carry-on sha. I won't trouble you again cool
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 9:31pm On Feb 07, 2009
ibkaye:

Hehehe, sorry to say, but I pretty much only know like 5 words of igbo grin
Haba. I'm sure I know up to 25 hausa words.  cheesy
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 9:09pm On Feb 07, 2009
@Ibk
Kedu ka I mere? I nafu amuta asusu a.
Culture / Re: Ladies And Men, Be Respectful Of The Rules! by echelon(m): 9:07pm On Feb 07, 2009
Ladies and Boys
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 8:43pm On Feb 07, 2009
*Hauwa*:

echelon e bu echi eh? i can always ask mom afia calling card di e ba efugo? wink

Biko ife a I delu o bu Igbo ka o bu Hausa ka o bu Yoruba? (What you've written up there is it Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba? Maybe WaZoBia cheesy)

Ko Gbadun!!! according to Nigga Raw
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 8:34pm On Feb 07, 2009
Ikomi:

I find it iritating when a rat calls a mole rodent.
What I'm saying is if you want to write in English do so. If it's Igbo, do so. Stop mixing the two languages. Now that is what is irritating.

Ikomi:

Dame Hauwa I said it maybe u just did'nt get it. Ad explain it again.

A set Awusa = {1, 2, 3, , Hauwa, , n}

Another set Igbo = {1,2,3 , Igbo Kwenu,  n}

Therefore {1,2,3 , Hauwa, , n} U {1,2,3, Igbo Kwenu,  n} = null

Hauwa speak english biko, we would appreciate it. Nagode.  angry

From my little knowledge of maths,
{1,2,3 , Hauwa, , n} U {1,2,3, Igbo Kwenu,  n} = {1,2,3 , n}

Maybe you need to revisit your set definitions cheesy
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 4:42pm On Feb 07, 2009
*Hauwa*:

ummmm o di kwa di egwu. shocked shocked
I bet you don't know what that means Hauwa wink. Yaya dai?
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 4:32pm On Feb 07, 2009
Ikomi:

[size=13pt]Court[/size]

Ikpe nno anyi nuhu ta ta wu ikpe gbasara woke anakpo Presido na umu Igbo Nairaland.

Odoro umu Igbo anya na owu omenala Igbo na, Nwoke owuna na wugi di nwanyi owuna, anaghi enwe ihe bekey inakpo correspondence.

Nke putara na:

1. Nwanyi obula nke no na di, anaghi enwe correspondence with nwoke ozo nawugi di ya.
2. Nwanyi obula nke nna ocho ilu di anaghi enwe correspondence with nwoke ozo, ma owukwanu nwoke nke
onaa ocho ilu, kama nwanyi'a ga na eme correspondence with nwoke'a ona acho ilu sitee na'aka onye
mbawu(middle man).
3. Nwanyi na acho begi kwanu ilu di agaghi ewe correspondence with nwoke obula at all at all.

Now in this case:

Ajooo woke'a anakpo Presido mere correspondence with nwanyi oma anakpo Osisi. Offenci ya awugi only na omere correspondence ahh. But the fact na ogara nazu umu Igbo nile, mee correspondence'a, with nwanyi'a onye owula nma na odara iwu. Which she has not kpuchala di aru. Maka omume nkaa, anam asi na woke'a anakpo Presido emela ihe ojuooooo.

So umu Igbo ajujum wu woke'a anakpo Presido odara iwu, ka owu na odaghi iwu.

Anam asi na truly odara iwu . angry

What's all these? If you want to type in Igbo do, If in English, do. But do just one and stop this arrant nonsense called EglIgbo. angry angry angry

Osisi adaghi iwu o bula. Innocent until proven guilty.
Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 10:31am On Feb 07, 2009
Lesson 1: My Thoughts

Onyinye well done. I'll score you 50% by perception.

The alphabets are 36 in number. The ones missing on your list are: u, u (w/ dot), s

1. Vowels(Udaume)
You got the pronounciation correct for all the vowels you listed. See my suggestions below for the one you marked Idk (I don't know I guess?)

I w/dot        Shr[b]i[/b]ll, Cyr[b]i[/b]l, B[b]i[/b]ll

For the remaining two:

U                   P[b]u[/b]ll,  U[/b]be (pear), [b]U[/b]che (thought)
U (w/dot)      [b]U[/b]kwa (breadfruit), [b]U[/b]ka (Church)

Notice my use of Igbo words in the examples. I strongly encourage this. You can get someone to pronounce them for you if you can't

2. [b]Consonants (Mgbochiume)

You also did well here.
For the those that come in twos (ndi gbara nkpi) like gb, gh, kw, I'll suggest you look for Igbo words with these since you can hardly get words with such in English.
Gb                 O[b]gb[/b]u[b]gb[/b]a Ndu (Covenant)
Gh                 U[b]gh[/b]a (Falsehood)
Gw                N[b]gw[/b]on[b]gw[/b]o  cheesy (Property)
Kp                 A[b]kp[/b]i (Scorpion)
Kw                U[b]kw[/b]e (Song)
Nw               O[b]nw[/b]e (Self)

I like your example for  "Ny" - perfect.

Jisi ike
Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 10:25pm On Feb 06, 2009
Kedu nu sugabelly sad
Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 10:21pm On Feb 06, 2009
ChinenyeN:

Also. . . I went back to that site and found "Izii", "Ikwo", "Mgbo" (and they're supposed to be part in the same cluster as "Izaa"wink. I listened to them all and I find that I can understand Izaa best, and "Izii" least. Is "Izii" the "Abakaliki' you were talking about?
It could be. Uptill now, I've never really heard of these other dialects except Izaa. There were these people from Ebonyi state that come to Anambra state as hired labour for farming. We all call them "ndi Abakiliki". Apparently they consisted of Izaa, Izii and others. It was difficult for me to understand most things they said.

ChinenyeN:

I also found this: http://www.sil.org/acpub/repository/11699.pdf
Have you read it before? It's very interesting. The only downside to it is that the work was published in 1975, so the people that wrote the thing work didn't write it in the orthography that we use today. It isn't anything majore though, it just takes a while to get used to.
No I've not read it. I've downloaded it. 283 pages. I'll read 1 page per day to enable me read my work materials  grin

romeo:

Nekwa ndi Nibo ohhh!! enwerem ndi enyi nwoke abou si Nibo !!
wink That's good to know. Nibo people are friendly people  cool

drrionelli:

Excellent! Thank you very much for this information! I'm looking forward to actually hearing the language I've read so much about, here.
Depending on your location, you should look for a native speaker. Learning a language that way gives you speed.
Computers / Issues With Pba by echelon(m): 9:34pm On Feb 06, 2009
Hi all,
I enabled PBA - Pre-boot authentication on my acer notebook pc (travelmate 6292) and later disabled it due to my fear that I won't be able to log on to the system if the finger print sensor gets dulled. The next time I turned on the pc, it was asking me for password at the DOS level - where I normally swipe my finger when PBA was enabled. I supplied my regular windows admin password but it wouldn't budge. After 3 trials, the pc locked.

Does any one know any walk-around for this?

Thanks
Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 9:08am On Feb 06, 2009
onyinye2:

Onyinye reporting to class live and ready. grin

So what are we gonna learn today?

Ok. Do Chinenye's assignment. We'll be making our little comments as the class progresses

ChinenyeN:

Really? Cool. Where from Anambra? (I mean, the village/clan).
I was afraid this was coming cheesy

Nibo in Awka-South LGA cool, and you?
Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 9:35pm On Feb 05, 2009
chamotex:

Are you Maaaaaaaaaaadd?? cheesy cheesy
Yes you are  angry angry

ChinenyeN:

What's you're dialect, if you don't mind me asking?
Anambra
Culture / Re: Wanted! Nigerians That Are Nigerians Indeed! by echelon(m): 1:00pm On Feb 04, 2009
@Steven,

What are your plans
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 3:58am On Feb 03, 2009
Ewu Idoma Seun,Nkita ekuke,nwa bingo dika seun lechara omaricah threadi anyi na akpo "mumbo jumbo"?unu gwa ya na o bu akpa skull ya abuo bu mumbo na jumbo 
A tarom the ijiji,o dika o hutara obere changi na akpa ya isi we zaa ya ka rice abakaliki a banyere na mmiri oku.ujo a dighi ya,o mere ihu ka nkpi e reforo na bazaar bia kpochie threadi ndi igbo.unu gwakwa ya oooo,ya a nwakwa anwa na ndu ya mere ihu ka pigeon e jiri chuo ajo mmuo na sabbath bata na threadia ozo else. . .Iyi erie ya   

This is very funny. Ify you deserve a certificate for this kain talk  lipsrsealed grin
Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 3:47am On Feb 03, 2009
sugabelly:

fine I give up. Since you're so bent on Central Igbo then teach her central Igbo.

I don't LIKE central Igbo and I won't be made to teach it. I don't like the way it sounds. It just sounds wrong to my ears. I'm sorry but I HATE the idea of saying "ala" as opposed to "ani".

I'm leaving this thread.

Leaving to where? You're not going anywhere o echelon looks for a length of rope to tie her down to this thread  grin

Nne we have never been known as a folk that give up. So don't give up even in the face of all these "opposition".
One thing I like is the spirit. Central Igbo, I just learnt, was actually developed to bring some order in the "madness" for written Igbo. Olumba or dialectical Igbo is highly encouraged for spoken Igbo because it gives this Central Igbo a repertoire of words for almost any other object/thing. For instance, the following Igbo words which were previously not ubiquitous to all the dialects have been got from the indicated dialects.

Word        Dialect          English
Ezu             Aguata               Lake
Nari            Nsuka                 Hundred
Puku          Umuahia             Thousand
Ijeri            Ika                     Billion

Again the dialects give the language its richness, consider the following dialectical versions of the indicated words:

Culture: Odinani, Omenala, omenana, odinala, odinana, omenani
Plantain: Opirima, Okirima, opa, ukam, jioko, ogede, abirika, unere, ojoko

Even this Igbo Izugbe is making me forget my dialect  cheesy

So I say: Don't give up on teaching them, you'd be breaking my heart if you do

Where are the students sef? Ifygurl and Onyinye? You people should get back to class ASAP
Autos / Re: 9ja Used Corolla Xli by echelon(m): 1:41pm On Feb 02, 2009
Cashmoni:

sorry guys, this update just came in , the corolla WAS BOUGHT IN 2003, used by a banker definitely, re-sprayed to get it a good look and a good price NEVER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, NEVER grin

Contestable
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 10:34pm On Feb 01, 2009
Onyinye,
You won't win a price but it will show us the level of your seriousness if we know what you've done about it.
Culture / Re: Igbo Kwenu! kwezuo Nu! Join Us If You're Proud To Be An Igbo Guy/Lady by echelon(m): 9:41pm On Feb 01, 2009
Autos / Re: 2009 Toyota Corolla Xli Dubai Spec ( See Dubai And Die, 2.9m Naira Only ) by echelon(m): 9:17pm On Feb 01, 2009
Even the English na die  cheesy

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