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Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 8:07pm On Feb 11, 2009 |
NewYorkBoi: "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: It's not my score system o. It's Nigerian score system. |
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: 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: The same to you. |
Culture / Re: Why Only Men? by echelon(m): 5:27pm On Feb 10, 2009 |
michelin89: You mean you do not believe in God |
Culture / Re: Why Only Men? by echelon(m): 10:44am On Feb 10, 2009 |
earTHMama: 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: 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 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 |
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: Those words you highlighted are Engish Words in English sentences. Not Engligbo sentences like yours Ikomi:Maybe the Union is a null set but definitely not the Intersection. Ikomi:The bolded above is typical of what I'm saying. Carry-on sha. I won't trouble you again |
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:Haba. I'm sure I know up to 25 hausa words. |
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*: 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 ) 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: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: 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 |
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*:I bet you don't know what that means Hauwa . 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: 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. 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 (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 |
Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 10:21pm On Feb 06, 2009 |
ChinenyeN: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: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 romeo:That's good to know. Nibo people are friendly people drrionelli: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: Ok. Do Chinenye's assignment. We'll be making our little comments as the class progresses ChinenyeN:I was afraid this was coming Nibo in Awka-South LGA , and you? |
Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 9:35pm On Feb 05, 2009 |
chamotex:Yes you are ChinenyeN: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 This is very funny. Ify you deserve a certificate for this kain talk |
Culture / Re: Igbo Language And Nigerian Pidgin by echelon(m): 3:47am On Feb 03, 2009 |
sugabelly: Leaving to where? You're not going anywhere o echelon looks for a length of rope to tie her down to this thread 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 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: 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 |
A choro enyemaka gi ebe a http://www.aladimma.org/moe/help_the_healing_happen.htm |
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 |
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