₦airaland Forum

I suppose you are Ugbo?

What a nice mix we have here.

ChinenyeN:
You misinterpret. There's nothing "threatening" about it. It's just repetitive and tiring. If I'm going to go through the usual, it should be over serious and extensive topics, such as "Nri hegemony", actual culture and societal structure, or the claim that Ngwa migrated from Orlu area or whatever. Things like that. But to waste bandwidth with those same people over [i]two [/i]sentence translations is not worth it.

Okay. I understand you. If it's your decision. Ngodigha you've yet to contribute your own dialect.

ChinenyeN:
I'd rather not. I know what/how I would write, if I were to write Ngwa, and I'm sure you know how certain people are here on NL, and the way they behave when it comes to things I write and post.  So, quite personally, I don't care enough to go through any the usual with those people, just over a few sentences.

There's no need for you to feel threatened here. There will be zero tolerance for anyone who abuses another member. If such people persist to bother you, please reach out to me or Michelin.

Oh ok. So how many dialects are there in Yoruba? And I'd like to see Ekiti or even Ijebu.

Gboliwe:
Elee akilu ji ada ra onu abuu elee o ji aa choo ra onu.
Try interpreting this in another dialect:
allow the children to play.
hafu umurima aka ka wa gburie ewuu/ru lolz.

Your dialect is similar to mine. We say "Hapu umuruma aka ka wo gwuo egwurewgu".

@Topic

Let's have more dialects please. So far we have seen Owerre, Onicha, Aro, Isinweke, Ika, and Item.

Chinenye we are yet to see Ngwa

ezeagu:
Well Agbor is:

Hello, how are you: Ńdạou, Ánị kị ị rịi? (to friends)

Do you want to eat now?: Ị chọ kị ri mgbenị?

What is your name?: Kị wụ ẹfà ị?

Thanks. Not that different after all.

Where's Ezeagu? I'd like to see his Ika translation.

We use that term in Arochukwu also.

Is Yagba west a LGA?

Ify and Gboliwe inyi emeka!

Gboliwe where is Item located?

@Topic

Aro
Isinweke
Owerre
Onicha
Item

More remain!

Andre all of that was Isinweke? Thanks.

Aro
Isinweke

Next!

tpia@:
then why does the matter interest you?

I don't have to know a language for it to interest me. Anyway, you still havent shown us your own dialect.

ChinenyeN:
maybe I'm not interpreting this one right, but from the looks of it, it just seems off.

Sorry, I was thinking something else and my hand wrote another thing. That is really "Hello, how
are you?" and not "What is your name?"

Now, its your turn. I'm interested in seeing the Ngwa version.

I'll start. Since I Know virtually no Yoruba, I'll only be able to do the first one.

I assume this is Central Yoruba.

Hello, How are you?
Ba wo ni?

Ki lo se! I know there are many dialects in the Yoruba language, but I'm sure most of us have not seen or heard all of them. So in an attempt to increase our understanding of Yoruba, lets try and translate the following sentences each into a dialect.

The rules are you must use a different dialect each time until all (or as many as possible) have been used.

Hello, how are you?

Do you want to eat now?

I'll start.

Arochukwu

Hello, how are you?
Ndaa aga idi?/Ndaa aga imere?

Do you want to eat now?
Ichowala iri ndi?

What is your name?
Ndaa ava gi?/Iza ngeni?

Ndewonu! I know there are many dialects in the Igbo language, but I'm sure most of us have not seen or heard all of them. So in an attempt to increase our understanding of Igbo, lets try and translate the following sentences each into a dialect.

The rules are you must use a different dialect each time until all (or as many as possible) have been used.

Hello, how are you?

Do you want to eat now?

@ Ify

Udi nda inavu wu ndi why-oh! Atukwasikwa wo obi Nke ka nke Tosh a! 

pres-elect:
Chei, choi, chai, Ify egbuo m Ify m egbuola m o
Onye mere nke a? Isi na ihe tosh gbara agba? Olee ete ishi Mara? eeh?
Choi!!! Ofe mbano egbuo m, Ify egbuo m

Bia toshnwanyi! I chekwana okwu a agwula. Ibidobeghi.
Aga m api gi mkpuru ihe gi. I ga ahu m ma nro n'abalia. And na nro ahu, a ga m egosi gi ihu m na eji anyu nshi

Chinekem eh! Ibu onye amusi! Nde nmadi gbavuo nu oh!

No wonder this wide-scale imperialism occurred when it did (19th century). Rewind back one hundred or even two hundred years, you'd see Europeans acting humbly before African sovereigns. Back then there wasn't much of a technological advantage for the Europeans since they and the Africans both had muskets.

The worst thing to hit Africa was the machine gun.

Nigeria and Ghana are the two main English speaking countries if West Africa. Both nations have their own film companies that compete in the English video market, and their two football teams compete.

Dede Ojukwu, rest in perfect peace at the bosom of the Almighty.

The seeds of unity which you have sown will continue to grow and the fruits of your labour will be enjoyed by the Igbo and all Nigerians. Your life is an example for all to emulate. An example of handwork, dedication and service to others. You are the pride of the East, and as God calls you, who are we to refuse?  

Ezigbo nmadi evunahula anyi.

Nwoyeke ina ro nro.

Asim ga na munagin na ado Ify ado? Nmadi ona odo ihe bu nkeya ado? Nbanu.

Ka mkwuorogi, owuru na mchoro inaragi Ify mga emepuya. Kama m ma ihe mere mji hapu gi.

Ezigbote Eze k'ibu!
Mma na ha guru gi Oronro I na obodogi?

Biko Ify gba! Gbavuo, ga choro ebe di Anya zo.

toshmann:
@ify
ihe mu na gi kwuru how far? izabeghi m ajuju m juru? elee mgbe i ga abia kuo gbizaaa anuru m na ima ya eme pieces
ify bikonu o, owu nani darfur onuku ka i ga n'enye ihe a? darfur aturu nwuru anwu, n'asa toilet na central london.

ify give me bottom belle cool-u my heart-io
woman give me bottom belle cool-u my heart-io
bonsue, azikiwe, bonsue, owe owe
iye,iye,iye,iye bonsue, azikiwe bonsue owe-owe

ify i kara aka

faketan!!!, faketanu mu oooo!!!!! biko bia k'anyi kpazie ihe joo, amaghi m ihe ify mega.
fake biko elee ebe m ga enweta feli-felistico sharp sharp, o di m nke ojoooo

Ha ha! Iwu onye wuru wuru! Ify kpachapukwa anyagi o! Wo choro ije egwu Owerre agbawunju anya

I'm aware that the British had thousands of troops at their disposal however, as conscious of the value of human life as they were, they rarely used more than a few hundred troops at any single engagement.

At the famous battle of Isandlwana between the Zulu and the British it was 1500 British troops against twenty thousand Zulu warriors.

Thread moved.

Its amazing to imagine the type of impact technology has made on history. I wonder how the African map would've looked now had there been no foreign intervention.

Abia state has really gotten better. However, it's only problem is Aba. Other than that, Abia has improved a lot in all departments: security, power, and even power commerce. The government has spent quite
Some money repairing most of the major roads, and the Aba-PortHarcourt road is very neat, spacious and most importantly well maintained.

Security has also stepped up. Every quarter mile or so you'll find a police checkpoint stationed with well armed mobile-policemen and sometimes you'll find their armoured vehicles.

As for electricity, most places in Abia state have been enjoying uninterrupted electricity for nearly a year now. The thing is that 75% of the people here who are talking down on Abia state have not stepped in ot or have only been to Aba.

I wrote this.

By 1900, the population of Africa was 120 million. If you'd like to divide it by today's Nigerian ratio, there were a bit over 15 million Nigerians in 1900.

http://www.thuto.org/ubh/ub/h202/wpop1.htm

This also gives the population of the South Nigerian protectorate at 7.8 million in 1911, knock of a few hundred thousand if you'd like to go back to 1900.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate

As for the British employing troops, I am well aware that the British are famous for fighting with "empire" troops when outside of Europe. What I meant when I said "British troops" was that those troops were fighting for Britain. I purposely distinguished British troops from their "allies" to show that other independent groups fought on the side of the British. I didn't necessarily mean "white" troops from Britain.

I don't know much about the details of tbe collapse of the Edo Empire, so when I was writing about them, I had google as my friend.

As for the British versus Africans thing, I know the main disadvantage was that their opponents didn't have repeating rifles or even machine guns. But then again, it makes you wonder: how much manpower can a maxim make up for? At the battle of Arochukwu, warriors from all the nearby areas were assembled (nearly ten thousand of them) and armed with muskets to fight just under two thousand British troops and a few hundred of their allies. Our oral tradition tells us that when news returned that the battle was swaying in favour of the British, all able-bodied men in the city were armed with machetes in anticipation for the British assault on the city but it was still not enough.

As for the military thing, the Edo, in their golden years, had a formidable military force. Although initially they did not have firearms, they could've dealt serious damage to British troops of that time period with or without them.

So, how's everyone?

Interesting.

It's funny how all of these groups were in decline at around the same time. I wonder if there's a larger reason for this.