₦airaland Forum

bigfrancis21: Ife m na-aza ebe a adiro mkpa, kama I gbusisi afa m mkpulu mkpulu o bulu Emeka. Mbu, mu na I bu Ogbo. I malugo ebe m no, ka o kwuolu gi ya ozo?

Ihe ke atala akpu daa.

'Ebe m za' pusara 'Ebe m si'. Kafee ihe a I nwesagbara e. Nsogbu adii ma olu lol.

ngozievergreen: Hmmm.
Kedu ka unu si di edetewu olumba unu?
Olumba nkanu adighi na a b ch d!
I ma ndewu ya.

Wedanu obi, onye anya uvu. Okwu ali m di uto di egwu. I choro m zi gi aga aza asu e?

bigfrancis21: Oyi m oma, kee ife bu afa I?

Ihe m za n'ive adii mkpa, kama I gbuo ava m mkpirisi o buru "Emeka". Mbunu mu na gi bu ogbo. I maralan ebe m za, k'o m kwulagara gi e odo?

Inyi eji ava m eme ngen?

ifyalways: Oh choochi. Okwa ima na nnukwu nyemaka okwu(clause) di n'azu my offer. E chekwa m na obi akaro gi.
Ego for hand,nkwa for bed. Lol


Otele bu ike nshi. A maghikwa m ndi na-asu ya kama anula m ya na Anambra na Imo states.


Ugbo = farm . Anambra

Ogbo= ama = playground eg odumchi puta n'ogbo na ndi egwu abiago

Scantee,ya dirikwara gi na nma.

Ndeewo!

'Otele' o putara 'ike'? 'Ugbo/ogbo' o putakwara 'ezi/iro'? O buru ya, unu gwatunu m ndi na-asu ya.

ngozievergreen: Ututu oma is the direct translation of good morning.
its still acceptable and its mostly used in Igbo izugbe

'Ututu oma' being the direct translation of 'good morning' does not mean that it adequately represents how the greeting 'good morning' is expressed in the Igbo language. We Igbos knew how to say good morning before the white men came.

You're forgetting that Igbo Izugbe was created by humans like you and I, who made a serious mistake by constructing such a phrase. The phrase 'Ututu oma' is nothing more than a corruption of the Igbo language in an effort to make it more English-like. You might as well begin saying 'abali/anyasi oma' for 'good night'.

Why was Ghanaian highlife so popular amongst Easterners in the 70s and 80s? Why did bands like Peacocks International sing several songs in Twi and other Ghanaian languages? Why were Ghanaian highlife musicians so popular in the East that for a while they took up residence in cities like Aba, Asaba and Onitsha?

I don't know what it is, but I personally can't resist classic Ghanaian highlife.

Radoillo: Well, I came across 'I wiala' while staying briefly in Port Harcourt, and I quickly assumed it was one of the differentiating markers between their speech and the speech of those of us in the Southeast. I'm just a bit surprised a similar-sounding greeting is used in Imo State, that's all.

The dialects spoken in the Ngor-Okpuala/Egbema axis of Imo are very similar to those spoken in Rivers, so it shouldn't come as a surprise.

Radoillo: I don't think I've heard the bolded before. Please, which communities use them? (I'm familiar with some communities that say something that sound close to 'I hiala' though.)

'I hiala' is used around Ngor Okpuala. 'Nnaawo' is used in Arochukwu and neighboring communities.

Miner13: ifyalways said ehihie oma
i beg wic 1 naa.
Abi y una dey scata my brain

'Ehihie oma' is not correct. 'Ehihie' is the Igbo word for 'afternoon' and 'oma' is the Igbo word for 'good' but that does not necessarily mean that the way Igbos greet each other in the daytime must be translated literally as 'good afternoon'. I hope you understand what I mean.

The proper way to translate something in a language is not to do so literally, but to find the ideological equivalent.

Here are the ideological equivalents of various English greetings in Igbo.

Good morning - I saala chi; I boola chi; I tetela; I putala; I hiala; nnaawo.

Anytime in between morning and night - ndeewo.

Good night - ka chi foo; ka chi voo; ka chi whoo.

Miner13: ifyalways said ehihie oma
i beg wic 1 naa.
Abi y una dey scata my brain

'Ehihie oma' is not correct. 'Ehihie' is the Igbo word for 'afternoon' and 'oma' is the Igbo word for 'good' but that does not necessarily mean that the way Igbos greet each other in the daytime must be translated literally as 'good afternoon'. I hope you understand what I mean.

The proper way to translate something in a language is not to do so literally, but to find the ideological equivalent.

Here are the ideological equivalents of various English greetings in Igbo.

Good morning - I saala chi; I boola chi; I tetela

Ofoegbunam - let justice not kill me

Ehinze - if not for [God]

Iroabuchi - [my] enemy is not [my] God

Egwuatu - Fearless

Osakwe - If God allows it

Nlenanya - Looking up to [God]

Nwogu - just child

Kemakolam - let me not lack what is meant to be mine

Madufo - we shall not all perish

Adure - a daughter of pride

kool J: Want traffic in the culture section?? ^^^ that's the thread. Do the needful, mods

Done!

Lilimax: My name is not there....
22) Chukwuemeka (Emeka) - God has done well.
23) Chinelo- God's thought
24) Chimeremeze - God made me king
26) Nmesomachukwu - ?

Nmesomachukwu means 'God's good deeds'.

To be honest, I'm tired of the "Chi craze". We need more diversity.

Afam4eva: I know Imo people are the most populous of all Igbo people but since a lot of them live outside Igboland, i wouldn't know if Imo state is the most populous. I kinda think it's Anambra followed by Imo or Abia. Enugu comes next then Ebonyi.

I mean the state that has the highest number of indegines; not necessarily residents.

Nnewi1stSon: . You asked for it.



If you were truly in Nigeria during the last census, you wouldnt be spewing this!

The same census that said Abia State had 2.8 million people, even though Ngwa alone was over 2 million in population? Abegi.

asha 80: forget about the people you meet or number of towns you hear people give....anambra is more populated than imo....by the way are you talking about state of origin or people residing in the state?...anyone one of the two i still think anambra has more...it seems you do not live in the country and have no transveresd igboland well because if you have you would know that there is particular area in igboland stretching from onitsha to awka in anambra down to mbaitoli/mbaise axis in imo that at one point was regarded as the most densly populated area in west africa....a large number of igbos you meet are from this axis.

Why must you bring insult into the equation?

I don't think Abia is more populated than Enugu. Abia is perhaps more densely-populated but it doesn't have more people. Enugu is large and has several towns.

I used to think Anambra was more populated, but then I took into consideration the sheer amount of towns Imo has and its high population density. Besides, most Igbo people I meet tend to be from Imo. Take into consideration all the people from the Ideato-Isu-Arondizuogu-Obowo-Nkwere-Mbaise-Mbano-Orlu-Owerri axis.

Who else thinks so?

I'm guessing the most populous state is:

Imo

Followed by:
Anambra
Enugu
Abia
Ebonyi

Biko, I have been saying this: 'ututu oma' is not the proper way to greet 'good morning' in Igbo. Make una take note and stop bastardizing our language!

Standard Igbo - 'I boola chi?'
Ngwa/Owere/Mbaise axis - 'I futala?' or 'I voola?'
Ohafia/Arochukwu axis - 'I pusala?' or 'I tesala?' or 'nnawo'
Onitsha - 'I putago?' or 'I tetago?'

berem: Really?

Odumchi, please help me out with the bold before I get angry and break bottle on someone's head this night. Is that true?

Nwanne, rafu ife afu. O buro ife nine akpalu ya ishi okwu. O bu ashi.

berem: @ Odumchi, kedu ka imere? Nna otego kwa! Ebe ka I no kam gbe? Anaghi ahu gi na politics section ozo. Good to see you once again. Daalu nwanne.

Nwanne, o di nma o. O teelakwala o. Asi m ka m zutu ike osuaghara NL nwa obere. Anobe m na-acho afo m. Kee kwan? Obi di mu uto ihu na I ka no ebe a. Ndeewo o.

O di ka o umu Igbo juru ebe a! Unu anwuchila! Igbo bu oke mba. Ebe nile anyi gara, anyi no ya na uju.

amadice: ....my brother am from UTUTU in arochukwu LGA #NwaAbia

Nwanne, ndaa? Ututu na Aro bu nwanne.

Ladybianca: lol, my own aro z from IMO state not Abia...........anywayz, howdy?

Whether in Abia, Imo, Rivers, Anambra, Enugu, Cross River, Ebonyi or Akwa Ibom, are all Aro; one people, one love. Aro mmammanu!

I'm proudly a son of Amasu, in the Ibom Isii clan of Arochukwu, Abia State.

Ladybianca: I am from arondizugo......aniche uwakaonye.......my parents re frm D same place......proudly ADAMAZI

Nwa Aro ibe m.

jamace: Ekom do o

Oyoyo ama mi, idem fo?