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| "Good Morning" Is Not "Ututu Ọma" by igborepublic(op): 10:42am On Jan 24, 2022 |
It is not ụtụtụ ọma...it is not ụtụtụ ọma... but "Ị bọọla chi? I tetala? I tetago? Ị saala chi?" Every dialect of Igbo has morning greetings: Some: Ị bọwo chi? (Ọhaọzara) Ị bọọ? (Nsụka) Some people say: Ị gbapela? I teena? Ị pụtala ụra? I kuola? Ị bọkwarụ? Ị vọọla chi? Ị gbapeele? Ị pụtago ụla? I kuwo? I tewo? Naawo! Ị pavuoro? A rahụsịkwara? I teele? Igbo morning greeting opens door for conversation. It's interrogatory. Because in Igbo world, we try to know how one another feel. Greeting makes away for fruitful conversation. Our nature of conversation goes with questions. Kedụ maka ndị ezinụlọ gị? Kedụ maka nne gị? Kedụ maka ọrụ? Kedụ maka ahịa? Kedụ maka agụmakwụkwọ? Kedụ maka di gị? Kedụ maka ụmụaka gị? Kedụ maka nwunye gị? Through question you will know about someone. The activities of the person. We have a lot of beautiful ways we greet without going to translate the English one. Ụtụtụ ọma is a direct translation of the English greeting and it has no merit in Igbo worldview. When I hear people greet ụtụtụ ọma, ehihie ọma, mgbede ọma; ọ na-atafusi m afọ. OAPs promoted this. Ndị overdo. How do we have drum and beat on our stomach? I paused. © Maazị Ogbonnaya Okoro https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1999626090209749&id=100004871316547 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: "Good Morning" Is Not "Ututu Ọma" by heniford2: 10:55am On Jan 24, 2022 |
Maazi Okoro chiukwu gozi gi wokia di mma  udo di |
| Re: "Good Morning" Is Not "Ututu Ọma" by Francashy(m): 11:03am On Jan 24, 2022 |
Good... but how do I say Good afternoon and Good Evening in Igbo? 1 Like |
| Re: "Good Morning" Is Not "Ututu Ọma" by Jumbojnr(m): 11:16am On Jan 24, 2022 |
igborepublic:Maazi Okoro, I boo?? Plz how can I change my keyboard to igbo language so as to be typing like you, maazi? |
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