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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by bigfrancis21: 1:55am On Apr 11, 2015
Harvard13:
ha...i wish i could write Igbo. cant really understand somethings. una try abeg!!

Nna, o fiarokwa aru owuna. Kaba aru fuu na I mutalu ide asusu yi maka na asusu Igbo a magbue onwie! O nwero ntupo ma ncha! wink

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Nobody: 2:09am On Apr 11, 2015
bigfrancis21:


grin

I na-emezi nke ndi james bond, okwia?

I na-ezolu aloba gi afa gi. Nna, I na-fuckkwa up o.

Okwa, m kpo gi onye mgbu ufuu I bee uriom okwia? grin

grin

E nwee reason nji si ya di noofu. I ma nghotacha.
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by bigfrancis21: 2:25am On Apr 11, 2015
Radoillo:


grin

E nwee reason nji si ya di noofu. I ma nghotacha.

A ghotakwa m lii. I cholu idebe ife yi private.

E mesiata na ayi ya-akpa nkata ofuma n'ekwenti, ma o bulu na isi james bond gi juo yi oyi. grin

I no ofuu UK okwia?

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Nobody: 2:25am On Apr 11, 2015
Nnèé nnéné nnéné nné Nèné nènè

Behold, the excellent show/drama/performance that Nene's mother watched. (Dialect: Awka)

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Nobody: 2:27am On Apr 11, 2015
bigfrancis21:


A ghotakwa m lii. I choro idebe ife yi private.

E mesiata na ayi ya-akpa nkata ofuma n'ekwenti, ma o bulu na isi james bond gi juo yi oyi. grin

I no ofuu uk okwia?

E-eyi. Mana una m di nso.
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by bigfrancis21: 2:41am On Apr 11, 2015
Radoillo:


E-eyi. Mana una m di nso.

Rado nw'oka ya fa ana! Nsogbu adiro, I jetelu ife n'ebe I jelu ma na-anachie na ndokwa...I ya-analu n'udo.

I ya-emepe company nke yi ka I ya-achoba olu ma I lue uno?
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Nobody: 2:49am On Apr 11, 2015
bigfrancis21:


Rado nw'oka ya fa ana! Nsogbu adiro, I jetelu ife n'ebe I jelu ma na-anachie na ndokwa...I ya-analu n'udo.

I ya-emepe company nke yi ka I ya-achoba olu ma I lue uno?

Well, ha ncha so na iye a ga-eji nwayoo planuo. smiley

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by bigfrancis21: 2:53am On Apr 11, 2015
Radoillo:


Well, ha ncha so na iye a ga-eji nwayoo planuo. smiley

Jisie ike, nwanna!
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by ChinenyeN(m): 3:02am On Apr 11, 2015
Kwọkwọ, ọ̀ kwọ ọ̀kw'ọkwọ?

Trans: Is Kwokwo (personal name) transporting the ọ̀kwa (species of bird)?

Clearly, I took advantage of syntax rules to help create this sentence.
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Nobody: 3:10am On Apr 11, 2015
A three-word one.

Éjù èjú éjù

Snails have filled up the broken earthernware.

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Nobody: 3:23am On Apr 11, 2015
Aka n'elu umunna. cheesy






Amaghi m na amaghi m Igbo asu.. grin
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by ChinenyeN(m): 3:34am On Apr 11, 2015
Optimall:
Aka n'elu umunna. cheesy
Amaghi m na amaghi m Igbo asu.. grin

Nmekpa ahu adii (nsogbu adighi). Gbalia oke i nwere ike.
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Nobody: 3:53am On Apr 11, 2015
Ó fùù òfú ófù, fùó fú ófù

He saw one vagina, went away and saw visions.

[òfú (vagina) came from the Agbaja dialect spoken in Amaeke; ífu ófù (to see visions/the future) is an Anambra/Enugu usage]

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Nobody: 3:58am On Apr 11, 2015
This thing is hard o.
Had been trying to learn.

Very bad student of igbo I must say.
Well done guys.

*continues learning*
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Phut(f): 4:14am On Apr 11, 2015
bigfrancis21:


That was Onitsha Igbo.

Yep. Oguta and Onitsha all belong to the same group as Orumba in Anambra state and Ndoni (Peter Odili's town) in Rivers state.
Yippee! So Ndi na su ka'm juru?
Btw, Ogbaru o so kwa? Ezigbota oyi'm shi Ogbaru.
Goes off to google Orumba.

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by UjSizzle(f): 7:24am On Apr 11, 2015
bigfrancis21:


Jaa ojuju na Juju ojuju juru n'uju juru juju uju. cool

Hail ojuju for ojuju's Juju is aplenty that matches Uju's juju. cool



Uju badt for juju o. grin
grin lol how exciting.
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by telexfree1: 8:51am On Apr 11, 2015
^^^^^^
Lols
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Luckygurl(f): 9:08am On Apr 11, 2015
Jeezz!! Ogini na-émè ebe a??
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Mbkite(m): 9:43am On Apr 11, 2015
who said Igbo Language will go on extinction? UNESCO lied.
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by DaimlerBen(m): 9:58am On Apr 11, 2015
I am a novice, so pardonez moi.

Olanike a laa n'ike.
(Olanike has died suddenly)

Yoo uyo Uyo.
(Beg the house of Uyo - Ikeduru dialect)
[All vowels have dots except Uyo. How do I get these dots & slants out of my QWERTY keypad?]

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by bosunjohns(m): 10:05am On Apr 11, 2015
Though I'm not Igbo, but I'm loving this.

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by ChinenyeN(m): 10:08am On Apr 11, 2015
We wee we èwe, we èwe.

Trans: If they prod them, then they'll be vexed.
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by ChinenyeN(m): 10:12am On Apr 11, 2015
DaimlerBen:
I am a novice, so pardonez moi.

Olanike a laa n'ike.
(Olanike has died suddenly)

How about, "Olanike, o laa n'ike?"

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by DaimlerBen(m): 10:15am On Apr 11, 2015
ChinenyeN:


How about, "Olanike, o laa n'ike?"
Better.

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Ihuomadinihu: 10:26am On Apr 11, 2015
Interesting! I encountered this game in primary school and i was not really interested in it. Now,i can't think of or remember any homophone play words. Smh.
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by vinxce(m): 10:42am On Apr 11, 2015
As a delta boy I've alwayz dreamt of being an igbo ohhhhh my God dis is awesome odikwa very awesome
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by ChinenyeN(m): 10:45am On Apr 11, 2015
EzePromoe, ma ndi d'ahnu ghi.

Ihuomadinihu, don't worry. Just start with one. No matter how much it feels awkward and difficult, you'll eventually get used to it and think of many.
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by EzePromoe: 10:56am On Apr 11, 2015
Hmmm
Re: Igbo Homophone Game by EzePromoe: 11:02am On Apr 11, 2015
ChinenyeN:
EzePromoe, ma ndi d'ahnu ghi.
Haha, Eze Chinenye otetula o. Nye ele hopia'aru threadi ke eh?

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by Luckygurl(f): 11:02am On Apr 11, 2015
Nwanyi na-ákwà àkwá, I na akwâ akwa na ókuko yiri akwa n'elu akwa I kwara ákwa di n'elu akwa?

The woman crying, are you crying because the hen laid eggs on the clothes you sew which are on top of the bed?

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by passion007: 3:54pm On Apr 11, 2015
One more, to be sure I'm getting my head around this thing

Ágúú àgù Ágù, Ágù ágáá ágù (forest) gáá ágù (leopard), ágùù Ágù ágáá

Agu got hungry, headed for the forest and killed (literally tore) a leopard, and assuaged his hunger.

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Re: Igbo Homophone Game by ChinenyeN(m): 4:11pm On Apr 11, 2015
EzePromoe:

Haha, Eze Chinenye otetula o. Nye ele hopia'aru threadi ke eh?

Hehe nnaa, nhne m si kpoo ghi abuu ta i d'aju ajuju. Soro anyi gbaa (dee) ke ghi. Nyetunu threadi kena 'flavor' ele Iwhereoha. Unless, ma i choro idi d'enyo hiihi (kwa ubochi). Heh.

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