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| Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by ABUMONYE(op): 1:58pm On May 05, 2015 |
I'm very interested in the Ngwa dialect, however I hardly know anything in it. What is your name? How are you? Where are you from? You are a thief. Thank you. You are my good friend. Daalu nu. |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by obyrich(m): 2:14pm On May 05, 2015 |
ABUMONYE:Let me park |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by ChinenyeN(m): 4:30pm On May 05, 2015 |
Is there a particular dialect of Ngwa that you want them translated in, or just some form of generalized Ngwa? |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by ABUMONYE(op): 4:40pm On May 05, 2015 |
ChinenyeN:I'd like more of a generalized dialect that most Ngwa people could understand. |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by ChinenyeN(m): 4:44pm On May 05, 2015 |
Alright. Generalized Ngwa What is your name? -- Ndighi ahna ghi? How are you? -- Ndighi otu i nu? Where are you from? -- Ndighi obe i hie? You are a thief. -- I bu onye ohnii. Thank you. -- Nmanma/I memala. You are my good friend. -- I bu ezi enyi m. 1 Like |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by ABUMONYE(op): 4:55pm On May 05, 2015 |
ChinenyeN:Daalu nwanne! 1 Like |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by Nobody: 5:42pm On May 05, 2015 |
This is perhaps a good place to ask. Do the Ngwa or the Etche people say 'Ndaa' for 'Kedu', or is it just the Ikwerre? |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by ChinenyeN(m): 6:10pm On May 05, 2015 |
You will find some communities in Ngwa and Etche that say it, but it's predominantly used by the Ikwere and Ndoki. 'Ndaa' is also attributed to contact with Aro. |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by Nobody: 6:17pm On May 05, 2015 |
Ah, so its spread is associated with the Aro. Thanks! How do the other Etche and Ngwa communities say 'Kedu'? |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by ChinenyeN(m): 6:25pm On May 05, 2015 |
Are you asking about 'Kedu' as a greeting or when used in a sentence to interrogate? |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by Nobody: 6:29pm On May 05, 2015 |
As a greeting. I can see from your sentences that 'Ndighi' is probably the form used in asking questions.(Could be wrong.) |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by ChinenyeN(m): 6:39pm On May 05, 2015 |
Yes, 'Ndighi' would be the general, 'Kedu' equivalent for asking questions. For greetings, it varies from 'Ndighi otu' (Ngwa) to 'Ndighi kwu' (Etche), to 'Olia' and 'Ndaa'. You'll hear all of those. |
| Re: Can Somebody Translate These Into Ngwa Dialect? by Nobody: 6:54pm On May 05, 2015 |
Thanks. 1 Like |
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