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Hi so I was listening to Dede one day's comedy videos and he says that a lot. I don't really know what this means but he uses it around stuff he's trying to stress . Igbos please help me!

op are u not igbo
i dont get it
u listening to dede one day means u understand igbo very well
how come u dont kno d meaning?
im just asking

MrKontrovErsy:
op are u not igbo
i dont get it
u listening to dede one day means u understand igbo very well
how come u dont kno d meaning?
im just asking

My brother, I tireoo.
Imagine listening to Obama speaks but don't know the meaning of because of

adeitoro:
My brother, I tireoo.
Imagine listening to Obama speaks but don't know the meaning of because of

Learning should never be discouraged. He may only know "maka" as because. After all there are differences from dialect to dialect

Joshuaiwe:
Hi so I was listening to Dede one day's comedy videos and he says that a lot. I don't really know what this means but he uses it around stuff he's trying to stress . Igbos please help me!

'N'ihi na' is used to buttress a point or give further explanation to an earlier spoken statement. It simply means, 'because of'. Mainstream Anambra would say, 'n'ifi na'. A synonym for it in Igbo is, 'maka na'.

Sample examples would be:

Onye a biana afia taa, n'ifi na afia a diro taata.

Onye a kpana nwa agu aka n'odu, maka na nna ya nwelu ike ino nso.

Maka ifi gi ka m jili biaba olu taata.

MrKontrovErsy:
op are u not igbo
i dont get it
u listening to dede one day means u understand igbo very well
how come u dont kno d meaning?
im just asking

I don't get it because i've never heard it before and that's why I don't know the meaning.

It's exactly like Phut described it. I've only heard maka for because.

chymystique:
"Because Of"

Thannks

adeitoro:
My brother, I tireoo.
Imagine listening to Obama speaks but don't know the meaning of because of

I don't understand your comment

bigfrancis21:
'N'ihi na' is used to buttress a point or give further explanation to an earlier spoken statement. It simply means, 'because of'. Mainstream Anambra would say, 'n'ifi na'. A synonym for it in Igbo is, 'maka na'.

Sample examples would be:

Onye a biana afia taa, n'ifi na afia a diro taata.

Onye a kpana nwa agu aka n'odu, maka na nna ya nwelu ike ino nso.

Maka ifi gi ka m jili biaba olu taata.

Thank you for your comment and I understand it Now! and just to make sure I understood what I read could you please rewrite ur Igbo sentences in standard Igbo (izugbe) or English If you're not use to that

Phut:
Learning should never be discouraged. He may only know "maka" as because. After all there are differences from dialect to dialect

Thank you! That's exactly the case i used context clues to understand the sentence when I heard it used but I wanted some one to directly tell me what it is

Joshuaiwe:
Thank you! That's exactly the case i used context clues to understand the sentence when I heard it used but I wanted some one to directly tell me what it is

Biko, ask away. There will always be people willing to answer. Plus I am sure others (not just you) have learnt from this thread

Joshuaiwe:
I don't get it because i've never heard it before and that's why I don't know the meaning.

It's exactly like Phut described it. I've only heard maka for because.

ok

Joshuaiwe:
Hi so I was listening to Dede one day's comedy videos and he says that a lot. I don't really know what this means but he uses it around stuff he's trying to stress . Igbos please help me!

"Because" or "Because of" (depending on the context).

Joshuaiwe:
Thank you for your comment and I understand it Now! and just to make sure I understood what I read could you please rewrite ur Igbo sentences in standard Igbo (izugbe) or English If you're not use to that

Sample examples would be:

Onye a biana afia taa, n'ifi na afia a diro taata. Nobody should come to the market today because there is no market today.

Onye a kpana nwa agu aka n'odu, maka na nna ya nwelu ike ino nso. Nobody should touch the tail of a tiger's cub because its father could be close by.

Maka ifi gi ka m jili biaba olu taata.[/quote]Because of you I came to work today. (Literal translation. A proper translation in English would be, I came to work today because of you. Or M bialu olu taata maka ifi gi.)

bigfrancis21:
Sample examples would be:

Onye a biana afia taa, n'ifi na afia a diro taata. Nobody should come to the market today because there is no market today.

Onye a kpana nwa agu aka n'odu, maka na nna ya nwelu ike ino nso. Nobody should touch the tail of a tiger's cub because its father could be close by.

Maka ifi gi ka m jili biaba olu taata. Because of you I came to work today. (Literal translation. A proper translation in English would be, I came to work today because of you. Or M bialu olu taata maka ifi gi.)

Ooh you were using a negative command I thought u were using perfect tense. But thank you!
So from my observation could u use n'ihi when I want to say for the sake of something

musicwriter:
"Because" or "Because of" (depending on the context).

The way Dede uses it sounds like he's saying for the sake of

Joshuaiwe:
The way Dede uses it sounds like he's saying for the sake of

For the sake of, is just another way of saying it. Just a related word (synonym). But, it doesn't mean something else.