ChinenyeN

No need trying to be hardheaded.Like cantell said igbo language is not up to 60 percent in english translation.

You honestly think there is a word for snow in igbo Is snow natural to Africa let alone igboland

- hammer= no idea
- guitar=no idea
- window=mpio
- door (the actual door, not "uzo", the doorway)=cantell has already told you
- kitchen cabinet=no idea
- crystal = no idea
- to or.gasm= goodluck with this one
- snow=goodluck with this onw
- privacy=cannot remeber now
- network=no idea
- towel=cannot remember
- mascot=
- safe (the container)=cannot remeber
- change (monetary)=i might be wrong but i do not think there is a direct translation
- logic=
- quarantine=
- hernia
- razor
- pond=iyi can mean either this or river
- cat= nwaologbo
- deck/porch
- multiplication


This is what you get when a language is not used a medium for teaching of subjects in school.Its utility becomes stagnant.

Okay. Well, I guess I'll leave it alone then.

No language is complete.

True, no language is complete. And all languages have foreign words meaning words from other languages. We do not live on an island!

hi guys, what does ''nwata nwanyi nwe kwara aka olu di mma,o onye be gi nnam'' mean?

Thanks in advance

please translate for me plz asap: len pien dhlau hirew dinesd lopy . i have no idea what it means and would appreciate what my love is trying to say. so plz help me out . i think i need to learn this language. but im waiting for a reply

CHOUPIE2:

please translate for me plz asap: len pien dhlau hirew dinesd lopy . i have no idea what it means and would appreciate what my love is trying to say. so plz help me out . i think i need to learn this language. but im waiting for a reply

Is ur man Nigerian?
Those words are very strange to my eyes and ears.looks kinda of German

What language is that?

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Thank you, ezeagu.

[quote="that dictionary"]This dictionary gives forms in the Onitsha, Bonny, Arochukwu, and Ungwana dialects, 'more or less in that order', but 'to avoid confusion’ does not mark which form comes from which dialect. Probably confusion would have been better avoided by the opposite decision.[/quote]

They (whoever they are) should really survey each Igbo lect individually and come up with comprehensive dictionaries like the one above.

ChinenyeN:

Thank you, ezeagu.

They (whoever they are) should really survey each Igbo lect individually and come up with comprehensive dictionaries like the one above.

Mmm. I think the author is called Kay Williamson. Yeah, you'll just have to work out what the words would be in your own Igbo.

Yeah, I already know most of those words in my lect. The only reason I asked for translations is to compare and contrast. Also, some of those translations, I'm not sure I really believe them to be Onicha. Then again, I don't speak Onicha, so I cannot definitively say. . .

Would someone please be kind enough to translate this? "Beni ika a di meji, sugbon ire lope ika ko pe"
I'm grateful for any help. I am learning, but so far only manage a few words/phrases.

Olu3:

Would someone please be kind enough to translate this? "Beni ika a di meji, sugbon ire lope ika ko pe"
I'm grateful for any help. I am learning, but so far only manage a few words/phrases.

"Beni ika a di meji, sugbon ire lope ika ko pe"
"Surely, the evil will be double, it only pays better to be a good Samaritan than to be a devil".
                                                     OR
"Surely, the evil will be double, it only pays better to be a good Samaritan".

Ese.

O wow, sorry i meant to say

Okoko - Igbo
Akoko- Yoruba
Akoko- Twi,

and actually I found the translations on one of the first pages

Olu3:

Ese.

Ooo. Hope you found it helpful.

Please can you help me with explanations about these Yoruba terms:

oja okunkun? Yoruba saying about a relationship

then:

inu jin

onikun lo mo ika

Ese o

of course, "ese o" I know. It is my thanks to you for your help.



ose o

Candy9:

Please can you help me with explanations about these Yoruba terms:

oja okunkun? Yoruba saying about a relationship

then:

oja okunkun: Black market/Secret deal

inu jin: The dept of innermost

onikun lo mo ika: The evil know themselves

Ese o: Thank you

thanks so much for your help. most interesting.

Happy weekend!!

Actually celebration in igbo is "nmen meh" and as for door it is "eebo"

ChinenyeN:

Thank you for your attempt,  006. Still waiting for anyone willing to attempt these. . .

Igbo
- hammer
- guitar
- window
- door (the actual door, not "uzo", the doorway)
- kitchen cabinet
- crystal = ? (maybe  mgbuke)
- or.gasm
- snow
- privacy
- network
- towel
- mascot
- safe (the container)
- change (monetary)
- logic
- quarantine

odumchi:

Actually celebration in igbo is "nmen meh" and as for door it is "eebo"

Where in Igbo are you from?

Candy9:

thanks so much for your help. most interesting.

Happy weekend!!

U welcome. I'm happy U found it interesting.

ChinenyeN:

Where in Igbo are you from?

I am from Abia state Arochukwu to be exact.

Oh okay. Thanks.

Celebration_Emume or Nme-nme.
@Odumchi,Nwa mazi,ole side-i gi na Aro?

Abum onye Amusu. mago kwan nda side?iza

ifyalways:

Celebration_Emume or Nme-nme.
@Odumchi,Nwa mazi,ole side-i gi na Aro?

ị na a sụ kwa igbo?

Hi does this mean: Do you speak Igbo?

Candy9:

ị na a sụ kwa igbo?

Hi does this mean: Do you speak Igbo?

Yes.