With reference to this thread "say good morning in your language",
https://www.nairaland.com/3774342/say-good-morning-language

I saw most of my Igbo brothers and sisters saying "Ututu oma"

Good morning is "Iboola Chi?"

Ututu oma is transliteration, That is translating an English word directly to Igbo.

Hence: in the morning = Iboola chi
Afternoon = Ndeewo
Evening/Night = Ndeewo
When parting at night = kachifo

Take note.

Just negodu.

DjAndroid:
With reference to this thread "say good morning in your language",
https://www.nairaland.com/3774342/say-good-morning-language

I saw most of my Igbo brothers and sisters saying "Ututu oma"

Good morning is "Iboola Chi?"

Ututu oma is transliteration, That is translating an English word directory to Igbo.

Hence: in the morning = Iboola chi
Afternoon = Ndeewo
Evening/Night = Ndeewo
When parting at night = kachifo

Take note.

Dialector Dailector

DjAndroid:
With reference to this thread "say good morning in your language",
https://www.nairaland.com/3774342/say-good-morning-language

I saw most of my Igbo brothers and sisters saying "Ututu oma"

Good morning is "Iboola Chi?"

Ututu oma is transliteration, That is translating an English word directory to Igbo.

Hence: in the morning = Iboola chi
Afternoon = Ndeewo
Evening/Night = Ndeewo
When parting at night = kachifo

Take note.

iboola chi Means How U wake?

Ututu OMa Means Good Morning(Good= oma, Ututu= Morning)

Ndeewo = Weldone/I greet U

Good afternoon= ehihie Oma

Equal2DeTask:


iboola chi Means How U wake?

Ututu OMa Means Good Morning(Good= oma, Ututu= Morning)

Why don't you say ehihie oma and abali oma for afternoon and night?

My submission is not what I thought but standard Igbo. Believe it or not.

DjAndroid:


Why don't you say ehihie oma and abali oma for afternoon and night?

My submission is not what I thought but standard Igbo. Believe it or not.

u are nt even an Igbo person...where r u dragging?

DjAndroid:
With reference to this thread "say good morning in your language",
https://www.nairaland.com/3774342/say-good-morning-language

I saw most of my Igbo brothers and sisters saying "Ututu oma"

Good morning is "Iboola Chi?"

Ututu oma is transliteration, That is translating an English word directly to Igbo.

Hence: in the morning = Iboola chi
Afternoon = Ndeewo
Evening/Night = Ndeewo
When parting at night = kachifo

Take note.

I understand where the Op is coming from.

Otutu oma is good morning in Igbo language. Iboola chi is the most commonly used, that doesn't make it right.

Ndeewo is more like well done not good afternoon/evening.

But hey, what do I know??
Am not too proficient in Igbo language. Still learning.

olodo op iboola Chi is you Don wake? Ehi Oma is good afternoon

The OP's right.
Good morning in Igbo is ¿Ị̀ bọọla chi?
Nothing more.

All this Ụtụtụ Ọma business is just fake Igbo & a recent development with no connection to any village's dialect. Rather it's a direct transliteration from the English equivalent, done without regard to the form & structure of the Igbo language.

Instead of saying that rubbish it's much better to say:

¿Ị pụtala? ¿I tetala? ¿Ị hụla ụbọchị?

chijiblaze:
The OP's right.
Good morning in Igbo is ¿Ị̀ bọọla chi?
Nothing more.

All this Ụtụtụ Ọma business is just fake Igbo & a recent development with no connection to any village's dialect. Rather it's a direct transliteration from the English equivalent, done without regard to the form & structure of the Igbo language.

Instead of saying that rubbish it's much better to say:

¿Ị pụtala? ¿I tetala? ¿Ị hụla ụbọchị?

Don't mind those Ignoramus up there. I have decided not to argue with them anymore.

chijiblaze:
The OP's right.
Good morning in Igbo is ¿Ị̀ bọọla chi?
Nothing more.

All this Ụtụtụ Ọma business is just fake Igbo & a recent development with no connection to any village's dialect. Rather it's a direct transliteration from the English equivalent, done without regard to the form & structure of the Igbo language.

Instead of saying that rubbish it's much better to say:

¿Ị pụtala? ¿I tetala? ¿Ị hụla ụbọchị?

did one sounding like a half bred igboman

DjAndroid:
With reference to this thread "say good morning in your language",
https://www.nairaland.com/3774342/say-good-morning-language

I saw most of my Igbo brothers and sisters saying "Ututu oma"

Good morning is "Iboola Chi?"

Ututu oma is transliteration, That is translating an English word directly to Igbo.

Hence: in the morning = Iboola chi
Afternoon = Ndeewo
Evening/Night = Ndeewo
When parting at night = kachifo

Take note.

Iboola Chi and Isaala Chi is not used in all of Igbo land. It's more common in the southern Igbo axis of Abia/Imo and Rivers. though t has come to be accepted as anotehr way of saying "good morning".

The Igbo izugbe way of greeting people is Ututu oma, Ehihe oma and Abali Oma for Morning, afternoon and evening respectively and it's not the only Igbo phrases thar are translated directly from English.

Afam4eva:

Iboola Chi and Isaala Chi is not used in all of Igbo land. It's more common in the southern Igbo axis of Abia/Imo and Rivers. though t has come to be accepted as anotehr way of saying "good morning".The Igbo izugbe way of greeting people is Ututu oma, Ehihe oma and Abali Oma for Morning, afternoon and evening respectively and it's not the only Igbo phrases thar are translated directly from English.

https://www.nairaland.com/1098993/igbo-learning-thread-translator/21

DjAndroid:
With reference to this thread "say good morning in your language",
https://www.nairaland.com/3774342/say-good-morning-language

I saw most of my Igbo brothers and sisters saying "Ututu oma"

Good morning is "Iboola Chi?"

Ututu oma is transliteration, That is translating an English word directly to Igbo.

Hence: in the morning = Iboola chi
Afternoon = Ndeewo
Evening/Night = Ndeewo
When parting at night = kachifo

Take note.

I don't know who invented that "otutu oma" crap. It has never existed in Igboland.
It's either "ibola chi" or "isala chi" with its dialectal variants.

Afam4eva:

Iboola Chi and Isaala Chi is not used in all of Igbo land. It's more common in the southern Igbo axis of Abia/Imo and Rivers. though t has come to be accepted as anotehr way of saying "good morning".

The Igbo izugbe way of greeting people is Ututu oma, Ehihe oma and Abali Oma for Morning, afternoon and evening respectively and it's not the only Igbo phrases thar are translated directly from English.

Igbo izugbe is ndeewo.

Ututu oma is too artificial and it's a direct English translation.
From that we are gonna have Ehihie oma and anyasi oma.

Igbos simply say Ndeewo

Equal2DeTask:


iboola chi Means How U wake?

Ututu OMa Means Good Morning(Good= oma, Ututu= Morning)

Ndeewo = Weldone/I greet U

Good afternoon= ehihie Oma

Ndeewo = Greeting?

So, why are you contesting that igbos greet that way?
We don't differentiate greetings from time of the day in Igboland.
Only in the mornings do we say I boola chi in some clans. Otherwise, when you meet people, you say Ndeewo nu.

Igbo people don't use any direct translation of 'Good morning' in their language since history. Colonialism shouldn't make us invent it.
Have you ever heard your ancestors used Ututu oma, Ehihie or abali oma?
Plus, Ndeewo is not well done, the latter is daalu.

look here people ..it depends on the dialect in use in the geographical location ...the both terms are correct....what of those that greet ekele nke-odi from ohaji area in imo state ?

well,my own people do not use "i boola or isaala chi" as its not our dialect,we say "unu etete/aputa go ula",or "unu alaru kwa ofuma?"

DjAndroid:
With reference to this thread "say good morning in your language",
https://www.nairaland.com/3774342/say-good-morning-language

I saw most of my Igbo brothers and sisters saying "Ututu oma"

Good morning is "Iboola Chi?"

Ututu oma is transliteration, That is translating an English word directly to Igbo.

Hence: in the morning = Iboola chi
Afternoon = Ndeewo
Evening/Night = Ndeewo
When parting at night = kachifo

Take note.

Iboola chi has always been our way of saying good morning. However, ututu oma is starting to get popular among our generation and I don't see anything wrong with that. This is one characteristic of a living language - it is dynamic and changes/adapts with time. A dead language is one that remains fixated/not dynamic over decades and doesn't change, for example Latin. It also does not have any native speakers. Igbo language is very dynamic and is progressing as the decades go by. Just like English, there are several ancient words in Igbo language which are no longer being used in our time and have been replaced by more modern Igbo words or assigned new meanings. It is just a sign of a dynamic language.

DjAndroid:


Why don't you say ehihie oma and abali oma for afternoon and night?

My submission is not what I thought but standard Igbo. Believe it or not.

Don't mind anybody trying to shout you down. What you said is correct.

"Ututu oma" is just a literal interpretation of Good Morning which doesn't reflect a meaning coming off the mind of a true Igbo man born in the "obi". This all goes to show the level of control English language have over our minds. However, as @bigfrancis21 have said, it may be considered as evolution of our language. But, then, I'll argue if we continue that way it would amount to making slaves of ourselves using English as our frame of reference for Igbo linguistics. That would mean English would automatically become our reference language for knowledge creation, instead of our natural Igbo grammar and syntax pattern. It's a pity Africans don't realize the enormity of the mess we are in putting English above our native languages in school.

musicwriter:


Don't mind anybody trying to shout you down. What you said is correct.

"Ututu oma" is just a literal interpretation of Good Morning which doesn't reflect a meaning coming off the mind of a true Igbo man born in the "obi". This all goes to show the level of control English language have over our minds. However, as @bigfrancis21 have said, it may be considered as evolution of our language. But, then, I'll argue if we continue that way it would amount to making slaves of ourselves using English as our frame of reference for Igbo linguistics. That would mean English would automatically become our reference language for knowledge creation, instead of our natural Igbo. It's a pity Africans don't realize the enormity of the mess we are in putting English above our native languages in school.

look here young man the debate is dependant on the dialect and area of the people ....different igbo groups have different ways of saying good morning apart from iboola chi and ututu oma

Afobear:
look here young man the debate is dependant on the dialect and area of the people ....different igbo groups have different ways of saying good morning apart from iboola chi and ututu oma

You don't understand this thing, so please stop quoting me.

What is "thank you" in Igbo? Don't we say "kaa/ndewo/imela"? Of course, you or anybody who don't understand would say "ekelem gi" which is nothing but yet another westernized Igbo word.

bigfrancis21:


Iboola chi has always been our way of saying good morning. However, ututu oma is starting to get popular among our generation and I don't see anything wrong with that. This is one characteristic of a living language - it is dynamic and changes/adapts with time. A dead language is one that remains fixated/not dynamic over decades and doesn't change, for example Latin. It also does not have any native speakers. Igbo language is very dynamic and is progressing as the decades go by. Just like English, there are several ancient words in Igbo language which are no longer being used in our time and have been replaced by more modern Igbo words or assigned new meanings. It is just a sign of a dynamic language.

Dynamism doesn't mean you should add stuff that already have a better alternative in the language or esp, sth that sounds plastic and uninteresting.

We better borrow from clans that say I saala chi than say Ututu oma.
Ndeewo goes beyond greeting but that's how Igbos greet.

Igbos originally and still currently greet "isaalachi" or "iboolachi" as their form of good morning... Ututu OMA is just a direct translation of English good morning to Igbo direct equivalent

My people in imo say iboola chi..

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.

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