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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by nikynike(f): 3:43pm On Mar 09, 2007
Yes now the ones l put l have also translate them to English after exchanging mails from u view it again.
thanks.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 3:46pm On Mar 09, 2007
Niky you are da man! cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 4:23pm On Mar 09, 2007
Igbo si na kaodikaodi kpoba kaodikaodi egoru
If anyhow person brings to market to sell, then anyhow person will buy from him cool

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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 4:55pm On Mar 09, 2007
Hmm Youngies, don't say i didn't warn you. . . . lol

aku na nwanne ya yi, ô were ichele gbabido onwe ya
the palm-kernel was going with the brother, but used a barrier/fence to seperate them (the twin-palm-kernel)

a na mu anwu anwu jere be anam anwunyu anya
(now this i a bit dfficult to translate) . . . . an almost dead man goes to the house of an even more almost dead man. lol

pam pam ka nkwu ji eju agbo
drop by the drop and the palm-wine kegg is full

grin grin grin

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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 4:59pm On Mar 09, 2007
youngies are you there cheesy

o ji ututu tutu ba, na atuju akpa
he who starts gathering in the morning, before sunset will have their bags filled up

okili kili ka ana agba ukwu ôse, anaghi ari ya elu
you dance or walk around the pepper tree, cos it cannot be climed

ônye nôdu ebe ô nô, ebe ô na-anôghi a na- agu ya
never contented with what/where you are, always want to be someone/where else

expect me back soonest wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 5:02pm On Mar 09, 2007
Ugwu muta igbaji ikpere, agidi nwanyi amuta kwanu ejekata akwuru
If the hill has learnt to be knee breaking, the old woman will learn to walk and pause

nwata rie awo ya aju anu
if a child eat frog, he will never taste meat again

cute-ass over!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 5:05pm On Mar 09, 2007
@cutey don't go now

ijiji na enweghi onye ndumodu n'eso ozu ala n'ili
a housefly that has no adviser follows the corpse to the grave
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 5:23pm On Mar 09, 2007
Youngies, me go?? no way

ôchu nwa ôkukô nwe ada, ôkukô nwe mwomwo ôsô
the chaser of the cock/hen/chicken has the falling down to do while the ckicken has the running as fast as possible

ôke mukôsi na-ebute ôke mkpali
too much familiarity causes negligience . . . or. . . . . frequent visit to a place lowers the amount of welcome
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 5:30pm On Mar 09, 2007
ok cutie, how about this:

O bu na nwa mgbeke amaghi akpu isi, ka o bu na aguba adighi nko
is it that mgbeke doesn't know how to barb, or the the razor is not sharp

Mmiri mara ugo sara ugo aru
the rain the fell on the eagle baths the eagle cool

over cute-ass!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by jaybaby(f): 5:31pm On Mar 09, 2007
cUTEaSS I'M iGBO OOOOO---but i did all of my schoolin in Lagos---na him make my Igbo get k-leg grin grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 5:33pm On Mar 09, 2007
shocked shocked Jaygirl

I will like to hear igbo with k-leg, never heard it before, lol
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by jaybaby(f): 5:35pm On Mar 09, 2007
Lol Check me OUT! wink

Nkita na na nu n ti na ga ge ri e nshi ha cheesy cheesy
A Stubborn Dog goes back 2 it's Shyts
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 5:37pm On Mar 09, 2007
Hmmmm Jaybaby

That sounds like ashanti language, translate please grin grin

cutie are you there?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by jaybaby(f): 5:38pm On Mar 09, 2007
Lol I already Did
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 6:52pm On Mar 09, 2007
jaybaby, keep it up. If that is new-latin or out-dated igbo, i don't know . . . . .wait i have to laugh first.

Guess what i'm trying to say is that you're too much, you want to know why. . . . . . . because your igbo can make a very very sad person burst into laughter.

So whenever i'm sad from today onwards, i'll just come and look up your igbo, believe me i won't be in a bad mood for long after that. lol again

gosh you make me want to roll on the floor and just laugh grin grin grin grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 7:00pm On Mar 09, 2007
Youngies you want to try me, anyways sha

eneke siri na kemgbe mmadu mutara agbaba agbafio agbafio/ akwusi a kwusi, nya onwe ya mutara ofebe ebeghi ebe
the bird said that since human beings have learnt to run after it/ chase after it without pausing, it has now learnt to fly without perching

ndi bi n'ulô ugegbe anaghi ama okwute
people that live in glass houses do not throw stones

ndi bi n'usô ulô uka, na-abia "late",mgbe nile
those that live near the church, are always late for service

bring it on, youngies wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 9:39pm On Mar 09, 2007
Is everybody running away?? where are you people?? youngies?? our one and only latin-igbo teacher-jaybaby??

hello, hallo, anybody there??
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by chiogo(f): 1:41am On Mar 10, 2007
Abu na nwa mbe no na ikpo nshi, oruo ka aga akpoputa ya,osi na nshi eshi gbuo ya.
Don't be a tortoise in a heap of sh*t and when it was time to bring him out, he yelled he couldn't stand the smell of the sh*t.

lol. i just heard that and i laughed so much d day i heard it.

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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by jaybaby(f): 10:46am On Mar 10, 2007
Haaa Cutie--Since u guyz said i'm speakin latin so i had 2 lay low but i gat smtin 4 U guyz

Onye ara na ma onye ara ebe a

A crazy Man knows a fellow Crazy Man wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by naijacutee(f): 2:08pm On Mar 10, 2007
Chineke! Ogini buru ihe nka?
*Subscribes to thread to avoid disgrace!*
(Cute-ass, you are good!!!)
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by robby1(m): 3:17am On Mar 11, 2007
here is mine.
"E mee ngwa ngwa, emeghara odachi"
its equivalent in english is "a stitch in time saves a million"
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 3:19am On Mar 11, 2007
naijacutee:


(Cute-ass, you are good!!!)


thanks honey

@ youngies don't tell me you've given up shocked shocked

well let me continue doing ma thing, its not my fault i'm a professional. . . . lol

ôyim agwam gi, bu ezigbo ôyi mana ôyim  akam agwa gi bu ajô ôyi
my friend i'm telling you is a good friend, but my friend i would have told you is a bad one wink

ezi aha ka ego
a good name is worth more/better than wealth/riches

eziokwu bu ndu
truth is life (yes ooo)

youngies please come back cry cry
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by robby1(m): 3:21am On Mar 11, 2007
here is one more. its actually not a proverb but a translation

ENGLISH: Dont be selfish and dont be rude

IGBO: Onye erekwa la azu, onye erekwa la udu grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:28am On Mar 12, 2007
Cute-ass don't dare me please, because I am an oracle  cheesy  cheesy

Okwa siri umu ya na ha turu ji ha aturukwa mgborogwu, n'ihi na onye nwe ji gwuru ji ya ka ha were mgborogwu biri
The patridge bird told her children that when they feed on yam that they should also feed on roots, incase the owner of the yam harvests the yam, so that they could survive on roots.

Egwu anaghi atu afo o buru uzo
The stomach is never afraid that is why it is always in front

Mmiri adighi eri onye ohughi ukwu ya
The sea does not drown the man it has not seen his foot

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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 2:38pm On Mar 13, 2007
Cute-ass don't tell me that you have decided to abandon the challenge because,

Ndi Igbo si na agadi nwanyi adighi akanka na egwu o ma agba
An old woman does not get old in a dance step she knows too well
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 2:46pm On Mar 13, 2007
Cutiee remember that our people says that,

Agba mbu o tu n'ogwe, agba abuo o tu n'ogwe, o buzi ogwe ka a piri aku?[/color][color=#990000][/color][color=#990000][color=#990000][/color]
if the 1st arrow fired hits the bridge, and the 2nd one fired also hits the bridge, then we shall asertain if the arrows were made for the bridge.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 7:00pm On Mar 15, 2007
Youngies, i decided to have mercy on you but mercy time is oooovvveeeerrr grin

adighi agwa ochi nti na agha esu
you don't have to tell the deaf man that there's war

ôsô abughi ôsô bu na nwanyi na-agba jide ara ya aka[color=#990000][/color]
that the running is not the run-of-life-and-death will make a woman hold her breasts while running lol (a lil bit diff. 2 explain)

youngies, i'm waiting wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 2:58pm On Mar 16, 2007
Well Cute-ass, I was thinking that na,

Onye anoghi ebe eniri ozu, na esi na okpa abo ya
One who wasn't present when the dead was buried, starts digging up the dead from the leg cheesy

and you also know that na,
Anu gbana tata, n'echi bu nta
If the game escapes today, tommorow will be another hunting day
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 3:11pm On Mar 16, 2007
Cute-ass and jay-girl, nothing mega nwanne!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 3:29pm On Mar 16, 2007
Well I take it that you guys have bowed to superior fire power, because,

Asi na nkwucha a buruo ujo
Being cautious is not being afriad
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 4:36pm On Mar 16, 2007
expect me back very soon youngies

you've asked for war, and war you shall get lmao wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by kateflow(f): 4:39pm On Mar 16, 2007
;d ;d ;d

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