@darfur

darfur:

jo-z imakwara nma o. no wonder toshmann na ikomi ji adogbuga onweha. the nwa adirokwa bad at all.

why ha ji adogbu onwe ha ma ka mu?

@topic

Ofia na-aso nkata, ya epule ero
The forest that detests baskets, let it not bear mushrooms

Agha akara aka anaghi eri nwa ngwuro
An annouced war does not end the life of a lame man

Chinchi siri umu ya ha nwee ndidi na emecha, ihe di oku ga aju oyi
The bed bug told her children to have patience that in a while, the hot atmosphere will be cool

_{*i'm likin it*}

Long time no see . .

Busu si na mmekorita ahu bu uto nwanne
The pussy cat said that, the rubbing of bodies is the sweetness of oneness (now i understand why this cat won't leave me the hell alone )

ôbulu na emeghi ka a na-anyu nsi anyu, o dighi aputa

^^^ i need help here lol

@topic

Anaghi ano otu ebe elele moo
You dont watch the masquerade from one place

Ubochi nta achuo n'owere nchi
On the hunting day, we hunt in the grasscutter's premises

jo-z:

@darfurwhy ha ji adogbu onwe ha ma ka mu?

imaghi na imara nma, dikwa careful ebe nwoke a ana akpo toshmann no. maka nwata nwoke ahu anya adighi ya nma at all. onaghi eji anya ahu umunwanyi. agwakwalaya na obu mu kwuru nke a.

proverb: obu oke no n'ulo gwara oke no n'ohia na azu no n'iha ngiga.

it is the house rat that told the bush rat where the fish is kept.

cute-ass:

Long time no see . .

Busu si na mmekorita ahu bu uto nwanne
The pussy cat said that, the rubbing of bodies is the sweetness of oneness (now i understand why this cat won't leave me the hell alone )

ôbulu na emeghi ka a na-anyu nsi anyu, o dighi aputa

^^^ i need help here lol

Obulu na-emeghi ka a na-anyu nsi anyu, o dighi aputa= If the feaces were not meant to be excreated, it will not

_{i've not heard this one b4}

@topic

Okpa ike anaghi akpa n'ulo
The strong does not show his strength in d house

Anaghi agwa ochi nti na agha esu! O hu ibe ya ka ha na-agba oso, o soro ha gbaba
You dont tell the deaf that the war has begun, when he sees others escaping, he'll join them

Onye kwe, chi ya ekwe
Anyone that believes, his god will agree

Ejighi ihe a na-agba na nti agba n'anya
You dont poke into your eyes that which is poke into the ears

echelon:

Obulu na-emeghi ka a na-anyu nsi anyu, o dighi aputa= If the feaces were not meant to be excreated, it will not

_{i've not heard this one before}

But that was a bad translation jare

lemme try

If you don't try/put effort to get the sh*t out, it won't come out

@ echelon (i like the name BTW)

As i was saying, continue the good work, soon, very soon, you'll be grown enough to eat with the rest of us elders on this proverbs thread.

Keep it coming, don't give up like the rest oo

cute-ass:

But that was a bad translation jare

let me try

If you don't try/put effort to get the sh*t out, it won't come out

@ echelon (i like the name BTW)

As i was saying, continue the good work, soon, very soon, you'll be grown enough to eat with the rest of us elders on this proverbs thread.

Keep it coming, don't give up like the rest oo

for it to mean that, your origingal igbo sentence shld hv been: Obulu na achighi nsi achi, o gaghi a puta (achighi shows force/effort)

elders? where are they?

echelon:

for it to mean that, your origingal igbo sentence shld hv been: Obulu na achighi nsi achi, o gaghi a puta (achighi shows force/effort)

elders? where are they?

Teacher isi agbo ncha, igbo teacher ndewo

there are two meanings to ô bulu na-emeghi ka ana-anyu nsi anyu

one could be the one you wrote (infact i now get what you were trying to say) . . but the other meaning if u put a different tone to the pronounciation would be if you don't put effort to it

Try and practise them . .just like "akwa" which could either go for "a bed" or "an egg" or even the verb "to cry" , depending on the pronounciation

cute-ass:

Teacher isi agbo ncha, igbo teacher ndewo

there are two meanings to ô bulu na-emeghi ka ana-anyu nsi anyu

one could be the one you wrote (infact i now get what you were trying to say) . . but the other meaning if u put a different tone to the pronounciation would be if you don't put effort to it

Try and practise them . .just like "akwa" which could either go for "a bed" or "an egg" or even the verb "to cry" , depending on the pronounciation

because of the different dialects of igbo, there are nuances.

for the word "akwa", we use what we call "Udaolu" to differentiate the different meanings of the same word since Igbo is a tonal language.

Finally, Mu nwa isi agbo ncha? 

agaghi ekworo maka mgbagbu ghara iga agha

we shall not avoid enlistment in the military in a war time because of the fear of death.

@topic

ọkụkọ siri n'ala felie bere na mkpumkpu aja, n'ala ka ọ ka nọkwa.

The chicken that flew up from the ground to the short wall is still on the ground

am enlighted with all this proverb.

Onye aka ru ayi la nna o bi dukara guru.- how ever that ve money should Bary father is not the firstson that kill him.

o gi ihe nwata wale aka elo aka giya owedatya.-he that hold a child item up when it is time it most surely come down.

@everyone
una dey try for this igbo proverb thing oooo. ji sie nu ike

@offtopic

For those interested in learning/improving their Igbo, there is this yahoo groups dedicated to Igbo studies:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/uwandiigbo/

jo-z:

@everyone
una dey try for this igbo proverb thing oooo. ji sie nu ike

Obu ife anyi na-emelu onwe anyi

Where are you in Texas? I'm in Fort Worth

@echelon
am inn houston

jo-z:

@echelon
am inn houston

Could you give me your cell? I'll give you a buzz if I breeze into houston. Could be coming there for a jazz concert at the Verizon theater.

My email:echelon@engineer.com

_{i think i'm getting interested}

@echelon
u think u getting interested in what?

jo-z:

@echelon
u think u getting interested in what?

I'm interested in meeting you. is it ok by you?

@topic
Okuku anaghi echezo onye foro ya odu n'udummiri

The fowl does not forget who removed its tail feathers in the rainy season

_{this reminds me of the song: shake ya tail feathers}

@jo-z

heheheheheeeeeeeeeeeee. . . . . ha abiakwala o. heheheheeeeeeeeeeeee nke a, a na, ana gi number gi. . . . . heheheheeeeeeeeeee

@echelon,
enyi a, biko hapuru m nwa ahu. o gini n'emedi gi self

ndi igbo mma mma nuoo!

toshmann:

@jo-z

heheheheheeeeeeeeeeeee. . . . . ha abiakwala o. heheheheeeeeeeeeeeee nke a, a na, ana gi number gi. . . . . heheheheeeeeeeeeee

@echelon,
enyi a, biko hapuru m nwa ahu. o gini n'emedi gi self

@toshmann
Hapuru gi nwa ahu aka? Nke na i bu di ya ka obu enyi ya nwoke? Agbara aka na-azo ala, onye ji ji ana akonye akonye

Can you translate that?

echelon:

@toshmann
Hapuru gi nwa ahu aka? Nke na i bu di ya ka obu enyi ya nwoke? Agbara aka na-azo ala, onye ji ji ana akonye akonye

Can you translate that?

translation ya bu. . . . . hapurum nwa ahu o gini n'emedi gi sef o maka ino texasi mere agaghi m anuru gi nti hapuru m nwa ahu o, otherwise nairalandi ga anu olu mu na gi taa. heeeee m

toshmann:

translation ya bu. . . . . hapurum nwa ahu o gini n'emedi gi sef o maka ino texasi mere agaghi m anuru gi nti hapuru m nwa ahu o, otherwise nairalandi ga anu olu mu na gi taa. heeeee m

Don't Mess With Texas! = Anwala texasi

bia nwoke m, jee juo ase m, ihe a wu ihe mere m ji gbuo mmadu na calabar n'afor 1912, o bu kwaya mere m ji gbajie mmadu olu na jos, n'afor 1831.o mekwara m ji gaa prison n'afor 1909, so i ga e-cool-u down before toshmann nwa mama, agbusi gbara otele 1, anu ana agba egbe o n'acho condom, eju n'efe n'elu 1, emebinaaa gi ebe a taa

nke a anoghikwa na anwala texasi

though im hausa by tribe,i wil also give my shot 4rm da igbo land.

a lizard dat falls 4rm an iroko tree is always proud of itself when no one has ever done it.

a child at da back of its mother does not know da distance of their journey

wen a man bends down 2 look at another man's ass,he doesn't know dat his is open 2 da world.

a man is only sucessful if he can afford more than his wife can spend.

@ibrahiem

Aboki na, yaya dai? antashi lafiya

@topic

Nwata na-ata akara na-ata ego ya
The child that is eating bean balls is eating his money

Ejighi akpata atufoo aba ogaranya
You don't get rich by wasting the resources you've gathered _{makes a whole lotta sense 2 me}

, and here's a long one

Mbe si na agha suu, ozogbue nwanyi di ime, O rue ka agha suru, onye ozo zogbue nwanyi di ime, emechaa aga kpuru mbe!
The tortoise said he will trample the pregnant woman to death at the onset of war, when the war started, another person trampled the woman to death, afterwards, the tortoise was arrested.

_{morale: mind ya tongue}

Quite an Interesting thread, actually i am glad someone had the initiative to start it up because i sure needed to learn most of these proverbs.
I am not quite versed with Igbo proverbs however I know for a fact that even though ha na si bekee bu agbara, ha amaghi na igbo bu nmuo.

@echelon
I agree with you that Jo-z na good looking girl,but how do you expect her to look forward to seeing you when she has no clue what you look like?_{except you don send am pic by email}