Lie, Were, Ego = Igbo Words/ Lie, Were, Ego= English words. Ya kpọtụba!

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Abraham Madu

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Jun 25, 2024, 1:44:43 AMJun 25
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Igbo          English

Lie             Lie

 

Were       Were

 

Ego         Ego

 

Lie ozu.

Is a  lie.

Ego agw.

He has big ego.

Were nkea rie m ego.

His eyes were blazing.

Ya kptba!

Ya gazie.

m nne Abrahamụọg Aṅụsobi Mad.


femi Olajide

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Jun 25, 2024, 4:17:12 AMJun 25
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Abraham Ho!Ha!

This shows that the Igbos had limited vocabulary before the advent of the British venture into Igboland.
Igbos adopted those and many other words in their language from the British.

Regards,

Femi Olajide

On Tuesday 25 June 2024 at 06:44:33 GMT+1, 'Abraham Madu' via ||NaijaObserver|| <naijao...@googlegroups.com> wrote:


Igbo          English

Lie             Lie

 

Were       Were

 

Ego         Ego

 

Lie ozu.

Is a  lie.

Ego agw.

He has bigego.

Were nkea rie m ego.

His eyeswere blazing.

Ya kptba!

Ya gazie.

m nne Abrahamụọg Aṅụsobi Mad.


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Abraham Madu

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Femi Olajide:

This is Ego ayr na okwu Igbo.

Nd Igbo ji egoayr az aha.

Nd Igbo ji egoayr al nwany.

Egoayr d tupu Nd cha abata ala Igbo, kpm kwem!

Ya kptba!

Ya gazie.

m nne Abrahamụọg Aṅụsobi Mad.

Abraham Madu

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Jun 25, 2024, 10:10:53 PMJun 25
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Femi Olajide has a big ego.

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