New Words Flashcards
Pillow
Nhiwe
Kitchen
Useekwu
Big
Nnukwu
By
Site
Fridge
Igwe nju oyi
Enter
Banye e.g banye inmu ulo
Come in (when you’re inside and the person is outside)
Bata
Before
Tupu
Earrings
Iyerin nti
Insult/ disgrace
mkparị
Gun
egbe
I don’t like him/her (my heart doesn’t agree)
Obim a nabata ya
Progress
ọganiru ( I choro oganiru ya? ) you don’t want their progress?
Cassava
Osisi akpu
I’m fetching water
A nam echu mmiri
Birth mark
Ahụmarachi
I sent her/him on an errand
E zirim ya ozi
Ozi bu message na bekee
Is she around
O nno ya?
O noro ya
Farm
Ubi
Won/ win
Wee merie/ merie
Fasting
Ibu onu/ ibu nri
Disgrace
Mmebo
Big
Nnukwu e.g Nnukwu moto/ugboala (big car)
Small
Obere/ pe mpe
Eg Ṅwayi a pe mpe
O di obere
A proverb that means how are you
How did the python bask in the sun
Kedu ka Eke (python) si anyanwu?
You tried/ you’re trying
I bali noo/ i na bali
To be afraid
Tu ujọọ
E chem e da tu ujọọ (i thought you don’t get scared)
I na tu ujọọ (are you afraid?)
Hide
Izo ezo ( I ne zo ezo)? Are you hiding?
Echem i si, e de tu ujọọ, ki ki je ezo
Kiss me
Nyem ṅsusu
Sex
Mmekori/ dinaa (ha ne dinaa)
AC
Ntu oyi
Young man
Ikorobịa
Young lady
nwa agbọghọ
Chapter
Isi nke eg matiu isi nke iri abuo na ise (Mathew chapter 25)
I’m thirsty
Akpiri n’akpo m nkụ / akpiri kporo m nkụ
Akpiri ọ na akpọ gị nkụ (are you thirsty) ?
Throat bu akpịri
Salt and pepper
Nnu na ose
Under
N’okpuru
Nkịta nọ n’okpuru akwa = The dog is under the bed.
Inside
N’ime
Amaka bara n’ime ahịa
Behind
N’azu
Ewu no n’azu ulo
On top/ on/ above
N’elu
Oroma no n’elu oche (the orange is on the chair)
To sell
Ere
ana m ere uwe/akwa (I sell dresses or clothes)
Sold
Erere
erere m ya ugbua (I sold it now)
Steal
Izu oshi ( onye oshi) - thief
Izu ohi
E.g ezurum nrị Ada ( I stole Ada’s food)
Emeka siri na ya zuru nrị gi (Emeka said he stole your food)