LEARN IGBO: Family members (+simple sentences)#11

FAMILY (EZINAỤLỌ ) IN IGBO

 

IGBO	ENGLISH
Mụ (mụa)	Me
Nne	Mother
Nna	Father
Nwa nwoke	Son
Nwa nwaànyị	Daughter
Nwanne nwoke	Brother
Nwanne nwaànyị	Sister
Dị	Husband
Nwunye	Wife

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Nnanna	Grandfather
Nnenne	Grandmother
Nwanne nne/ nwanne nna	Uncle/Aunt (lit. my mother/father’s sibling)
Nwa nwanne nne/nna	Cousin
Nwa nwanne	Niece/Nephew
Ọgọ	Inlaw
Nne di/nne nwunye	Mother inlaw

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IN CONJUGATION

Nne m	My mother
Nne gị	Your mother
Nne anyị	Our Mother
Nne ya	His/her/it’s mother
Nne ụnụ	Your (pl) mother
Nne ha	Their mother

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FORMING SIMPLE SENTENCES

Nne m ga-abịa	My mother will come
Nne gị ga-abịa	Your mother will come

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Ị nwere ụmụnne	Do you have siblings
Ọ nwere ụmụaka	Does he/she have children

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Ee, enwere ụmụnne. Enwere m otu nwanne nwaanyị, na nwanne nwoke abụọ.

Yes, I have siblings. I have one sister, and one brother.

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Mba, ọ nweghị ụmụaka, mana ọ lụrụ di.

No, she doesn’t have children, but she is married.

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VOCABULARY

mana – but

lụrụ  – to marry

ụmụaka – children

ụmụnne – siblings

Mba – no

Ee – Yes

E nwere/ O nwere – I have / She/He/It has

ga-abịa – will come (For simple verbs visit: LEARN IGBO: Simple sentences and verb conjugation #9   and LEARN IGBO: Common Verbs 1 (Imo and Anambra dialects) #4)

Otu – one (For numbers visit: LEARN IGBO: NUMBERS 1 – 20 (with audio) #3)

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