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 |
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 |
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 |
FORMING SIMPLE SENTENCES
Nne m ga-abịa | My mother will come |
Nne gị ga-abịa | Your mother will come |
Ị nwere ụmụnne | Do you have siblings |
Ọ nwere ụmụaka | Does he/she have children |
Ee, enwere ụmụnne. Enwere m otu nwanne nwaanyị,
na nwanne nwoke abụọ. |
Yes, I have siblings.
I have one sister, and one brother. |
Mba, ọ nweghị ụmụaka, mana ọ lụrụ di. | No, she doesn’t have children, but she is married. |
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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