FAMILY (EZINAแปคLแป ) IN IGBO
| IGBO | ENGLISH |
| Mแปฅ (mแปฅa) | Me |
| Nne | Mother |
| Nna | Father |
| Nwa nwoke | Son |
| Nwa nwaร nyแป | Daughter |
| Nwanne nwoke | Brother |
| Nwanne nwaร nyแป | Sister |
| Dแป | 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 |
| แปgแปย | Inlaw |
| Nne di/nne nwunye | Mother inlaw |
IN CONJUGATION
| Nne m | My mother |
| Nne gแป | Your mother |
| Nne anyแป | Our Mother |
| Nne ya | His/her/it’s mother |
| Nne แปฅnแปฅ | Your (pl) mother |
| Nne ha | Their mother |
FORMING SIMPLE SENTENCES
| Nne m ga-abแปa | My mother will come |
| Nne gแป ga-abแปa | Your mother will come |
| แป nwere แปฅmแปฅnne | Do you have siblings |
| แป nwere แปฅmแปฅaka | Does he/she have children |
| Ee, enwere แปฅmแปฅnne. Enwere m otu nwanne nwaanyแป,
na nwanne nwoke abแปฅแป. |
Yes, I have siblings.
I have one sister, and one brother. |
| Mba, แป nweghแป แปฅmแปฅaka, mana แป lแปฅrแปฅ di. | No, she doesn’t have children, but she is married. |
VOCABULARY
mana – but
lแปฅrแปฅ ย – to marry
แปฅmแปฅaka – children
แปฅmแปฅnne – siblings
Mba – no
Ee – Yes
E nwere/ O nwere – I have / She/He/It has
ga-abแปa – will come (For simple verbs visit: LEARN IGBO: Simple sentences and verb conjugation #9ย ย and LEARN IGBO: Common Verbs 1 (Imo and Anambra dialects) #4)
Otu – one (For numbers visit:ย LEARN IGBO: NUMBERS 1 โ 20 (with audio) #3)
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