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 |
| 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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