How to say the following words/phrases in Igbo:
- Thank you – Daalu or Imeelaย
2. How are you doing – Kedแปฅ or Kedแปฅ ka mere? Central dialect or Kedแปฅ ka แป melแปฅ? Northern dialect
3. Hello – Ndeรจwo or Kedแปฅ (how are things)
4. Sorry – Ndo
5. I love you – A hแปฅrแปฅ m gแป n’anyaย Central dialect or A fแปฅrแปฅ m gแป n’anya Northern dialect
6. Plantain:ย แปฬpแปrรฌmฤ
7. Table: Okpokoro (also tebulu, tebul)
8. How much: Ego ole? or Ego one?ย
9. Tomato:ย There is no Igbo word for Tomato. The fruit is not native to Nigeria, so it’s understandable why none of the three major ethnic groups has a word for it.ย
In Yoruba it’s tomati, and Hausa it’s tumatir.ย In fact, the word tomato fit’s nicely into Igbo phonetics so there’s a need to change the spelling.ย
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