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Igbo Numerals 1 - 50
gụgụ Igbo na-aga na iri na iri dịka n'okwu bekee. IRI bụ 10. IRI ABỤỌ bụ 10 + 10 m'obụ 10 x 2, etc. Onye ọbụla nwee ike ịguru na ire, ga enwe ike iguru na Nari(100). Ị guruo iri, ibido tinyewe ya otu, abụọ, atọ...ituolu/itenani dika na Bekee (10 + 1 bụ 11, 10 +2 bụ 12,...10 + 9 bụ 19). Ọnụ ọgụgụ ọzọ ma i rute itolu buzi iri abụọ (10 + 10).
If you can count in English, you can count in Igbo. All you do is to count up to 10 and start adding 1, 2, 3...to 9 to make 10 + 1 = 11 and 10 + 9 = 19. After 19, the next number will be 20 called Two tens (Iri abụọ). 30 is Three Tens or (Iri ato), etc
No |
Ime okwu n'igbo {sentences} |
0 efu
nọọtụ
Zero |
O nwere ihe efu n'ule
O nwelụ nọọtụ na nnene akwụkwọ
He/She scored a zero in the exam |
1 OTU
OFU
One
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Biko nye otu dọla
Biko, Nye m ofu dọla
Please, give me a dollar |
2 ABỤỌ
ỊBỤỌ
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Ụmụ aka "ABỤỌ"
Ụmụ ntakịlị "n'ỊBỤỌ"
Two infants |
3 ATỌ
ỊTỌ
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Lekwa Nwamba atọ
Nekwa Nwamba ịto
Look at three cats
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4 ANỌ
ỊNỌ
Four |
Ụmụ Nnụnụ "ANỌ" bere n'akala osisi
Ụmụ Nnụnụ "ỊNỌ" belụ n'akana osisi
Four birds are perched on tree branches
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5 ISE
ISE Five |
Nnụnụ ISE ndị a mara nma
Nnụnụ ISE ndị a maka
These five birds are beautiful
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6 ****** ISII
ISII
six |
Nne m na Nna m nwere Ụgbọ "ISII"
Nne m na Nna m nwelụ Ụgbọ "ISII"
My mother and father have six cars My parents have six cars
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7 ******* ASAA
ỊSAA
Seven
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Enwere m akwụkwọ "ASAA"
Enwelụ m akwụkwọ "ỊSAA"
I have seven books |
8 ******** ASATỌ
ISATỌ
Eight
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Enwere m uwe "ASATỌ"
Enwelụ afe "ISATỌ"
I have eight clothes
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9 ITOLU
ITENANỊ
Nine |
Nwanne m nwaanyị nwere akpụkpọ ụkwụ "ITOLU"
Nwanne m nwaanyị nwelụ alpụkpọ ụkwụ "ITENANỊ"
My sister has nine pairs of shoes
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10 ********** IRI
ILI
Ten |
Nne m biko nye m dọla "IRI"
Nne m biko nye m dọla "ILI"
My mother, please give me ten dollars
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11 ********** + 1 IRI NA OTU
ILI NA OFU
Eleven
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Ego nwanne m nwoke dị "IRI NA OTU"
Ego nwanne m nwoke dị "ILI NA OFU"
My brother's money is eleven
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12 ********** + 2 IRI NA ABỤỌ
ILI NA ỊBỤỌ
Twelve
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Ego nwanne m nwaanyị dị "IRI NA ABỤỌ"
Ego nwanne m nwaanyị dị "ILI NA ỊBỤỌ"
My sister's money is twelve
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13 ********** + 3 IRI NA ATỌ
ILI NA ỊTỌ
Thirteen |
Ji onye agbata obi anyị dị "IRI NA ATỌ"
Ji onye agbata obi anyị dị "ILI NA ỊTỌ"
Our neighbor's yams are thirteen
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14 ********** + 4 IRI NA ANỌ
ILI NA ỊNỌ
Fourteen |
Onye agbata obi anyị nwere ụlọ "IRI NA ANỌ"
Onye agbata obi anyị nwelụ ụnọ "ILI NA ỊNỌ"
Our neighbor has fourteen houses
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15 ********** + 5 IRI NA ISE
ILI NA ISE
Fifteen |
Nnanna m nwere ewu "IRI NA ISE"
Nna m oche nwelụ ewu "ILI NA ISE"
My grand father has fifteen goats
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16 ********** + 6 IRI NA ISII
ILI NA ISII
Sixteen |
Nnenne m nwere ụmụ nne "IRI NA ISII"
Nne m oche nwelụ ụmụ nne "ILI NA ISII"
My grand mother has sixteen siblings
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17 ********** + 7 IRI NA ASAA
ILI NA ỊSAA
Seventeen
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Nnanna m nwere ụmụ nwa nwa "IRI NA ASAA"
Nna m oche nwelụ ụmụ nwa nwa "ILI NA ỊSAA"
My grand father has seventeen grand chldren
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18 ********** + 8 IRI NA ASATỌ
ILI NA ỊSATỌ
Eighteen |
Ndị mụ na ha na-arụ ọrụ di "IRI NA ASATỌ"
Ndị mụ na fa na-alụ ọlụ dị "ILI NA ỊSATỌ"
My colleagues at work are eighteen My co-workers(People I work with) are eighteen in number
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19 ********** + 9 IRI NA ITOLU
ILI NA ITENANỊ
Ninteen |
Ụmụ kalasị mu dị "IRI NA ITOLU"
Ụmụ kalasị mu dị "ILI NA ITENANỊ"
My classmates are ninteen
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20 ********** +10 ********** 10 x 2 IRI ABỤỌ
ILI IBỤỌ
Twenty
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Nna m, biko nye m dọla "IRI ABỤỌ"
Nna m, biko nye m dọla "ILI IBỤỌ"
My father, please give me twenty dollars
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21 ********** +10 + 1 IRI ABỤỌ na OTU
ILI IBỤỌ na OFU
Twenty one |
Nwanne Nna m nwere ụmụ nwa nwa "IRI ABỤỌ na OTU"
Nwanne Nna m nwelụ ụmụ nwa nwa "ILI IBỤỌ na OFU"
My paternal uncle has twenty one grand children
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30 ********** +10 + 10 IRI ATỌ
ILI ATỌ
Thirty
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Nwanne nne m nwere Ọla aka "IRI ATỌ"
Nwanne nne m nwelụ Ọla aka "ILI ATỌ"
My maternal aunt has thirty wrist bands
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40 ********** +10 + 10 + 10 IRI ANỌ
ILI ỊNỌ
Forty
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Nwanne m nwaanƴị gbara afọ "IRI ANỌ" taa
Nwanne m nwanyị gbalụ afọ "ILI ỊNỌ" tata
My sister turned forty(40) years old today. |
50 ********** +10 + 10 + 10 + 10 IRI ISE
ILI ISE
Fifty |
Biko Nna m, nye m Naira "IRI ISE" m ji azụ akwukwọ
Biko Nna m, nye m Naira "ILI ISE" m ji egolu akwụkwọ
Please my father, give me fifty Naira to buy books.
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