Socializing Words/Pictures

Igbo & English

1

Kedụ?

kedu?

  How?

Kedụ ka i di?

Kedụ ka ị dị?

How are you?

2

Gini bụ aha gi?

 Gini bụ afa gi?

What is your name?

   Aha m bụ Nnamdi

   Afa m bụ Nnamdị

My name is Nnamdi

3

 Aha m bụ Afọ

Afa m bụ Afọ

My name is Afọ

Obi di mụtọ, imata

onye ibụ

Obi di uso, imata

onye ibụ

I am glad to  know you

4

Izute gi

Meeting you

Obi di m ụtọ, izute gị

 Obi di m ụsọ, izute gị

It is nice meeting you

I am happy meeting you

5

Ebe ole ka isi?

  Ebe one ka isi?

 Where are from?

Esi m Ovim, Isuikwuatọ,

Abia State, Nijiria

I am from Ovim,

Isuikwuatọ,

Abịa  State, Nigeria

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   A bụ m onye Ovim,

Isuikwuato

I am somebody

from Ovim

6

Afọ ole ka I di?

Arọ one ka I di?

 How old are you?

A di m ohu afo na iri

 A dị m oru arọ na ili

I am thirty(30) years old

7

Aj ụjụ (Question)

Ebe ole ka i gara

akwụkwọ?

Ebe one ka ijelụ akwụkwọ

Where did go to school?

Ọsisa (Response)

Ejere m akwukwo

n'ahamadum

Columbia, NY

Ejelụ m akwukwo

n' ahamadum Columbịa

I went to Columbia University, NY

8

Gini ka i gụrụ n'ulo akwukwo?

Gịnị ka ị gụlụ n'uno akwukwo?

What did you study?

A gụrụ m ibụ dibia bekee

A gụlụ m ibụ dokinta

I studied to be a doctor

dokinta=dibia beke=doctor

9

E be ka ị na-arụ ọrụ?

 Ebe ka ị na-alụ ọlụ?

  Where do you work at?

A na m arụ oru n’ụlọ

ọgwụ di

na Halem

A na m alu olu n'ụnọ

ọgwụ di na Halem

I work at Harlem

Hospital

10

iga ụlọ

  ịje ụnọ

Been home

Kedụ mgbe ikpe azụ 

ị gara ụlọ?

Kedu mgbe ikpe azụ

ị jere ụnọ?

When last did you

travel home?

11

Afọ atọ

  Arọ etọ

   Three Years

Afọ atọ gara aga

 Arọ etọ galụ aga

  Three years ago

12

Arirịọ

Ayịyịọ

Favor

Biko, Afọ, onwere arịrịọ

di m mkpa

Biko, Afo, onwelụ ayịyịọ

di m mkpa

Please Afọ, there is a

favor I want

13

Kpọọ m

 Kpọọ m

Call me

Kpọọ m, ka anyị kwuo maka ya

Kpọọ m,  ka anyi kwue maka nya

Call me, lets talkabout it

14

Ọpụpụ okorobịa na Agbọghọbịa

Ọpụpụ okolobịa na Agbọghọbịa

 Dating

Biko, ka anyị bido pụwa dika

Okorobia na agboghọbia

Biko, ka anyị bido pụwa dika

okolobịa na Agbọghọbịa

Please, let us start dating