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 m ụtọ, i mata

onye i bụ

Obi di m uso, i mata

onye i bụ

 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 you 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

Ajụjụ (Question)

Ebe ole ka i gara

akwụkwọ?

Ebe one ka ijelụ akwụkwọ

Where did you go to school?

Ọsisa (Response)

Ejere m akwukwo

n'mahadum

Columbia, New York

Ejelụ m akwukwo

n' mahadum Columbịa, New York

I went to Columbia University, New York

8

Gini ka i gụrụ n'ulo akwukwo?

Gịnị ka ị gụlụ n'uno akwukwo?

What did you study?

A gụrụ m i bụ dibia bekee

A gụlụ m i bụ dokinta

I studied to be a Doctor

dokinta=dibia bekee=doctor

9

E bee ka ị na-arụ ọrụ?

 Ebee 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

  Ije 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 ya

Call me, lets talk about 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