Showing posts with label sayings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sayings. Show all posts

Monday, 6 June 2016

Do You Want Some Igbo Sayings

If you like the Igbo Language, or you are interested in learning the Igbo Language, I have some Igbo sayings for you. 


Here they are:
 
 
"Onye ocha nna ya di ojiii" = Mixed race.
 
"Ndi ochi, ndi na akwa" = Some are rejoicing, some are mourning.
 
"Ndi oke ochicho" = Greedy people.
 
"Oke nnoko na ebute oke mkpali" = Familiarity breeds contempt.
 
"Ka ima nkea, ima nke ozo?  Ma g'asi kwana na gi amana si wo" = You know this, do you know the other one?  But don't say you know it all.
 
"Okwu agwalu ashawo nwelu laa ya" = Unbelievable words.
 
"Iti mpata ka" = A person who would rather play than study.
 
"Iti bolibooo" = A person who would rather sneer than study.
 
"Mgbe ana ama njakili ka ana ekwu eziokwu" = When people gather to tease themselves, that's when they talk the truth.
 
"Eziokwu bu ndu" = Truth is life.
 
"Ndi nfo nfoju akpa" = The people who have extra luggage and baggage.
 
"Eziokwu ga emesi puta ife" = Truth will later come out in daylight.
 
"Ukpana Okpoko gburu, nti chiri ya" = Grasshopper animal kill, ear blocked it.
 
"Ukwa ruo oge ya, o daaa" = Breadfruit reaches its time, it falls.