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| English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Sweetcollins: 3:57am On Aug 13, 2016 |
Engli-Igbo makeri nnukwu sense (IGbotic mixture) Just legodi: 1-->SENDiaram airtime 2-->HELPutum juo ya 3-->SITigodi down 4-->STANDigodi up 5-->SHIFTuoro m 6-->Ha eCLOSEzula the shop 7-->I na eDISTURB m biko or eDISTURBzilam biko 8-->CHECKie m in next five minutes 9-->I REACHie gi agwam 10-->Achorom I ENTERgodi bike 11-->Ihe I na eSPEAKi sef 12-->akam na eTHINKi ya 13-->A dim BUSY kita, a gam aCALLugi back 14-->after anyi eDISCUSSuo ya 15-->eGIVEkwana up 16-->TAKEie time gi 17-->chere kam PARKia motor m 18-->achorom iga WATCHia match 19-->SETTLuom biko 20-->STARTia the gen ADDia your own Lolz 46 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Lanretoye(m): 4:02am On Aug 13, 2016 |
even as a yourba boy i try to say those words in igbo dialect...infact odikwa very very funny. 14 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by hakunajay(m): 4:12am On Aug 13, 2016 |
It's called engligbo or Ingili-igbo 7 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Mrbigman1(m): 5:51am On Aug 13, 2016 |
No 11 alone got me lmao. Kam je MARKia ya. Adirom aUNDERSTANDigodi gi Bia, SHIFTigodirim But funny enough, some word like busy can't be translated. I Stand to be corrected sha. |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by falcon01: 6:01am On Aug 13, 2016 |
every language does that it's called. ingausa in Hausa. |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Sabadon(m): 6:21am On Aug 13, 2016 |
engiligbo,I so love naija despite d flaw.....from badosneh kind of slang in d west to d phyno slang in d west,abi na d waffi slangs in d south,den d aboki English where he wud b referring to himself as you "eg I say I go kill me?" 1 Like |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by 13regular: 6:55am On Aug 13, 2016 |
"I'm busy" E jim oru n'aka Mrbigman1: 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Frank3n2(m): 6:58am On Aug 13, 2016 |
issokay.. |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Mrbigman1(m): 6:59am On Aug 13, 2016 |
13regular: Nice one adaigbo 1 Like |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Daniel058(m): 7:43am On Aug 13, 2016 |
ePHOTOSHOPkwana Oshomole ozo  4 Likes |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by lyriclekidd(m): 8:07am On Aug 13, 2016 |
aFUCK ngi wife nne..ahahah |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by kulbethrand(m): 8:25am On Aug 13, 2016 |
5 Likes |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Tallesty1(m): 9:10am On Aug 13, 2016 |
Ịkparie ndị igbo here e teachiem gị lesson. That's Engligbo not english. |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by DIFY20(f): 9:18am On Aug 13, 2016 |
Mrbigman1: busy is translated. like ejim ihe na aka kita |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by RichieDaVinci01(m): 9:26am On Aug 13, 2016 |
Hehehehehehe |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by dhardline(m): 9:46am On Aug 13, 2016 |
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| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by successnd(m): 9:58am On Aug 13, 2016 |
odikwa very risky |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Nobody: 11:54am On Aug 13, 2016 |
13regular: |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by martinz1: 12:11pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
| Im igbo but i didnt notice that before until now Even some of them i dont know the igbo words for it Eg SENdiaram recharge card, thats how i say my own 1 Like |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Dannidom(m): 12:58pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
MADAM tinyerem RICE AND BEANS THERE 1 Like |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by 13regular: 1:25pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
Transliteration! victorels post=48444996"I'm Holding work on my hand": |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by mjd2020(m): 1:43pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
aTOUCHikwana m ozo |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by jericco1(m): 1:47pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
a lovely combo |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by moonnstar(f): 2:10pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
E speak le kwe |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Maxcollins042(m): 2:25pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
Chai!.... O nwere ndi nuo ebea na-amaghi ede Igbo. Ndi ocha o kwa unu afugo ihe unu na-acause? 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Kenzico(m): 3:13pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
Maxcollins042: Ndi ocha chere na ha nwere sense!!! Ndi igbo jiri Asusu bekee were Gwokota ya n'igbo. O na-adi kwa uto na nti ma anyi na asukota ENGIRigbo etu a!!!! 1 Like |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by LadyH(f): 3:52pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
martinz1:I would say "ziteyelim recharge card tho". |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by onnenka: 4:01pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
Mrbigman1:All of them have meanings in Igbo. One of the most abused is "need" which is simply "tosiri" in Igbo, but instead of them to say "e tosiri", they will say "e neediri". Too bad. Lalasticlala this is an interesting thread. 2 Likes |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by onnenka: 4:05pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
Sweetcollins:You missed the most common of all. E neediri e ........fill in the blank space. Lalasticlala 2 Likes |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by kenigwe18: 4:07pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
Lol :DLol |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Daniel058(m): 4:10pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
oku di over nwanne www.nairaland.com/attachments/3837094_thunderfire_gif1123ad13b374ee26eb896576f518abf9 2 Likes |
| Re: English Words The Igbos Speak That Cannot Be Found In The Dictionary by Maxcollins042(m): 4:14pm On Aug 13, 2016 |
Kenzico: Nwanne Uche gi di ya. Ndi ocha amaghi na anaghi ata isi anyi ata.Anyi bu innovation na onwe ya  1 Like |
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