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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 4:41pm On Nov 22, 2007 |
echelon:hahahahha heheheheheheh ijiji ha ndi singing @youngies i see.olekwanu ebe i no?anyway anu gbala taa echi bu nta - you cant escape me forever, can you? |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 4:51pm On Nov 22, 2007 |
she has a seasoned mouth too ![]() ![]() |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 4:56pm On Nov 22, 2007 |
not just seasoned please but seasoned,sugared,curried and bittered lips ![]() echelon buko kwa i ike gi adighi m oooooo.i have had enough wahala from youngies buko agbusi gba otele o muru ako-----cant experience the same thing twice buko ! |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 5:02pm On Nov 22, 2007 |
o na-azaghachi ngwa ngwa too unmatched |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 5:13pm On Nov 22, 2007 |
ndi forum gbaghara m, m ga-ebido debekwara unu ilu n'oge na-adighi anya |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 5:29pm On Nov 22, 2007 |
hahhaahhahh hheehehehehehh hhahaahahah heheheehehhe ![]() ![]() ![]() now eziokwu aputala ihe! so o na akwukwo ka i si aguputa ma na edekwa iluilu gi? ehen akwukwo ahu a dokala i bia na akoro anyi mbe agaba here ![]() mr man go and have seat buko.onye juru gi sef?ikpe ekpela onwe ya.hahahahahahahh ikuku kue,ahu ike okuko----akwukwo dokaa ahu ike echelon ![]() |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 7:10am On Nov 23, 2007 |
Ifyalways nke a bu nke gi Ndi Okenye si na ike umu nwanyi bu n'onu, nke umu nwoke bu n'okpukpu aka ![]() Our elders say that the strength of women is in their tongue, that of men is in their muscles |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 12:29pm On Nov 23, 2007 |
Biko nu let everybody wetuo obi, osondi owendi ka anyi no na threadia |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 3:30pm On Nov 23, 2007 |
youngies:onye nkusi cathchesim ole ndi o na so ugbua?ole ndi o na enwe? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() echelon:ooooh thank heavens na i kwetere na umu nwanyi siri ike at all. ![]() ndi igbo gud day ![]() |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 4:01pm On Nov 23, 2007 |
Hmmmmm, cathchesim, such a long time I 've heard that word. ![]() Nsogbu adighi, ka m were ya na obu ihe rachara ofe lokwara utara |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 4:50pm On Nov 23, 2007 |
Ify, ebe o bu na i chetaghi ilu i ga-eji wee kwado onwe gi, ka m nyere gi aka, Ndi okenye siri umu nwanyi jee ogu, ha wee jee gbuo mmadu iri abuo, ha lota ajuo ha ka agha si wee di, ha si na ha emeghi ihe o bula, asikwazia umu nwoke ha jee, he wee jee wee gbuta naani otu isi, ha lota ajuo ha ka agha si wee di, ha si na ha na ogu na-eme! Ndi okenye wee kpebie na o bu naani umunwoke ga na-eje agha ka mmadu wee ghara i gwuu The elders told the female folk to go to war, they went and killed twenty people and returned. When asked how the war went, they said they have not even done anything yet. The elders then asked the male folk to go to war, they went and came back with only one head. When asked how the war went, they reported that the war was very serious. That day, the elders ruled that only the men folk will always go to war so that the human generation shall not be killed off. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 5:01pm On Nov 23, 2007 |
This appears to be more of akuko ifo than ilu. ![]() |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 5:12pm On Nov 23, 2007 |
I thought so too when I saw it the first time. But it said: A na-atu ilu si na, |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 5:14pm On Nov 23, 2007 |
youngies:akuko ifo kee?you just glorified it infact i yibere d thing afe christmass.to me the thing yiri 'tales by moonlight' or better still akuko e ji achu agadi nwanyi ura ![]() ![]() ![]() echelon i gbaliela mana akuko gi a emena ura abia m na anya.lol.echi m ga echeta ilu and not mbe agaba,ajambele ! m ga eji support ihe m kwuru na mbu ka chi foo nu.happy weekend all. ![]() |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by presido1: 10:17pm On Nov 23, 2007 |
Ndi na amaghi ilu atu ha na akpaghari emeki noise. Anyway asi na nkita na agbo uja anaghi ata ara. Ndi igbo si kwa na agadi nwanyi jaaa mpara sometin ala na ibee na ibee. Nwoke nnewi were si, ife kwuru o'kwu debe. Ka chi foo nu. Asighi ozu ga eji ala ekwochile. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 10:21am On Nov 28, 2007 |
presido1: ![]() ![]() |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 2:14pm On Nov 28, 2007 |
presido1:bukonu o kwa ilu ka anyi na tu here o bughi akuko ifo . ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() youngies:youngies i kporo ya ilu?na waoooo u oooo.ihe a simply ogwu ura.ngwa oye turu ya bia kowachiate ya now ![]() agadi nwanti daa ada ugboro ato,o guooo ihe o bu na ukpo onu meaning when when falls at same place thrice,he has to look inwards for the solution. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 3:40pm On Nov 28, 2007 |
ifyalways: Biko iwe gi adina oku, makana ima na ugani na echi nti - poverty can also cause hearing problem |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by presido1: 3:43pm On Nov 28, 2007 |
ifyalways:abeg kowaa the second ilu sharp sharp. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 3:54pm On Nov 29, 2007 |
presido1: I'm translating this not because u said so, but because of those who are anxious of understanding our proverbs that is. Ndi igbo si kwa na agadi nwanyi jaaa mpara sometin ala na ibee na ibee. Our people says that when an old woman spreads her legs wide, her sometin will be in lobes |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by presido1: 5:12pm On Nov 29, 2007 |
youngies:nwunne biko ele nke bu lobes. odika iwu wole sheyinka. the lobe i know has to do with the ear. mana nke osi na adi i gbali gele. igbo si kwa na ahu di nwa okuko mma ya na atisari onwe ya. presido na ekele gi. Ji de nke iji, maka na onye asi jide nke oji nke oji amaka. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 5:20pm On Nov 29, 2007 |
buko presido i tuwa ilu gi a na edeghi akwukwo ma ya forozia inwe meaning i dikwa reaady to kowachiate . lobes abughi ihe ilu ndi mmai gi ahu putara,ngwa gini ka o bu now? ilu ndi ogogoro na anwuru. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by presido1: 5:23pm On Nov 29, 2007 |
obu mu dere lobes ka obu youngies? chei odika that guy nyere gi overdoes this afternun you know what i mean. isi m kowara gi mara kwa na ego ejiri luoo mma gi ga kwa efu erie. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 5:33pm On Nov 29, 2007 |
presido1:nke m di iche bu ajo afo.ibe gi ha ndi anya ha di clear and not intoxicated by something na aba na anya na eme ya tua ilu ha akowaaaaaaaa,whyi naghi akowa your own?ole onye i mere employ to kowala your outdated ilu sef? |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by presido1: 5:47pm On Nov 29, 2007 |
ifyalways:that bolded part makes it difficult for young generations like you. Let me tell u one story. Ofu nwata like you gara village ha na oge xmas, na family meeting ya hu ka ndi okeye si na ekwu okwu na ilu na ilu, the following day ya were akwukwo na HB pencil ga na nke ofu na ime ndi okeye ahu kpoo the old man DEDE (as they use to call old people) the man aza ya, ya si the man na ochoro i muta ote esi atu ilu. the man akwasaa akpiri(cough) kpoo ya yeeta(as dey address small pikin) ya aza ya back. Ya asi na obu i he ilu mee atoo ilu. The boy was waiting when the old man will tell him ok start writing it down not knowing that the man has started letting out the ilu as bolded above. Ya bia wuru ya. Ify onye nke m, obu kwa nu onye isi bu onye na amaghi ngbe ekere nku ukwa(bread fruit). i hope na ibughi one of them. Mana igbo na ekwu kwe na onye na amaghi ebe mmiri bidoro mawa ya amaghi ebe oga akwusi ima ya. Ndewoo. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 6:21pm On Nov 29, 2007 |
presido otu ilu na anaghi ekwe nkowa buko turu gawa ooooooo. ano m na nkirinkiri na ngere ngere. ![]() |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by presido1: 7:47pm On Nov 29, 2007 |
Ole nke na ekweghi nkowa? just ask youngies he/she might help. udo diri gi. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 10:34pm On Nov 29, 2007 |
o nweghi nke kwere nkowa buko.i choro iji ilu mere ochie a tugbu mmadu here.lol buko o kweghi m doo.ihe a bu ilu a turu during the war.a mubeghim mgbe ahu.i choro ima ma a mam atu ilu tuaaaaaaaaaaaaa current ilu buko.ilu ndi early 80s. ![]() ![]() ![]() youngies onye nkowa ilu over to you. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 1:44pm On Nov 30, 2007 |
ifyalways: I tupugoro nu ijiji onya, okwa ya nu? The wound has been opened for the house fly, abi? |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 2:40pm On Nov 30, 2007 |
presido1:o mu ga ha na aju? looks around and shakes head definitely it cant be me.lekwa onye kporo gi o kowa ilu here buko.udo diri gi ![]() ![]() ![]() presido biko,onye zako,ha kpoo.meaning he who sweeps should pack the dirts too. i tua ilu before d war gi ahu,be ready to kowachiate it. echelon o putara na i pachiii beghi akwukwo ilu igbo gi ahu dokara adoka ?lol ![]() ![]() |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 6:14pm On Dec 04, 2007 |
A si na Nwoke adighi ka o na-adi, o naghi eme ka o si eme If a man is not as he used to be, he does not do things as he used to o bu oru na ekweghi m ahu uzo ![]() |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 8:58pm On Dec 04, 2007 |
echelon:na uzo ozo,o buru na akwukwo ilu dokara adoka ekweghi mmachi with aso mmiri,e jiri gari kporo nku machie d thing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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