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| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:14am On Feb 27, 2008 |
ifyalways: Amaghikwa m na obughi nani m kala nka n'ala ooo  |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 9:36am On Feb 28, 2008 |
youngies: ", Anya mmiri ekweghi ya kporue ya n'isi"  Chai, mgbe ezi ka di n'ukwu ukwa; mgbe mbe ka bu okorobia.@topic, Ala adighi echere elu aka mgba n'ibu aso the land does not engage the sky in spitting contest (remember gravity?) Agbusi gbaa ala, ya na onye aburu nwanne? If the ant stings the ground, their brotherhood will be severed Ara na obi adighi ese okwu the breast and the chest cannot be enemies Uche be akpa, onye obuna nya nke ya the mind is like a bag, everybody carries his own Onye n'amaghi ebe mmiri si mawa ya adighi ama ebe o kwusiri he who does not know where the rain started beating him does not know where it stopped Ihe nkwo muru gan'eburiri okuko the offspring of a hawk must be feeding on chickens Okuko bia ebe o namaghi ala, o were ofu ukwu wee kwuru if a fowl comes to a strange land, it stands with one leg O na abu atuo onye ike ahia, o rie uru, rie isi ahia if a tyrant is entrusted with abusiness, he misappropriates the capital and interest/proceed/gain. Nwoke nwanyi na afuru opi n'eji azu awula be mmuo a man that dances to a womans tunes is doomed for destruction (no offense to the ladies pls) Akwa okuko tiwaa aki, ihere emee nkume if the egg breaks palm karnel, the stone will be ashamed Okwute ria elu, egwu ejide ite owoko (that is my native name for earthen pot) if the stone climbs up, the earthen pots shiver in fear (you know why). 1 Like |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 12:11pm On Feb 28, 2008 |
deeje! deeje!! deeje!!! O ka o siri mee! |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 10:42am On Feb 29, 2008 |
youngies:. . . .gi na onyekwanu?heheeee okwa nani gi kara oooooh aka m bukwa sweet sixteen  old baby pancake anaghi aka nka buko.  @Kashiff,idi egwu na ilu.ya gazie. @Echebobo,ya gazie dede. @topic,eriri ma ngwugwu,ngwugwu ma onye kere ya. |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:01am On Feb 29, 2008 |
ifyalways: The highlighted word affirms otherwise Ify don't worry, a huru m na iche anaghizi ada ebe aturu ya Things are no longer as they used to be |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by buzzgonz(m): 11:04am On Feb 29, 2008 |
Hailings! Igbo Knewu!! |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 5:51pm On Feb 29, 2008 |
youngies:youngiesssssssssssss hapi weekend.hapukwam aka biko,o na agadi nwanyi babi anoghi na ulo unu ? @topic,ikuku kue,ahu ike okuko anya |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:17am On Mar 03, 2008 |
Ify ndu agadi nwanyi babi ga adi oooh Ejighi eyo ekiri ihe agba n'aka You don't need a mirror to see what you are wearing on your hand |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Mortiple(m): 3:20pm On Mar 03, 2008 |
Ndigbo mma mma nu! Oso nwanyi isinkpe soro ya na odu ezi (meaning: any man who has resolved never to marry a widow must avoid visiting her at night for moonlighting). Ozu si we isi, enyi ka nwanne agbalaga (When corpse starts to decay, even the closest friends of the deceased would flee). Igbo, biri nu! |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 6:08pm On Mar 03, 2008 |
Mortiple:ilu a na nkowa ya ekweghim nghota biko.uburu eke m needs to be helped here. oso:onye na aso nwanyi isi nkpe:agadu/ajadu soro ya  kweghim nghota  na odu ezi:a pigs tail ka o bu gini @topic,oji ihe nwata welie aka ya elu,mgbe aka jiri ya,o wetue ya. youngies,ekwe m na isi |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 6:14pm On Mar 03, 2008 |
Daalu soo @Ify, O buru na okweghi gi ghota, lee anya na ntughari ya na bekee Ilu Igbo Chi nwa ogbenye anaghi efo ofuma The day does not dawn well for the poor Itu agwa na-adi mma ma o buru eke turu ya Spotted patterns look better on the python's skin Onye buru ibu n'isi matara otu o siri di aro He that is carrying the load on the head know how heavy it is Enebe eze anya n'onu o di ka o nughi ara nne ya Looking at the king's mouth, it looks as if he did not suckle the mother Ngwere kwuru na ihe di oku anaghi ano odu n'ire The lizard said that a hot thing does not stay long on the tongue Agbogho choro ihu ebe alugene ya ruru, isi akpoo ya n'ala Biko nyerenu m aka tugharia nke ikpeazu na bekee, amaghi m ya. BTW akwukwo igbo m na-agu agwugwo ugbu a. Kedu ihe m ga-eme? |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 6:47pm On Mar 03, 2008 |
@youngies a hotara m ntughari ya na bekke mana yet o kweghim nghota ma o bu okwukwu na igbo.i cant speak/say it in igbo. o m choro itukwanu d ilu,how do i do? |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Mortiple(m): 11:42am On Mar 05, 2008 |
ifyalways: Ify nne, kam kowa ilu a ofuma (let me explain it properly) Onye obula na atu egwu ilu nwayi isinkpe (whoever dreads getting married to a widow), kwesiri isoo nnuko ya na nwayi isinkpe na odu ezii (must avoid moonlighting with her). In Igbo (may be in my dialect) Isinkpe - widow odu ezii - moonlight This is another one: Otele mara mma iji egbu opi, kama na enweyi ebe aga ejide aka mana egbu ya (the anus would have been a good instrument for fluting, unfortunately there is no where to hold, to make this achievable). |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 12:07pm On Mar 05, 2008 |
echelon: Echelon, ilu gi nkea bukwanu ahu anyuru n'elu gbara mu be ijiji ghari. Isi ekwere wee kwaa okpu no na ya bu okwu ahu bu 'alugene' . Agbanyeghi na obu mkpa akwukwo ka dibia ji aka ibe ya, mmiri a juru awo onu. Biko tapia okwu ahu na Igbo izugbe nwa nna. Igbo kachaa nu! |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 12:28pm On Mar 05, 2008 |
'alugene' - Nna amaghi m ihe okwu a putara. Amaghi m olu ndi o bu; n'akwukwo Igbo m na-agu ka m huru ya. Onye mara ya gwa anyi ooo |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Mortiple(m): 3:05pm On Mar 05, 2008 |
Akwuna kawa nka, ya eyiwe akwa (uwe) ocha, ndi mmadu asi na obu owu mmiri (when age begins to catch up with a harlot, she would form the habit of wearing white clothes, and the public would say that she is being disturbed by marine spirit). |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 6:02pm On Mar 05, 2008 |
@mortiple dalu nwanna.a hotara m ya ugbua. @echelon na alugene ya . . . . o mu nwa ya?alugene might be ike nwanyi ji anyu amiri  hehehheeeeeeeeeeeee na nti ifeoma,it sounds like that igbo nmanma nu |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 6:25pm On Mar 05, 2008 |
Ndu mmiri, ndu azu!! The celebration of the 50th anniversary of Things Fall Apart, a novel written by Nwa afo Igbo - Prof. Chinua Achebe is on. At age 77, Chinua Achebe is living in grace and in exile, housed in a cottage built just for him on the campus of Bard College, lonely for his Ogidi country home and the people for whom his stories have been written. Let all who can; salute him and wish him well also. |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 6:36pm On Mar 05, 2008 |
Let us not forget that na. . . mma onye ji ka oji ana aka the sword you have is the one you greet your peers with. |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 7:16pm On Mar 05, 2008 |
youngies:youngies kwanum more abt him. gini mere o jiri noro on exile ? |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 9:16am On Mar 06, 2008 |
ifyalways: Ify, I bu nwa afo! I meela dika ikenga. I nwara ya; nwatakwanu ya - that is the closest! Ndewo. Odi onye obula nwere mgbagha, ya gbaghaa ya ka anyi hu. ifyalways: Akwodoro m ajuju a (Seconded) |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:07am On Mar 06, 2008 |
ifyalways: In 1990, Achebe was severely injured in a car accident in Nigeria that left him paralyzed from the waist down. That year he came to Bard at the invitation of its president, Leon Botstein, to continue his recuperation, and he has stayed, living in exile from his homeland. (Remember most intellectuals were in exile because of the military juanta - IBB) In 1999 he returned to his village for an extended festival in his honor. "I couldn't do anything else, except receive people," he says. But more recently, his protests against government corruption in Nigeria have made him unwelcome there. After years of dignified but forthright objections to Nigeria's often-tyrannical rulers, in 2004 he declined the high Nigerian honor of Commander of the Federal Republic. Excerpts of his rejection letter: "I write this letter with a very heavy heart. For some time now I have watched events in Nigeria with alarm and dismay. I have watched particularly the chaos in my own state of Anambra where a small clique of renegades, openly boasting its connections in high places, seems determined to turn my homeland into a bankrupt and lawless fiefdom. I am appalled by the brazenness of this clique and the silence, if not connivance, of the Presidency. Forty three years ago, at the first anniversary of Nigeria’s independence I was given the first Nigerian National Trophy for Literature. In 1979, I received two further honors – the Nigerian National Order of Merit and the Order of the Federal Republic – and in 1999 the first National Creativity Award. I accepted all these honors fully aware that Nigeria was not perfect; but I had a strong belief that we would outgrow our shortcomings under leaders committed to uniting our diverse peoples. Nigeria’s condition today under your watch is, however, too dangerous for silence. I must register my disappointment and protest by declining to accept the high honor awarded me in the 2004 Honors List." So in respect to the above letter he said, "That has changed everything for me," he says. "I can't simply get on a plane and return home." The idea that he will be a permanent expatriate clearly saddens him. It angers him, too. Nigeria is a study in wasted opportunity and promise, he contends. "Nigeria should not be a third-world country, at this stage," he says. "It is very lucky in human and material resources. So to see it going to waste is very annoying Ify I hope I was able to give you some clue  |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 1:30pm On Mar 06, 2008 |
Chai! Obi agbawaala m! Mazi Achebe bu nwa afo maara nto n'ala obodo anyi bu Naijiria. Mana k'osina di, adighi awufu nwata na mmiri eji wee saa ya ahu. Ya mata na ikuku mgbanwe ekuwela n'ala anyi ugbua. Otee aka odi njo, odi mma.  Youngie, ndewo maka oke ntunye gi a. Dalu. |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 5:44pm On Mar 06, 2008 |
ifyalways: I think so too. In which case the proverb makes sense. Ndi be anyi ano m n'uko ilu |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 6:04pm On Mar 06, 2008 |
@youngies i kara i hapukwa i gwa m oooo chai obi a gbawala m otu o sila diri ya chetakwa na o nweghi ebe yiri ulo .he still remains one of us. ihe kacha ewutem bu na if you watch closely,ndi okenya anyi niile are getting old and fading and there seems to be none replacing or fitting in their shoes do we have young igbo writers?o buru na a cho Achebe,Tony Ubesie,T TAGBO,Ozoemena Nsugbe,Osadebe(of blessed memory),Mike Ejeagha,Oyeka Owuenu na ndi ozo ma ahughi ya ,hmmmmmn o nwere ndi ga anochi ya at all anyway,o ga adi nma.o nwa mgbe nta,mmegbu ndi igbo ga ebi @kashiff hehehehehheeh a ga emekwanu olia ? @echelon,i kporo utaba ole nke bu kwa na ilu gbara gi nchefu? igbo ndi oma,ndu mmiri ndu azu |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 10:40am On Mar 07, 2008 |
Udo diri umu Igbo! ifyalways: Ify weep not for ndi Igbo for we are made from a special stock. It gladdens my heart to know that there are so many Igbo sons and daughters who are already stepping into the big shoes left behind by these our aged and dead heros. Young igbo writers like: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Half of a Yellow Sun ) have already won the Orange Broadband Prize. Mr. Dulue Mbachu is also emerging as a strong force. In the music scene, I need not remind you of folks like: the famed Peter & Paul Okoye (P square), Faze, Sunny Bobo, NaggaRaw, Ikechukwu e.t.c We shall overcome!! |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 5:37pm On Mar 07, 2008 |
ok ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh mana cherekwa so i masi sonny bobo ? egwu ndi ugwu ngwo PLC. o di nma,Chukwu goziri anyi,no 2 ways abt it. @topic,gidigidi bu ugwu eze meaning gidigidi . . . . . |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Mortiple(m): 5:42pm On Mar 07, 2008 |
youngies: Nwanna Youngies, Ndia ikporo aha adiyi eti egwu Igbo di ka ndi Ify kporo aha (different genres of music). Ify na ekwu ndi na eti egwu Igbo kpomkwem! Ndi nile ikporo aha na eti egwu ndi beke (they all play western influenced music except Sunny Bobo). Ify na ekwu maka ndi na eti egwu (not singers - who can't play any musical instrument except MICROPHONE). Ochiedike dika - Celestine Ukwu (RIP), Celestine Obiakor, Ali Chukwuma, Paulson Kanu, Bright Chimezie, Oriental Brothers, Peacock Int'l Guitar Band, Ederi Olariche, Imo Brothers, Orlu Brothers, Skylak Guitar Band (Dan Orji), Captain Mudi Ibe, Joe Nez, Ikenga Superstars, Nelly Uchendu, Area Scatter, na ndi ozo. Ndi na eti egwu ugbua na deceive onwefa in the name of Gospel. Onye obula na acho ego! http://www.radiopalmwine.com/radio/igbo Ndewo nu! |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 9:08pm On Mar 07, 2008 |
@mortiple  dalu.i kwuru obi m kpomkwemotu osi di now,e nwere ike mgbe mmdau ga eji alu di,a gahizi afu ndi egwu osankwa and co,ya aforzia so disco na ajasco  o dim nwute,e nweghim ezigbo olu i for don go try now lekwa umu anyi,they might not get to hear any igbo highlife,egwu mere ndi igbo ji di iche.anyway o ga adi nma.talking of sonny bobo,o nwere otu nwa amadi obu,o na aza saro wiwa(a mahgi m his reasons) egwu ya di uto too. |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 9:52pm On Mar 08, 2008 |
youngies,echelon,kashiff,mortiple na ndi niile na atuputa ilu igbo,weekend oma nu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tix6puv8BHo&feature=related @topic,a nyuko amiri onu,o gba ofufu. |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 12:04pm On Mar 10, 2008 |
Onye guru nwa ya nwanyi aha oma guru ya di ga-alu ya He that gives his daughter a good name gave the name to her fiance Ka a bia, Ka a bia mere awo epughi odu Procrastination made the toad not to have a tail Nze na-amaghi okwu siri na ibe ya ekwuchaala ihe ya gaara ikwu An elder that does not know what to contribute says that others have said his mind powerful week ahead |
| Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Mortiple(m): 2:45pm On Mar 10, 2008 |
@Echelon Nwanna, Ilu ndia kagara akaga! Jisie ike @Ifyalways ifyalways: Ify nwanyi oma, Sunny Bobo na agba mbo kama obu egwu ndiozo ka ona eti (copycat). Saro Wiwa na agba mbo kama amayim ihe mere oji zaa aha onye iro Ndigbo (Ken Saro Wiwa - an enemy of Ndigbo). Enwerem ofu egwu ahu otiri abua - 2 Audio CDs. Kedu maka Eluigwe Ugorji - Uwa to uto fufu (the world is sweet and bitter) My favourite! Kedu kwanu maka Chima Ekeh - Obaraeze (i.e. the wealthy one) - also fantastic! Dr. Sir Foreigner so kwaa biri. Egwu ndia ka ana akpo EGWU BONGO! (The Music of Owerri people and sorrounding towns). Ify nwada, ekelem gi ozo kwa! |
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