presido1:

don't be suprise na otoro my elder brother
ok i'choro ilu ndi ajibota?

o nwere ike i gbara nnem ochie enyi sef
@Topic,e mee ngwa e meghara odachi
if you do things at the right time,u wud avoid eventualities
@Pres a si nwata kpo onye oma,o kpo nne ya
when you ask a child to call who he knows,he wud definitely call the mum

ifyalways:

o nwere ike i gbara nnem ochie enyi sef
@Topic,e mee ngwa e meghara odachi
if you do things at the right time,u would avoid eventualities
@Pres a si nwata kpo onye oma,o kpo nne ya
when you ask a child to call who he knows,he would definitely call the mum

okpoo enyi nne ya. take note

presido1:

okpoo enyi nne ya. take note

ok sir.
ikwu amaghi ibe ezi ya
when one is ignorant,his kinsmen teaches him
onye afo sagburu nna ya na eji oka kporo nku/oka okpo eme nri mgbe dum
if diarrhoea kills ones dad,he eats dried corn all the days of his life

Not once, not twice nor thrice have I heard this proverb:

E jighi akpata a tufuo aba ogaranya
You don't get wealthy by wasting accumulated wealth

Who has a better translation? 

Igbo kwenu!!!

A huru m unu niile n'anya!

Not once, not twice nor thrice have I heard this proverb:

Ihe nwata amaghi di ka ikpu nne ya
What is strange to child can be likened to his mother's ekete uboma

Presido bikokwa I insist that you must be translating all your ilu to English

Not once,not twice nor thrice have i heard this ilu
Ebe a na adu nwanta nwere nne odu ka nke na e nweghi nne na amuta ihe.
when one is receiving advice from his mother,the motherless one listens and learns too
Onye bu ehi/enyi na isi a naghi eji okpa achu ukpana
one carrying an elephant on his head doesnt chase ukpana. . . .erhm grasscutter with his legs

Mortiple na Kashiff unu a nokwa ya?udo di.

ifyalways:

Mortiple na Kashiff unu a nokwa ya?udo di.

Ify nwanyi oma, oga adiri gi mma.
Obu ihe mere njiri loovu gi. Obu so gi na aju ese onye obula! As a King Maker and a bonafide member of Ohaneze Ndigbo, nairaland Chapter, I hereby confer you with the title: LOLO NDIGBO OF NAIRALAND! Akam na acho onye ga abu EZE NDIGBO OF NAIRALAND. Please kindly accept it.



Akwa Igbo si na: Echiche nwanyi chere gbuo di ya, obuyi ofu ubochi ka ochere ya.

Igbo ma mma nu!

echelon:

Not once, not twice nor thrice have I heard this proverb:

E jighi akpata a tufuo aba ogaranya
You don't get wealthy by wasting accumulated wealth

Who has a better translation?

MY TRANSLATION: No body gets wealthy by wasting the little s/he has acquired.

Echelon, iri aya, imela kpo le, ndaa, ele otu ihe nu (I mean, kedu ka idi)?

O di mma 

Owelo ife na-eme 

Keekwanu ka gi onwe gi mere?

youngies:

Ihe nwata amaghi di ka ikpu nne ya
What is strange to child can be likened to his mother's ekete uboma

Is this an acceptable translation for ikpu?

echelon:

Is this an acceptable translation for ikpu?

^Sacred! _{Too heavy for my mouth}.

Igbo si na:
Nwanyi gwa di ya onye ojuru, ogaghi agwa ya onye okwetala.
A woman would proudly disclose to her husband, the men who made advances at her but failed, but would not disclose to him those who succeeded.

too heavy
translate it all the same

Echelon bikokwa that Igbo word is too weighty to be translated anyhow. But if you can help out no problem

@youngies

Onye zakoo, ya kpoo
He that sweeps, let him dispose the refuse

gini na atu unu egwu sef?

youngies:

Not once, not twice nor thrice have I heard this proverb:

Ihe nwata amaghi di ka ikpu nne ya
What is strange to child can be likened to his mother's ekete uboma

what is strange to the child can be likened to his mothers Vejay ole ihe mere o ji sim na onu puta sef?
@Topic,ijiji nti ike na eso ozu ala
the stubborn fly ends up buried with the corpse

youngies:

Presido bikokwa I insist that you must be translating all your ilu to English

Biko nwunne obu imaghi na onye aturu la ilu kowaraya ego ejiri loo nne ya furu erie.

Anyway kpoo ekpoo puta aputa mere ihe onu uzo giri ga eru ahihia
Up and down movement through the door prevents it from growing weed

Aka kpara eze ka udele ya koo onye chiri ya ozo.
When a thief or wrong doer is caught she will tell the unexpected.

Nwata nna ya dinyere oshi na eji ukwu agbawa uzo.
A child sent to steal by his father brakes the door with his leg(To be honest this translation makes no meaning)

what is strange to the child can be likened to his mothers Vejay   ole ihe mere o ji sim na onu puta sef?

Ify kekwa nke bu Vejay? Hiaa, onweghikwa udi semantics mmadu agaghi anu na aka Ify.  Ejikwa m ogu ooo!!! 

presido1:

(To be honest this translation makes no meaning)

I understand how you feel but what you can do is to explain the proverb.

That proverb means that people will commit crimes with abandon when they have a higher authority backing them

Spot on Echeboy!

Another ilu that is similar to the one you explained is:

Nwata nna ya dara ibi, akpa amu anaghi acha ya n'anya
A child whose father is suffering from elephantisis of the scrotum does not easily get scared by the size of another scrotum

presido1:



Aka kpara eze ka udele ya koo onye chiri ya ozo.
When a thief or wrong doer is caught she will tell the unexpected.

why the "she"?okwa i bidola abi?nwa di nma,o buru nna ya ka o yiri,o buru ajo nwa,asi na o bu nne ya ka o yiri.***hisses***
@Youngies,iwe adila gi.lol owu ka o si daputa.
@Topic,ka aha eri anaghi eri onwe ha.
unu nyere m aka tapia ilua,i just heard this tonite

Ka aha eri anaghi eri onwe ha.

This one is difficult to translate to English 

I will give a similar proverb to explain it:

Agwo anaghi eri agwo ibe ya
Snakes do not eat their kind

ifyalways:

@Topic,ka aha eri anaghi eri onwe ha.
unu nyere m aka tapia ilua,i just heard this tonight

Members of a clique/cabal/inner circle do not work against themselves (though not very technically speaking in the real sense of it)

Igbo kwenu! Nkwucha abughi ujo. Ana m abiakwa .

A naghi akpu agboo n'onu afu oku.
you can't blow the fire when you have spew in your mouth

ifyalways:

@Youngies,iwe adila gi.lol owu ka o si daputa.

Nne don't blame me because:

Oku da ibube, odi ka onyuru anyu
When the fire is smothering, it seems it has quenched

Youngies nsogbu adighi
@Topic,ebube agu na eche agu,ma o di ndu ma o nwuru anwu
[color=#990000]the glory of the lions guards him,,dead or alive
Onye na ekwe osiso na ekwe ihe o kwesiri iju,onye na aju ngwa ngwa na aju ihe o kwesiri ikwe
[color=#990000]he whos fast to to say "yes" says "yes" when hes suppossed to say "no",he whos fast to say "no" says "no" when hes suppossed to say "yes"

@all unu anola?

ifyalways:

@all unu anola?

meaning

echelon:

meaning

i choro ka m gwa gi really? ole otu unu mere? okwu owerre
@Topic,o bughi ubochi nwatakiri kwafuru mmanu ka ana apia ya utari
a child is not punished the day he spills the oil

ifyalways:

@Topic,o bughi ubochi nwatakiri kwafuru mmanu ka ana apia ya utari
a child is not punished the day he spills the oil

So which day is he punished?

echelon, i no ebea?

anyi neche ka i ko akuko ozo gbasara mbe


@ post
ngwerre si n'osisi lo tuo, umu ntakiri ge ji ya mee ihe ibara
the lizard that leaves the refuge of the tree will be used as a playtoy by small children

oya, echelon were osiso ga akuko mbediogu

echelon:

So which day is he punished?

lol.okwa i choro inum okwu na onu,dont gbala oso oooo.
Egwu anaghi atu afo,o buru uzo
the stomach isnt scared/afraid,reason hes at the forefreont
Ochu nwa okuko nwe ada,nwa okuko nwe mwne mwne oso
he whos chasing the fowl wud keep failing while the fowl keeps running gingerly or mwne mwenly
@Echelon,he wud be puinshed when he goes peeping at the mothers ekete uboma

ifyalways:

@Echelon,he would be puinshed when he goes peeping at the mothers ekete uboma

Not so. He would be punished the day he knocks down the basin of palm ash

iceblue:

oya, echelon were osiso ga akuko mbediogu

Nwayo nwayo ka e ji aracha ofe di oku
A hot soup is licked little by little _{hope u understand}

echelon:

Not so. He would be punished the day he knocks down the basin of palm ash

Nwayo nwayo ka e ji aracha ofe di oku
A hot soup is licked little by little _{hope u understand}

ok ooo

echelon:

Not so. He would be punished the day he knocks down the basin of palm ash

Nwayo nwayo ka e ji aracha ofe di oku
A hot soup is licked little by little _{hope u understand}

lol.i guess a maghim the full ilu then.dalu
@Topic,agbara aka na azo ala,onye ji ji ana ako
cant translate this
Anaghi agwa ochi nti na agha esula
you dont tell a deaf man that there is war