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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 12:04pm On Jul 11, 2008
youngies:

@echelon BabyO cannot be Queenisha

Jukwaa ese!
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 1:03pm On Jul 11, 2008
O maka adighi ama ama O gwara O? grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 1:08pm On Jul 11, 2008
Ife I machakwa.  wink

Ok. Scroll down to her post here:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-19138.15488.html
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 1:17pm On Jul 11, 2008
Honestly BabyO jizikwa nomencleture record n'obodo NL
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 1:22pm On Jul 11, 2008
I fugonu ya. nomenclature record ma o bu metamorphosis record. like the sound of the later grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 4:29pm On Jul 11, 2008
Ehen. o buzi queensheba na ewuzi ugbua.lol
BabyO bu onye noo fitiri ewu gambia si na o bu ya nwe ala .
@topic,a naghi agba aka ahu nwata eze
i cant tapiala nkea hoha cheesy
uhuruchi omanu
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 8:03pm On Jul 13, 2008
Ya gazie cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 4:52pm On Jul 16, 2008
Agbachizinelu onye chi ya na agbachineghii
Don't block the road for someone whose God has not blocked road for

any better interpretation?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:09am On Jul 17, 2008
Na wa oo, this thread is slowing down

Okwa mmadu nwe ogodo ewu na ata?
Shee na person get the clothes wey goat they chop?


Ify and Echelon
Ukwu na ama ogodo adighikwa mma igba oto
A waist that is used to clothes does not deserve to be naked
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by fesse(f): 2:37pm On Jul 17, 2008
youngies how far
kee ije nwa nne
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by fesse(f): 2:41pm On Jul 17, 2008
onu na ugwu tugburu ele
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 12:31pm On Jul 18, 2008
fesse:

youngies how far
kee ije nwa nne
Nne oma, anyi noo na adoga cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by dadsgal(f): 1:05pm On Jul 18, 2008
Kedu nnu eehhhhh,ndi oma
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by AmakaOne(f): 3:54pm On Jul 18, 2008
E tie dike n'ala, a nu uzu ya.

LITERAL TRANSLATION: Knock a valiant man on the ground and the shouts will be tremendous.

" The downfall of a famous man attracts public attention. "
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by AmakaOne(f): 3:55pm On Jul 18, 2008
Nwunye awo si na di atoka uto, ya jiri nuta nke ya kworo ya n'azu.

literal Translation: The female toad said that husband is so sweet that when she got married, she carried her husband permanently on the back.

Explanation: A humorous proverb used in cajoling women into loving their husbands.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by AmakaOne(f): 3:56pm On Jul 18, 2008
Nwaanyi mara mma ma nwee ajo omume, a ga-alu ya alu; nwaanyi joro njo ma nwee ezi omume, a ga-alukwa ya alu; nwunye mmadu ka ha ga-abu; ma nwaanyi joro njo nwe ajo omume anaghi ebi be di.

A beautiful woman with bad character is marriageable; an ugly woman with good character is also marriageable -- they will both be wives; but an ugly woman with bad character does not live in a husband's house.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by AmakaOne(f): 3:57pm On Jul 18, 2008
Nwaanyi mara mma ma nwee ajo omume, a ga-alu ya alu; nwaanyi joro njo ma nwee ezi omume, a ga-alukwa ya alu; nwunye mmadu ka ha ga-abu; ma nwaanyi joro njo nwe ajo omume anaghi ebi be di.

A beautiful woman with bad character is marriageable; an ugly woman with good character is also marriageable -- they will both be wives; but an ugly woman with bad character does not live in a husband's house.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by toshmann(m): 5:13pm On Jul 18, 2008
onye gakwanu alu nwanyi joro njo . . o bu free? ihe ahu i ga emere nwanyi mara mma, i gakwa emere ya nwanyi joro njo, soo obaghi uru ilu nwanyi joro pieces. ka m ghara inwe nightmare n'abali grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 5:19pm On Jul 18, 2008
AMAKAONE:

Nwaanyi mara mma ma nwee ajo omume, a ga-alu ya alu; nwaanyi joro njo ma nwee ezi omume, a ga-alukwa ya alu; nwunye mmadu ka ha ga-abu; ma nwaanyi joro njo nwe ajo omume anaghi ebi be di.

A beautiful woman with bad character is marriageable; an ugly woman with good character is also marriageable -- they will both be wives; but an ugly woman with bad character does not live in a husband's house.


How about a beautiful woman with a good character? na d one i want cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 5:34pm On Jul 18, 2008
Agwa bu nma nwanyi dika ndi igbo turu n'ilu
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 5:43pm On Jul 18, 2008
Di ka ego ji buru mma nwoke, okwa ya?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 8:05pm On Jul 18, 2008
Obu ezi okwu mana oburu ego akpatara n'uzo ziri ezi
n'abughi 419, ogwu ego, ma obu n'uzo arurala
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 12:45pm On Jul 21, 2008
rubi, ufodu umu nwanyi achoghi i ma ihe ahu i na-ekwu?

They don't care where the money is from.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 12:47pm On Jul 21, 2008
Yes na, maka na ndi Igbo si na oji ego bu eze
He who has money is king
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by rubi(f): 2:20pm On Jul 21, 2008
Emecha ha ga akiayi n'ihi na agba acha oso aguo mile
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 4:26pm On Jul 21, 2008
agwa bu nma nwanyi,omume bu nma nwoke  cheesy
@Topic,iru/ihu di nma adiro nma itu mbo But biko umu igbo e cherem na ilu a adighi korrect,infact o bu ihu di nma kwesiri itu mbo maka na nke joro njo,a jochala njo already,therefore o bu nke di nma kwesiri itu mbo  undecided
@youngies,a puolam  wink
@rubi,hiiiiiiii e misirim gi ri nne kiss.e jighim ahu
fesse:

onu na ugwu tugburu ele
ole ebe m gara oooooo sad sad sad
cheri ca va? kiss kiss kiss kiss Fesse ole ebe i gara kemgbe?a juru ajuju gi even nwanne gi Tosh sef a maghi ebe i no angry biko loghachite.bissou kiss kiss kiss
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 4:44pm On Jul 21, 2008
I jighi ahu? Ndo kwa ooo. Gbakeee ngwa ngwa o
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 4:53pm On Jul 21, 2008
dalu.o disigo nma already.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 5:31pm On Jul 21, 2008
Ekene dili chukwu n'ihi na

Onweghi ihe akika puru ime nkume
There's nothing termites can do to a stone
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 5:35pm On Jul 21, 2008
EBE KWANU cheesy
o nweghi ihe oke ga eme akpa rice,na o taka ota otu iko
Theres nothing a rat can do to a bag of rice,he cant possible finish it!,at most he can only consume a cup cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Queenisha: 5:43pm On Jul 21, 2008
kedu ndi ji my name aku asiri hia? grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 6:03pm On Jul 21, 2008
O mu nwa angry Kedu ihe i ga-eme

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