Igbo Nouns
Welcome to the third Igbo lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Igbo to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes nduko |
tomatoes tomatosi |
onions alibasa |
carrots karọt |
fruits akwụkwọ ndụ |
apples aplụ |
bananas unene |
oranges oloma |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules - Igbo |
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| do you have milk? [verb + noun] Ị nwere ala-efi? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] e nwere m ala-efi na kọfị |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] o nwere aplụ atọ |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] o nwere sọ ofu aplụ |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] anyị bi n'ọbele ụlọ |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] nri ụtụtụ anyi di m mma |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread achịcha |
milk ala-efi |
butter bọta |
cheese chiiz |
coffee kọfị |
sandwich sanwich |
meat anụ |
chicken ọkụkụ |
fish azụ |
breakfast nri ụtụtụ |
lunch nri efifie |
dinner nri abanị |
Conversation in Igbo
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English - Igbo |
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| Do you speak (English/ Igbo)? Ị na-asụ bekee?/Ị na-asụ oyibo? |
| Just a little obele |
| I like Igbo asụsụ obodo gị dị m mma |
| Can I practice with you? m ga esoro gị mụọ? |
| How old are you? arọ one k'ịdị? |
| I'm thirty three years old adị m arọ iri atọ na atọ |
| It was nice talking to you ọmaka ikpa gị nkata |
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