Simple start igbo grammar: Prepositions
And: na | Under: n'okpuru | In: ime |
Before: tupu | After: n'ikpeazụ | To: je |
Inside: n'ime | Outside: n'ihe/n'ilo | From: si |
With: na | But: mana | For: maka |
Questioning:
What?: gịnị/ọ gịnị? | Who?: onye? | Where?: ebee? |
How?: kedụ? | Why?: maka gịnị? | When? Olee mgbe? |
Adverbs:
Never: ma ncha | Rarely: tara akpụ | Very: ọfụma ọfụma |
Sometimes: mgbe ụfọdụ | Usually: mgbe n'ine | Always: mgbe n'ine |
Pronouns:
I: mụ, mụwa | You: gị, gịwa | They: ha, hawa |
He: ọ | She: ọ | We: anyị |
Possessive expressions:
My: nke m | Your: nke gị | Their: nke ha |
His: nke ya | Her: nke ya | Our: nke anyị |
Sentences:
I speak English: a ma m asụ bekee | She speaks Italian: ọ na asụ asụsụ ndị Italy |
You speak French: ị ma asụ asụsụ ndị France | I visited France: e jere m France |
He speaks German: ọ na asụ asụsụ ndị Germany | I will drink milk: m ga aňụ ala-efi |
I understand you: a ghọtara m gị | I don't understand you: a ghọtarọ m gị |
I don't speak French: a dịghị m asụ asụsụ ndị french | This is my house: ihe a bụ ụlọ m |
That restaurant is far: ụlọnri ahụ tee aka | No problem: nsogbu adịrọ |