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Igbo Language

Easy step Igbo vocabularies

Easy step Igbo vocabularies

Easy step vocabularies

Days of the week and time expressions:

Monday: monde

Tuesday: tuzde

Wednesday: wenzde

Thursday: tọzde

Friday: fraide

Saturday: satde

Sunday: ụbọchị ụka

Now: kịta

Yesterday: echi gara aga/ụbọchị gara aga

Today: tata

Tonight: abani tata

Tomorrow: echi


Fruits and vegetables:

Fruits: akwụkwọ ndụ

Apples: aplụ

Potatoes: nduko

Bananas: unene

Tomatoes: tomatosi

Onions: alibasa

 

Colors:

Red: mme

Green: ọchandụ

Blue: ọtanjele

White: ọcha

Black: oji

Grey: ntụ ntụ

 

Food related:

Breakfast: nri ụtụtụ

Lunch: nri efifie

Bread: achịcha

Dinner: nri abanị

Milk: ala-efi

Coffee: kọfị


Weather related:

Sunny: anwụ anwụ

Windy: ikuku ikuku

Rainy: mmiri

Snowy: sno

Cold: oyi

Hot: ọkụ ọkụ

 

Family and relatives:

Boy: nwa nwoke

Girl: nwa nwanyị

Sister: nwa nne nwanyị

Son: nwa nwoke

Daughter: nwa nwanyị

Brother: nwa nne nwoke

Man: nwoke

Woman: nwanyi

Grandmother: nne nna/nne

Father: nna

Mother: nne

Grandfather: nna nna/nne

 

Locations in the house:

House: ụlọ/ụnọ

Toilet: ụlọ mposi

Room: ime ụlọ/ime ụnọ

Bedroom: obu

Kitchen: usekwu

Table: nkwako

 

Animals and pets:

Cat: pusu

Dog: nkịta

Mouse: oke

Bird: nnụnụ

Cow: efi

Horse: ayịya

 

Clothing items:

Socks: soksi

Shoes: akpụkwụ

Trousers: traụza

Shirt: afe/uwe

Sweater: afe oyi

Coat: koti

 

School related:

Student: nwata akwụkwọ

Teacher: onye nkuzi

Pen: edemede

Books: ọtụtụ akwụkwọ

Page: iruakwụkwọ

Dictionary: akwụkwọ nkọwa

 

Parts of the body:

Hand: aka

Hair: ntutu ishi

Feet: mkpịsị/mkpụrụ ụkwụ/ọkpa

Eye: anya

Mouth: ọnụ

Nose: imi

 

Emergency Services:

Ambulance: ambulans

Doctor: dibia oyibo

Stomach Ache: afọ mgbu

Hospital: ụlọ ọgwụ

Pharmacy: ebe a na-ere ọgwụ

Police: ndi uwe ojii

 

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