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Talking about your family (Ezinụlọ) in Ìgbò

The Family	Ezinụlọ
Mother	Nne
Father	Nna
Parents	Ndị nne na nna
Sister	Nwanne
Brother	Nwanne
Son	Nwa nwoke
Daugther	Nwa nwanyi
Husband	Di
Wife	Nwunye
Aunt	Nwanne nna
Uncle	Nwanne nna
Grandmother	Nne nne
Grandfather	Nna nna

How to talk about your family with examples in the plural case

My children	Umụ m
His parents	Ndị mụrụ ya
Your wives	Ndị nwunye gị
The women here do not speak English	Mụ nwanyị nọ ebe a anaghị asụ bekee

How to talk about your family with examples in the singular case

My wife is on the farm	Nwunye m na aru ugbo
Your husband speaks too much	Di gị na-ekwu ọtụtụ okwu
The uncle of the neighbour has a lot of girlfriends	Nwanne nna nwoke agbata obi nwere ọtụtụ ndị enyi nwanyị
Our daughter is cooking Nkwobi	Ada anyi n’eji esi Nkwobi

Learn Ìgbò

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Ìgbò

Family
How can you describe your family in Ìgbò?

Numbers
How to count in Ìgbò

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Ìgbò

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Ìgbò

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Ìgbò

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Ìgbò

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Ìgbò

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Ìgbò

Phrases
Extra phrases in Ìgbò that may be handy

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