| Always | 1) Mgbe niile 2) Oge nile |
| I always wanted to marry you | Achọrọ m ịlụ gị |
| Never | Enweghi mgbe |
| I will never do this again! | Agaghị m me ihe a ọzọ! |
| Now | Ugbu a |
| We have to leave now! | Anyị ga-ahapu ugbu a! |
| Sometimes | Mgbe ụfọdụ |
| Sometimes I prefer to be at home | Oge ụfọdụ anam ahoro ịnọ n’ụlọ |
| From time to time | Na mgbe na mgbe |
| From time to time I eat rice | Na mgbe na mgbe anam eri osipaka |
| Late | Ị gbu oge |
| The bus is always late | 1) Ugbo ala ahu n’egbu oge I bia mgbe nile 2) Ugbo ala ahu anaghi abia n’oge mgbe nile |
| Later | Mgbe emechara |
| The bus will come later | Ugbo ala ahu ga abia mgbe emechara |
| Early | Igba uzo |
| You should try to come home early | Ị ga agba mbo igba uzo bata n’ụlọ |
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African Languages on Mofeko
West Africa- Ìgbò - Wolof - Yorùbá |
East Africa- Chichewa (Nyanja) - Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda) - Kiswahili |
Central Africa- Chokwe (Wuchokwe) - Ibinda (Fiote) - Kikongo - Lingala - Tshiluba |
Southern Africa- Malagasy - Naro (Senaro) - Nyaneka-Humbi - Sekaukau - Setswana (Tswana) - Shona (chiShona) - Umbundu (South Mbundu) - IsiXhosa (Xhosa) - IsiZulu (Zulu) |