Also, nda-ewo when spoken ends up sounding like "ndewo," which is why a lot of times, apostrophes are substituted when there isn't a sharp distinction. So 'nda-ewo' ends up being spelled nd'ewo. I would do a video response to correct your pronunciation for 'nna' 'nne' and 'nri' but I can't at the moment. Just don't forget that Igbo is a tonal language. The way you say the word "akwa" and where you place your accent is literally the difference between saying egg, cloth and tears/crying. :D
It might be important to note in your videos that dialect can (and often) decides how something is said. For example, "ndewo" is a greeting native to my mother's dialect while others might say "kedu." There's a ton of ways to greet from the call and response native to my father's region (mazi/nde-nne; nawo/naw'fo; ka-nka/ka-mu na gi) to "unu-no otuole," "ele otu idi/ele otu unu-di" and so on and so forth.
EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS VIDEO!!! THAT IS NOT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE "nni". This girl is butchering the pronounciation of these words with her american accent. If you're going to teach people our language, use the proper dialect. chai chineke me ebere
First I have to say that I love what you're doing. You're doing a great job! I do see that in some parts, the accent is not there yet, but it is not easy to do what you're doing so I congratulate u on that! For those that can help, just help and don't criticize cuz honestly, u aren't doing half of what she's doing!
I found out last year from African Ancestry.com that i am 100 per cent Igbo. This on line class is helping me a lot. I love you my little sister for what you are doing. thank you so very much.
I mean there are quite a few people on here asking her to stop. How about yall just give her some corrections so she can learn. I mean she did ask for corrections. If an accent is the issue you can post a video response. So many of you on here criticizing and have the knowledge but are not doing anything to help others gain it. If you yourself can't help just be happy that she is trying. I mean if I wasn't trying to learn myself I would help correct whatever is wrong with translation or whatever
Girl stop! You are ruining the language. Whoever gave you these translations with these horrible spellings and pronounciations should be smothered in his/her sleep!
@dbaile2 Because I don't believe in half-measures. If she's actually going to do this, she needs to do her homework properly. That includes getting the right spellings and the PROPER PRONUNCIATIONS of these words. Otherwise, this becomes massively misleading. The effort is welcome, but she is not addressing a gathering of Igbos (who would be impressed by her effort). She is addressing the whole world, and that means we actually have to hold her to some standard lest people buy garbage unawares.
I actually found a website where you can learn igbo really fast. I'm currently using it to learn how to write in igbo. I can speak but i cannot write or read. When i signed up it was free. IDK if it's still free now. Anyway, it's learnigbonow(dot)com. I think it'll will benefit you missijeleone and anyone else that's trying to learn igbo.
honestly i appreciate your efforts but i dont think you are the right person to do this....all your pronounciations are soo damn wrong.......i mean it sounds funny...and unigbo
All though you are pronoucing some words wrong, its a great video I also am in the process of learning igbo & escasty248, your comment is a bit harsh, it seems like you know igbo already so why don't you create your own (no pun intended).
@ecstacy248 lmao. i actually laffed out loud. i thought the same thing but at least shes trying. there are very ppl actually trying to learn i give her props for that.
@ecstacy248 This girl is trying to learn her language. Its her right. There are many Nigerians that have children abroad. I am a Nigerian born in the US and I have grown up here my whole life. Should I throw that away. I don't have an Igbo accent but my dad is Igbo and still does when he is talking in the language to others. I myself am trying to learn. Instead of criticizing help her learn the language. I don't see you making videos trying to help us learn so don't tell her to stop.Encourage!
@ecstacy248 again with your negativity. All I said was that she is making an effort to learn that is what she said in her intro to this series. Then you come along asking her to stop. Its not right because she shouldn't stop. Unlike you she is helping others. Don't put down people trying to learn. Why don't I have videos I myself am trying to learn. You are so quick to criticize so if you have such a vast knowledge on the language then you make your own videos with the correct Igbo and accent.
@ecstacy248 When you make your videos maybe we can pick up the correct accent, pronunciation etc. Then we can learn. My point is she is just trying to help others learn and to learn herself so there was no need for the negative comment and and honestly something I learned in primary school is that if you have nothing nice to say just don't say it (in your own words stfu) because it is not helping anyone. Anyway I am glad she did continue. Hopefully, you can learn to be encouraging.
u really need to learn edemede igbo, igbo izugbe and lots more. nda ewo could also mean welldone... l doubt if u know central igbo does exist.. anyway, a piece of advice, start learning A B CH D E F G GB GH GW .........lol. at most u can speak and understand ur language. the most confusing for me when l was in primary was spelling Garden egg in igbo. most people will fail it today. finally, NDA EWO, UDO DIRI GI.
i love ur vids a lot.. my husband is Igbo & I need 2 learn the language to show him that I respect him & care about him. thanx for all ur help! p.s. u are sooo pretty :) keep the vids comin gurl!! <3
@4MissDee lol that awesome, yes i will continue to post them, though unfortunately not as frequently,because of life, school...you know lol. BUT I REALLY appreciate your kindness. God bless**
@Sapphonouveau dalu! auntie i am greatful you feel that way! i also ordered a Igbo disc online and it is very helpful! so that can be good too. if you want the link i can send it to you. be blessed :)
Wow I am very impressed. I am igbo and I've never seen anybody teach igbo on youtube, but the again I've never searched it. So what part of Nigeria are you from?
Oke means male, man, great, big, too, very, rat etc. (we’ll use the ‘male’ meaning). There are four days in the Igbo week: eke, orie, afợ, nkwợ. A man born on (or has connection with) eke day is okeeke, born on afợ day is okeafợ (westernised spelling is Okeafor). Okeafợ is ok, because ‘e’ and ‘a’ are from different set of vowel, but you don’t find anybody with the name Okeeke; what you find is Okeke, because the two ‘e’s are from the hard sounding vowel, so wont go together
You can have Chukwu, but no Cukwu. (Chukwu which is GOD is a concatenation of two words chi (god) and ukwu (great), literally 'great god’. When two words are joined in Igbo, if the boundary alphabets are two soft sounding vowels, one must disappear, if they are two hard sounding vowels, one must also disappear. Hard (e i o u) Soft (a ḭ ợ ṵ). Chukwu shows more grasp with the language. On the other hand, Chiợma (Good God) – the ‘i’ and ‘ợ’ are not sound-alikes
I'm lovin these videos ur makin wit the igbo. I've never really been interested in learning anything but pidgin, but seein how so many ppl speak igbo, it def doesn't hurt to learn lol
I'm not sure of the spelling.... imelage pronounced eme- la- gay. he told me it meant something like "hello, how are you". for the response I learned odema or odemna, meaning fine; again not sure of the correct spelling. I hope he wasn't teaching me rubbish! lol! doesn't really matter b/c I don't use those words anymore:)
@themukisa11 lol no he was teaching you right! In "igboland" there is central igbo and then there are other igbo dialects, but maybe a letter or sylable is different. I hope i am making sense. For example, in the south we call soda: soda, but in the north they may call soda: pop. So i will be focusing on Central Igbo. I have heard of odinma, but not of imelage.
I want to learn Luganda. Since taking a mission trip there years ago, I've always wanted to learn the beautiful native language! You are encouraging me to get the courage to do so!
@nubianbrown I want to learn too! thats my Mom's language:) its a shame I didn't pick it up from her. she was the only one in my house who spoke Luganda so she always combined it with English. the few words that she used are the only ones I know:( according to my relatives it is best to learn it while visiting Uganda for a few months. I wish Rosetta Stone had that as one of the languages. I would so buy it!
I'm proud of you for making this video but you need some accent on your pronunciation
dellymode 4 weeks ago
Also, nda-ewo when spoken ends up sounding like "ndewo," which is why a lot of times, apostrophes are substituted when there isn't a sharp distinction. So 'nda-ewo' ends up being spelled nd'ewo. I would do a video response to correct your pronunciation for 'nna' 'nne' and 'nri' but I can't at the moment. Just don't forget that Igbo is a tonal language. The way you say the word "akwa" and where you place your accent is literally the difference between saying egg, cloth and tears/crying. :D
syrgirl 1 month ago
It might be important to note in your videos that dialect can (and often) decides how something is said. For example, "ndewo" is a greeting native to my mother's dialect while others might say "kedu." There's a ton of ways to greet from the call and response native to my father's region (mazi/nde-nne; nawo/naw'fo; ka-nka/ka-mu na gi) to "unu-no otuole," "ele otu idi/ele otu unu-di" and so on and so forth.
syrgirl 1 month ago
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burzb4 1 month ago
EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS VIDEO!!! THAT IS NOT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE "nni". This girl is butchering the pronounciation of these words with her american accent. If you're going to teach people our language, use the proper dialect. chai chineke me ebere
obiwashere 5 months ago
@obiwashere - Bros...positivity is a gift...please exercise it. If you can do better, please enlighten us, quick/quick!
veriteinternational 3 months ago
@obiwashere Lmao!! Too funny!
ngawarrior09 1 week ago
Hello, young girl. You are trying but you need to study this language before teaching
others. Your effort should be to learn not to teach because all your pronunciations
are all wrong.
you do not know the right dialect in igbo, pronouncing nna, nne and nri were
difficult for you, how then could others learn from you? You tube is free, but learn
before teaching-
phens007 6 months ago
@phens007 AMEN OOO
obiwashere 5 months ago
First I have to say that I love what you're doing. You're doing a great job! I do see that in some parts, the accent is not there yet, but it is not easy to do what you're doing so I congratulate u on that! For those that can help, just help and don't criticize cuz honestly, u aren't doing half of what she's doing!
okpalaj 7 months ago
are you Igbo ??
prissyjune23 8 months ago
I found out last year from African Ancestry.com that i am 100 per cent Igbo. This on line class is helping me a lot. I love you my little sister for what you are doing. thank you so very much.
ASCACWEST 8 months ago
I love you for doing this! There are like no online resources for learning igbo
missblissxe 9 months ago
I mean there are quite a few people on here asking her to stop. How about yall just give her some corrections so she can learn. I mean she did ask for corrections. If an accent is the issue you can post a video response. So many of you on here criticizing and have the knowledge but are not doing anything to help others gain it. If you yourself can't help just be happy that she is trying. I mean if I wasn't trying to learn myself I would help correct whatever is wrong with translation or whatever
naijaqueen2010 9 months ago
At least, she is speaking Igbo with an America accent way better than those that speak Engligbo or none at all.
Nnfefe 9 months ago 7
Girl stop! You are ruining the language. Whoever gave you these translations with these horrible spellings and pronounciations should be smothered in his/her sleep!
1Godfatherr 10 months ago
@1Godfatherr why would you tell an african american that that is willing to learn and trying to teach others??
dbaile2 10 months ago
@dbaile2 Because I don't believe in half-measures. If she's actually going to do this, she needs to do her homework properly. That includes getting the right spellings and the PROPER PRONUNCIATIONS of these words. Otherwise, this becomes massively misleading. The effort is welcome, but she is not addressing a gathering of Igbos (who would be impressed by her effort). She is addressing the whole world, and that means we actually have to hold her to some standard lest people buy garbage unawares.
1Godfatherr 10 months ago
I actually found a website where you can learn igbo really fast. I'm currently using it to learn how to write in igbo. I can speak but i cannot write or read. When i signed up it was free. IDK if it's still free now. Anyway, it's learnigbonow(dot)com. I think it'll will benefit you missijeleone and anyone else that's trying to learn igbo.
Naijagurl089 11 months ago
dont be a hater ecstay... let us who dont have accents learn this language together. either way it goes i know that i will be laughed at.. :))
caewelike 11 months ago
when you say "Chinke" The vowel sound goes down and flat, not up and short hunny... but you are doing a fantastic job..
FuckinNigerian 1 year ago
MissijeleONE. Will you marry me please... chai chineke mee... IMAGBUOLA ONWE GI
FuckinNigerian 1 year ago
good vid
SewenamiAhosu 1 year ago
honestly i appreciate your efforts but i dont think you are the right person to do this....all your pronounciations are soo damn wrong.......i mean it sounds funny...and unigbo
leesly01 1 year ago
thanks so much.
ms22078 1 year ago
All though you are pronoucing some words wrong, its a great video I also am in the process of learning igbo & escasty248, your comment is a bit harsh, it seems like you know igbo already so why don't you create your own (no pun intended).
NerddMentality 1 year ago
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ecstacy248 1 year ago
@ecstacy248 lmao. i actually laffed out loud. i thought the same thing but at least shes trying. there are very ppl actually trying to learn i give her props for that.
relaxitzjustkrystal 10 months ago
@ecstacy248 This girl is trying to learn her language. Its her right. There are many Nigerians that have children abroad. I am a Nigerian born in the US and I have grown up here my whole life. Should I throw that away. I don't have an Igbo accent but my dad is Igbo and still does when he is talking in the language to others. I myself am trying to learn. Instead of criticizing help her learn the language. I don't see you making videos trying to help us learn so don't tell her to stop.Encourage!
naijaqueen2010 9 months ago
@naijaqueen2010 Stfu . where are your videos at? Fool.
ecstacy248 9 months ago
@ecstacy248 again with your negativity. All I said was that she is making an effort to learn that is what she said in her intro to this series. Then you come along asking her to stop. Its not right because she shouldn't stop. Unlike you she is helping others. Don't put down people trying to learn. Why don't I have videos I myself am trying to learn. You are so quick to criticize so if you have such a vast knowledge on the language then you make your own videos with the correct Igbo and accent.
naijaqueen2010 9 months ago
@ecstacy248 When you make your videos maybe we can pick up the correct accent, pronunciation etc. Then we can learn. My point is she is just trying to help others learn and to learn herself so there was no need for the negative comment and and honestly something I learned in primary school is that if you have nothing nice to say just don't say it (in your own words stfu) because it is not helping anyone. Anyway I am glad she did continue. Hopefully, you can learn to be encouraging.
naijaqueen2010 9 months ago
u really need to learn edemede igbo, igbo izugbe and lots more. nda ewo could also mean welldone... l doubt if u know central igbo does exist.. anyway, a piece of advice, start learning A B CH D E F G GB GH GW .........lol. at most u can speak and understand ur language. the most confusing for me when l was in primary was spelling Garden egg in igbo. most people will fail it today. finally, NDA EWO, UDO DIRI GI.
NKOMOable 1 year ago
i love ur vids a lot.. my husband is Igbo & I need 2 learn the language to show him that I respect him & care about him. thanx for all ur help! p.s. u are sooo pretty :) keep the vids comin gurl!! <3
iWanaSeeTheWorld 1 year ago
OMG she's beautiful a real life nubian princess :)
Alliworks 1 year ago
WOW, Just Awesome! You know what? Each time I look at you... You remind me of Dankore Egbuson (A Nollywood Actress). Thanks for the Igbo Series!!
preciousena 1 year ago 6
@preciousena thanks you! i appreciate you watching! ohh really i am gonna look her up! God bless*
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
i need 2 learn igbo fast lol
lelegurl15 1 year ago
@lelegurl15 yes-ooo! you need to!
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
Greetings,
In an earlier post you wrote of a disc you used that was helpful. Could you send me the link to order the disc.
Thanks for you help
why27k 1 year ago
@why27k hello i sent you a message!
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
thank you so much for your help please continue
i must impress others by what you have taught me here
4MissDee 1 year ago
@4MissDee lol that awesome, yes i will continue to post them, though unfortunately not as frequently,because of life, school...you know lol. BUT I REALLY appreciate your kindness. God bless**
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
@4MissDee oohh your welcome! yes i will definetly try to upload more Learning Igbo Videos! God bless*
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
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panicndnigeria 1 year ago
Nne, dalu! You have no idea how much I love you for this. I've ordered a course online but thanks to you, I can start now (and it's free too...).
lol - just realised how ott that sounded. Sorry about that, it's just great finding so many other Igbos on youtube.
Sapphonouveau 1 year ago
@Sapphonouveau dalu! auntie i am greatful you feel that way! i also ordered a Igbo disc online and it is very helpful! so that can be good too. if you want the link i can send it to you. be blessed :)
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
Wow I am very impressed. I am igbo and I've never seen anybody teach igbo on youtube, but the again I've never searched it. So what part of Nigeria are you from?
TheUgo20 1 year ago
@TheUgo20 well thanks lol!! anambra state.. what part are you from?
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
@MissijeleONE Hey, I'm from Imo state. So what made you want to start teaching Igbo via Youtube?
TheUgo20 1 year ago
@TheUgo20 oh cool...well i wanted to teach igbo to get other igbos excited and learn even more about the language!
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
This very uplifting, Ada-Igbo. Thanks for the effort that may encourage our people in diaspora.
Biafrans7 1 year ago
@Biafrans7 hey! dalu! i appreciate it!
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
Oke means male, man, great, big, too, very, rat etc. (we’ll use the ‘male’ meaning). There are four days in the Igbo week: eke, orie, afợ, nkwợ. A man born on (or has connection with) eke day is okeeke, born on afợ day is okeafợ (westernised spelling is Okeafor). Okeafợ is ok, because ‘e’ and ‘a’ are from different set of vowel, but you don’t find anybody with the name Okeeke; what you find is Okeke, because the two ‘e’s are from the hard sounding vowel, so wont go together
CaroleLosyn 1 year ago
You can have Chukwu, but no Cukwu. (Chukwu which is GOD is a concatenation of two words chi (god) and ukwu (great), literally 'great god’. When two words are joined in Igbo, if the boundary alphabets are two soft sounding vowels, one must disappear, if they are two hard sounding vowels, one must also disappear. Hard (e i o u) Soft (a ḭ ợ ṵ). Chukwu shows more grasp with the language. On the other hand, Chiợma (Good God) – the ‘i’ and ‘ợ’ are not sound-alikes
CaroleLosyn 1 year ago
Thanks once more for your Igbo lessons. My last contribution.
These are the Igbo alphabets:
a b ch d e f g gb gh gw h i ḭ j k kp kw l m n ǹ ny nw o ợ p r s sh t u ṵ v w y z
You will notice the absence of c, q, x
The ‘c’ is replaced by ‘k’ (car = ka)
q is replaced by kw (queen = kwin, ‘kwinu’~ the way the old man in the village will pronounce it)
x is replaced by z or s (xylophone = zayilofon, extra = estra ‘esutura’ )
CaroleLosyn 1 year ago
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CaroleLosyn 1 year ago
We look so cute at the end of the video. Pretty to my left, Pretty to my right!
Nigerianflavor22 1 year ago
@Nigerianflavor22 yeah we do lol!
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
Great video girl where are your family from!
candi2082 1 year ago
@candi2082 thanks! from Nigeria
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
I'm lovin these videos ur makin wit the igbo. I've never really been interested in learning anything but pidgin, but seein how so many ppl speak igbo, it def doesn't hurt to learn lol
BruceKing17 1 year ago
@BruceKing17 thanks lol, yeah you can add it to your list of languages lol
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
I know a few words:) ..... from my ex:( lol!
I'm not sure of the spelling.... imelage pronounced eme- la- gay. he told me it meant something like "hello, how are you". for the response I learned odema or odemna, meaning fine; again not sure of the correct spelling. I hope he wasn't teaching me rubbish! lol! doesn't really matter b/c I don't use those words anymore:)
themukisa11 1 year ago
@themukisa11 lol no he was teaching you right! In "igboland" there is central igbo and then there are other igbo dialects, but maybe a letter or sylable is different. I hope i am making sense. For example, in the south we call soda: soda, but in the north they may call soda: pop. So i will be focusing on Central Igbo. I have heard of odinma, but not of imelage.
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
@MissijeleONE ok, thanks for clearing that up:)
themukisa11 1 year ago
@themukisa11 your welcome!
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
@themukisa11 of course your welcome
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
I love this! Thanks for the lessons. My friend told me that his name, Chukwunonso, means "God is near".
brownshuga24 1 year ago
@brownshuga24 thanks! wow thats a beautiful name
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
I want to learn Luganda. Since taking a mission trip there years ago, I've always wanted to learn the beautiful native language! You are encouraging me to get the courage to do so!
Thx!
nubianbrown 1 year ago
@nubianbrown I want to learn too! thats my Mom's language:) its a shame I didn't pick it up from her. she was the only one in my house who spoke Luganda so she always combined it with English. the few words that she used are the only ones I know:( according to my relatives it is best to learn it while visiting Uganda for a few months. I wish Rosetta Stone had that as one of the languages. I would so buy it!
themukisa11 1 year ago
@nubianbrown yeah! you should really do so.. its beautiful
MissijeleONE 1 year ago
Thank you so much. Great information!!!!!!!! May God bless you too.
naturally4us 1 year ago
@naturally4us thank you and God Bless you too.!
MissijeleONE 1 year ago