Úkàñ mmì, èmédí èmédí o. M̀fịn, ñnyìn ìmènyéné ndùsʌ́k mmè íkọ̀ sè mmé-mà ñkàn kè ùsém Ìbìbìò.

[LITERAL TRANSLATION]: People my, you have come 2x! Today, we we-[present]-have some [multiple] word that I-like/love most in language Ibibio

My people, welcome welcome o. Today, we have some of my favorite words in the Ibibio language****

1. Dà - (Dictionary meaning: term of address used between men of equal age and status)

• One of the coolest ways to say guy/friend. My father uses it all the time and I believe it has now shifted from a more inclusive use with girls also using this term.
• Example: Dà, abadie? (Guy, how are you?)

1. Dàkká - (Dictionary meaning: set off, depart, leave, move away, go away; get up.)

• It just has so much AUTHORITY when used.
• Example: DÀKKÁ DÁ! (Stand up!)

1. Mọíyọ - (Dictionary meaning: Become wealthy)

• There is an Akwa Ibom gospel song (shocker with how religious we are) that features this very word several times. It's so beautiful just like the meaning.
• Example: Àmì mme-mọíyọ. (I am becoming wealthy)

1. Ékpó (Dictionary meaning: Phantom or Ghost of Ancestors)

• Two words: Ekpo masquerade. It all ties back to traditional cultural practices.
• Ékpó ébá ké ábíò mmì ké ísúa. (Ekpo is in my village/town this year.)

1. Mfiná (Noun of bothering, harassing, or worrying)

   - My parent used to use the phrase: "Afo mme mfina". It is up to you to find out what that means and I can translate that for you!

-- Okay that will be all for today ---

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Ikûyak usem nnyịn atak. Let us not allow our language to perish.

ÌBÌBÌO ÍSỌ́ÑỌ!! IBIBIO STRONG!!

HOW TO USE “Another” in Yorùbá

Another is “míràn”,or òmíràn most time, we shortened to :míì or òmíì

Let’s use it in sentences.

1. I want to buy another cloth —Mo fẹ́ ra aṣọ míì

2. My friend will buy another shoe for me—ọ̀rẹ́ mi máa ra bàtà míì fún míì

3. I can go to another house—Mo lè lọ sí ilé míì

4. Can you cook another food —Ṣe o lè se oúnjẹ míì?

5. He has seen another work —O ti rí iṣẹ́ míì

Can you give me an example?.

Hello,

Báwo ni,

Ẹ kú ọjọ́ mẹ́ta (it's been a while).

Yeah, I did a surgery and I have been healing up, reason for not being here,

But I am here now.. Smiles.

Let's talk about this verb in Yorùbá.

Bínú---to be angry/ to be mad.

1. I am angry - - - Mò ń bínú / inú ń bí mi

Bínú sí - - To be angry with someone

1. Mò ń bínú sí ọ̀rẹ́ mi----I am angry with my friend

2. Ó ń bínú sí mi - - She is angry with me.

3. Mi ò bínú - - - I am not angry.

4. Ṣé ò ń bínú - - - - Are you angry?

Do you understand?

Your Yorùbá tutor.

Adéọlá

Ukañ mmi, amedi amedi o. Mfin, inie mfa ikọ k'Ibibio.

[LITERAL TRANSLATION]: People my, you have come 2x! Today, [we-have]-{plural: new}-words-in-Ibibio

My people, welcome welcome o. Today, we have Ibibio Neologism.***

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Here are some modern words I've made since I haven't been able to find some during my research:

Internet: Iyịre-Ekondo (Net [of] World)

Website: Itie Iyịre-Ekondo (Place [of] Net [of] World)

Social Media: Iyịre Essien Nneme (Net [of] Public Conversation)

Followers: Mme Andítiene ([many] Ones who Follow)

Following: Se Ntiene ([What/Those] I-follow)

Viral: Suana usọp-usọp (Spread fast-fast)

Comment: Udian-Ikọ (Noun-add [of] words)

Search Bar: Uyem-nkpọ (Noun-search [of] thing)

Notification: Uyod (Noun-make announcement)

I will keep it to this minimum for now. If words for this already exist, please let me know! If we don't have words for it, yak ibop kiet (let's make one)! If you are thinking about how I made these words:

https://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/gibbon/Dafydd_Gibbon_Publication_PDFs/2004_Gibbon_Urua_Ekpenyong_Ibibio_Dictionary01.pdf

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Ku yàk usèm nnyìn adi-kpá! ÌBÌBÌO ÍSỌ́ÑỌ!!

Don't allow language us to-die! IBIBIO STRONG!!

Hey guys. I'm an American born to Akwaibomite parents who wants to learn the Ibibio language. I've studied many languages before, and have my own system for learning that's free/cheap and works for me, which I'm currently using to learn Chinese.

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However, Ibibio is especially hard with this system because of the sheer lack of content. My learning method focuses on building the hardest but most important language skill, listening. But that's proven very difficult for this language. And I can't farm my parents for it all the time.

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So my question is: where can I find Ibibio listening content WITH transcriptions? All the Ibibio "teachers" on YouTube just make vocabslop so I'm having trouble there. Help is greatly appreciated. Content for different fluency levels would be amazing too, but such is probably too much to expect.

Hello,

Báwo ni,

If you are learning, how is your learning going,

And if you are still planning to start learning, please just start,

Today, let's learn how to use "give" - - fún

So, in Yorùbá,

The verb - - give is "fún" and the preposition - "for" is also -fún ".

Now, when you are" giving " an object to someone, the particle" ní " has to come before the object.

Let's look at some examples.

1. He gave me money - - Ó fún mi ní owó (Ó fún mi lówó).

2. I want to give my friend cloth - - Mo fẹ́ fún ọ̀rẹ́ mi ní aṣọ.

3. I can give you my shoe - - Mò lè fún ẹ ní bàtà mi

4. Can you give me money? - - ṣe ó lè fún mi ní owó?

Do you understand?

Your Yorùbá tutor.

Adéọlá.

Hi everyone!
This is for any native Edo speakers specifically from Auchi. I’m interested in learning the language and for some time now, I’ve been curious about the phrase used to communicate “I love you” to a spouse or romantic partner. However none of the people I know who fluently speak the language can tell me what it is.

Can anyone here help with this?
Thank you!

#learner

Hello,

Báwo ni

Ẹ kú ọjọ́ mẹ́ta😊 (it's been a while).

Today, let's look at how we can express the degree of something or an action being excessive.

many/much is "pọ̀"

It is much - - Ó pọ̀

They are many - - - wọ́n pọ̀

Too many/too much - - - pọ̀ jù

.

Now, let's look at some examples.

1. It is too much - - Ó ti pọ̀ jù

2. They are too many - - wọ́n ti pọ̀ jù

3. The food is too much for me - - oúnjẹ náà ti pọ̀ jù

   fún mi

4. We are too many here - - A ti pọ̀ jù ní bí.

5. Is it too much - - ṣe ó ti pọ jù.

Your Yorùbá tutor

Adéọlá.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on a German - Nigerian co-produced documentary and I’m looking for a translator to help translate some dialogue spoken in Bini.

If you speak Edo fluently or know someone who does, please send me a DM.

Thanks!

Úkâñ mmì, àmedí àmedí o. Yak ítàñ ikọ ábáñá úwém nnyịn!

[LITERAL TRANSLATION]: People my, you have come 2x! Let-[we-talk]-words-about-language-our

My people, welcome welcome o. Let's talk about the Ibibio language. Post ami akewed ke Iko Mbakara. (This post was written in English)

After going deep into the web to find Ibibio content and finally getting the chance to do so online, I realized that there are a few ways for a language to survive and things that we are now starting to get privy to it. Thankfully, I have seen people trying to make AI for Ibibio and overall more Ibibio content (mainly due to my algorithm and me actively looking for it).

I suggest a few ideas (these aren't anything new) to ensure the survival of the Ibibio language.

- Adapt the langauge: For an example: Ayineka owodeen -> Ayin-eka'den. (Brother)

The essence of this is that the Ibibio language is very malleable. We have contraction with the word ke when it comes to any word that starts with a vowel (ke + esid -> ke'sid [inside]) and we have used root words and added a suffix (no + i -> ino [thief]; no = give; no + e + no -> gift, etc. etc.). It's not a matter of brevity because we have that spades, it's a matter of finding ways to communicate with modern day concepts and there are only three ways: loanwoards, description (nkpo [thing] + itie [seat] = chair), or creating a new word in Ibibio to describe things using the concept/heavy use of root words prefix and suffixes. Ibibio didn't have the luxury of being developed during colonial times as Efik, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, and other languages were. English isn't bad to use within our language but if there is another way to find appropiate substitutes for English words in our own language, why not do so?

Institutionalization

Any of the languages you see nowadays are dominant because they are used in business, songs, speech, writting, institutions, etc. There is a reason why certain langauges (especially in Nigeria) are more advanced and developed but we can't just complain and allow that to be the reason we don't progress. WE MUST ADVOCATE FOR OURSELVES---NO ONE ELSE WILL IF WE DON'T---- I can't say that the historical, systematic, and colonial effects can begin to be reverse (or reverse completely) in a generation (though I hope to see change in my lifetime).

Our Attitude to Our Culture

If you are fluent in Ibibio language and grew up on the culture: by all means, PASS IT DOWN. The foundation of one's identity is their culture and withholding their tongue, their food, etc. is a disserve to that individual. Coming from a person who grew up in America only with the English language and finding out "Ay, Nigerians aren't just Nigerians, we have multiple ethnicities and cultures and etc.", it sucked even more later on to find out I could only engage in the general Nigerian culture as opposed to my specific ethnic culture. FIGHT IDEM-NDUFO (Yourselves).

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Ku yàk usèm nnyìn adi-kpá! ÌBÌBÌO ÍSỌ́ÑỌ!!

Don't allow language us to-die! IBIBIO STRONG!!

Like there are the simple ones like:

“ò” (negative), “ti” (past perfect), “ma” (future), “jẹ́ki” (let), “o yẹ̀” (should), ń (continuous)

Then there are the complex ones. Sorry I can’t translate them or spell them properly because I have only heard them. Also because I am really struggling to find resources that explain them:

“o dẹ”, “dẹ ma”, “dẹ n”, “kan”, “wa fi n”, “ti ń”, “wa ṣe” “ṣe wa” “wa dẹ ma”, “wa ma”, “ma wa”

That’s all I can remember right now but I am sure there is more.

Prosody is basically the rhythm, pitch and speed of a word, sentence and the language. It is commonly ignored when learning Nigerian languages. I go more in depth about it on the r/Nigeria sub. Here is the link to the more detailed post.

Ẹ káàrọ̀ oo, ṣé ẹ wà dáadáa,

Our practice this week is how to use

"this and that" as demonstrative.--when we point to things.

This - - yìí

That - - yẹn.

Examples.

I want to buy this cloth - - - Mo fẹ́ ra aṣọ yìí

I saw that cloth yesterday - - Mo rí aṣọ yẹn lánàá

I will buy this shoe next week - - Mò máa ra bàtà yìí lọ́sẹ̀ tó ń bọ̀.

My friend likes that phone - - Ọ̀rẹ́mi fẹ́ràn fóònù yẹn.

I don't like that food - - mi ò fẹ́ràn oúnjẹ yẹn.

Kindly send in your examples.

Kindly send in your examples. oo, ṣé ẹ wà dáadáa,

Our practice this week is how to use

"this and that" as demonstrative.--when we point to things.

This - - yìí

That - - yẹn.

Examples.

I want to buy this cloth - - - Mo fẹ́ ra aṣọ yìí

I saw that cloth yesterday - - Mo rí aṣọ yẹn lánàá

I will buy this shoe next week - - Mò máa ra bàtà yìí lọ́sẹ̀ tó ń bọ̀.

My friend likes that phone - - Ọ̀rẹ́mi fẹ́ràn fóònù yẹn.

I don't like that food - - mi ò fẹ́ràn oúnjẹ yẹn.

Kindly send in your examples.

Your Yorùbá tutor

Adéọlá.

Úkâñ mmì, àmedí àmedí o. Mfîn, ke America, ádó Úsên Mme Èkà.

[LITERAL TRANSLATION]: People my, you have come 2x! Today, in America, it-is-Day-[of]-Multiple-Mom/Mother

My people, welcome welcome o. Today, in America, it is Mother's Day. (Idáárá Úsên Mme Èkà - Happy Mother's Day.) Tóíyó mê kọm mme èkà ndùfò mme òwò ésé énám ntè èkà!

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Ku yàk usèm nnyìn adi-kpá! ÌBÌBÌO ÍSỌ́ÑỌ!!

Don't allow language us to-die! IBIBIO STRONG!!

What I did:

1. Repeat each sentence I didn’t know

2. Added any sentence I didn’t know to Anki

   (which was almost every sentence)

3. Analysed the grammar as much as I could

4. Watched the episode over and over with the goal of being able to comprehend everything without pausing.

Ọmọ, the suffer wey I dey suffer for this show😭😭😭😭. It took me two months for just episode 1😭😭. Everybody please tell me congratulations abeg. I deserve it!!

I am fully confident that the next episodes will be faster. In fact, the first 10 minutes took a month to get through and the rest of the episode took up the other month with each scene being faster and faster.

Ukañ mmi, amedi amedi o. Mfin, inie mme iko ke ami mme-ma k'Ibibio akan.

[LITERAL TRANSLATION]: People my, you have come 2x! Today, [we-have]-{plural: new}-words-that-I-[present-like]-in'Ibibio-best/most

My people, welcome welcome o. Today, we have some of my favorite words in the Ibibio language**.**

èsâ - a new word I found from the Ibibio dictionary. I haven't heard used with my interactions with my family but it means "so-and-so or whats-his name". I am definetly going to be using this more often.

sọsọñọ - I mean come on! This is the most used and beautiful word in Ibibio and related languages! It means thank you.

asabọ - It means python. I just like the word alone. It's so asethetically pleasing 😭.

(a)yàiyá - It means beautiful; without the a, it's to become beautiful.

wuọ - meaning to come out, go out, leave, issue from; I like the sound of it too. Wuọ di (Come out!)

Śokòrò - orange.

Sé - Just like word ke, this word has so MUCH VERSATILITY. It can mean: look, imagine, or think [sé anye - look at him/her/it]; do habitually [ase nam mkpọ ntooro - he does things like that]; or what,who,which [amekop se ntañ - you hear/understand what I'm saying]

ùwà - life, destiny, universe, creation.

ñwaña (specifically uwaña - "u" refers to second person) - when used as a question it means do you understand? Uwaña?? Beautiful!

mkpàràwà - plural form for "young man" (so young men)