Taa bụ Ụbọchi Jollof Osikapa! (Today is Jollof Rice Day!).
I need to practice writing more in Igbo language.
So in support of Jollof Rice Day, a chọrọ m ide ihe asaa e chere m banyere Jollof n’Igbo! (…I want to write 7 things I think about Jollof in Igbo). 🙂
Can you figure out what I wrote in Igbo? 🙂
Gụọ ya n’okpuru!
Nke Mbu – Jollof Nigera ditụ mma Jollof Ghana.
(Anaghi m eri Jollof Ghana, mana onye ọ bụla na-agwa m na ọ dịghị mma.) 😛
Nke Abụọ – I nwere ike rie ya maka nri ụtụtụ, nri ehihie, na nri abalị. (M nwere ike rie ya kwa ụbọchị!)
Nke Atọ – Jollof m na ose dị nnukwu na-amasị m. (
Ọ bụrụ na nweghi ose na jollof, ọ gaghị atọ ụtọ.)
Nke Anọ – Nile mmemme nwere jollof. (Ya mere, ọ bụrụ na ị na-aga mmemme na ọ dịghị jollof… enyi m, biko gaa ụlọ!).
Nke Ise – Mgbe ezughi jollof, ndị mmadu na-ewe iwe.
Nke isii – Ọ na-amasị m iri jollof m na anụ ewu na plantain.
Nke asaa – Jollof bụ ndụ! Rie jollof taa!
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I ghotara ihe m dere? Mee ka m mara echiche gị! Daalụ!
*Corrections to my Igbo are welcomed!*
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Waoo I am feeling so jealous and impatient to learn it fast
You will get there o! Keep trying!
Jisike Ife! E nwere onye na anaghi eri jollof? Jollof di ka football. Eze nri ka óbù!👑
Daalụ Amara! Eziokwu! Jollof bu ndu!! Anaghị m aghọta na jollof masịghị ndi mmadụ.
Nke mbu: Agam ede ya otu a… Nigeria ditu/di mma _karia_ Jollof Ghana.
Nke ato: Jollof ose di nnukwu na ya, na-amasi m. Ma o bu Jollof etinyere nnukwu ose na amasi m.
Nke ano: Mmemme Nile nwere Jollof. In our language, adjectives comes after the nouns.
Nke use: Mgbe Jollof na ezughi, ndi mmadu na ewe iwe.
Na ezie, otutu ihe idere kwere nghota, jisie ike!
Very helpful for all of us learning. Daalu rinne!