Read over these phrases to learn how to use some food related Igbo vocabulary words to create sentences you can use in your everyday conversations around the house.
Rie akwụkwọ nri gị! – “Eat your vegetables!”
- Rie – eat
- akwụkwọ nri – vegetables
- gị – your
Ose ọ dị nnukwu na jollof osikapa? – “Is their too much pepper in the jollof rice? (Is it spicy?)”
- ose – pepper
- jollof osikapa – jollof rice
- nnukwu – big/a lot
A naghi m eri anụ ehi. – “I don’t eat beef.”
- m – I
- naghi…eri – don’t eat
- anụ ehi – beef
Mmanụ añụ a na-ato ụtọ nke ukwu.
– “The honey is very sweet.”
- mmanụ añụ -honey
- very -nke ukwu
- is sweet – na-ato ụtọ
Ñụọ nkwu enu! – “Drink some palm wine!”
- Ñụọ – drink
- nkwu enu -palm wine
You can also review my other Igbo vocabulary lessons here.