Time | Date | Market Days
Time – oge / elekere
clock – elekere
when – oge
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What time is it?/What is the time? – Gịnị na-akụ?
It is 10 minutes past nine in the morning. / It is 9:10 AM. – O jirila nkeji iri gafee elekere itoolu nke ụtụtụ.
It is 12:30 PM/It is 12:30 in the afternoon. – Ọ kụọla elekere iri na abụọ na ọkara nke ehihie.
It is 6:50 PM/It is 10 minutes to 7 at night. – Ọ fọdụrụ nkeji iri na-aga elekere asa nke abalị.
early – ụzọ / oge
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half – ọkara
second – akara nkeji / timkọm
minute – nkeji
hour – elekere
day – ụbọchị
week – izuka
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weekend – ngwụchaizuka
month – ọnwa
year – afọ
decade – afọ iri
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next year – afọ n’abịa abịa
last year – afọ gara aga
this year – afọ a
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yesterday – ụnyaahụ
today – taa
tomorrow – echi
now – ugbu a / kita
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future – ọdịnihu
present – ubgu a
past – gara aga
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sunrise – owuwa anyanwụ
morning – ụtụtụ
afternoon – ehihie
evening – mgbede
sunset – odida anyanwụ
night – abalị
midnight – ime abalị
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last night – abalị gara aga
tonight – n’abalị taa
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tomorrow morning – ụtụtụ echi
this morning – ụtụtụ a
yesterday morning – ụtụtụ ụnyaahụ
in the morning – na ụtụtụ
Date
Months (ọnwa)
January – Ọnwa Mbụ
February – Ọnwa Abụọ
March – Ọnwa Atọ
April – Ọnwa Anọ
May – Ọnwa Ise
June – Ọnwa Isii
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July – Ọnwa Asaa
August – Ọnwa Asatọ
September – Ọnwa Itoolu
October – Ọnwa Iri
November – Ọnwa Iri na Otu
December – Ọnwa Iri na Abụọ
Days of the Week (These are based on the English calendar and are using EngliIgbo words. The traditional Igbo calendar doesn’t use these days. See below for the Igbo Market Days.)
Sunday – Ụbọchị ụka
Monday – Mọnde
Tuesday – Tuzde
Wednesday – Wensde
Thursday – Tosde
Friday – Fraide
Saturday – Satode
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Market Days
1st market day – Eke
2nd market day – Orie
3rd market day – Afọ
4th market day – Nkwọ
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Some say that there are 8 market days as follows:
(ukwu – “big”; nta – “small”)
Eke ukwu
Eke nta
Orie ukwu
Orie nta
Afọ ukwu
Afọ nta
Nkwọ ukwu
Nkwọ nta