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

 

 

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