This is your Week 35 Igbo language practice session from Igbo Daily Drops — 15 sentences learnt over the past week in Igbo daily drops, built for real-life use. Commands, requests, questions, and the kind of warm, human phrases that make the difference between knowing a language and living in it.
Work through each sentence at your own pace. You will hear it once, then again — then it is your turn.
E nwere m ike ikwu okwu - I can speak. E nwere m ike ịga ije - I can walk. E nwere m ike ịgba ọsọ - I can run. A ma m ede ihe - I know how to write. A ma m ịgụ akwụkwọ - I know how to read. E nwere m ike ịkụziri gị - I can teach you. Biko, ị nwere ike inyere m aka? - Please, can you help me? Ị nwere ike ịsụ Igbo? - Can you speak Igbo? Ị nwere ike igosi m ụzọ? - Can you show me the way? Ike agwụla m - I'm exhausted (literally, my strength has finished) Enweghị m ike ịgba mgba taa - I can't wrestle today Amabeghị m ya nke ọma - I don't know it well yet Enweghị m ike ịkọ ji ebe a maka na oyi na-atụ - I can't plant yam here because it's cold Ọ bụrụ na ị kụziere m, enwere m ike ịmụta ya - If you teach me, I can learn it Enwere m ike ịlọta ma ọ bụrụ na ị chere m - I can come home if you wait for me
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