This is the Introduction Lesson. Here we are trying to make it possible for every student to be able to speak Igbo by  using the first five(5)  Igbo Alphabets, A, B, Ch, D, E. There are 36 Igbo Alphabets; ten more than the English Alphabets.

By following our examples, any student should be able to substitute his/her own name, names of his/her own parents, siblings,  or anything that relates to him/her  in sentences with blank (-------). Each student should pay attention to examples used. If an example uses somebody's name, a student should substitute his or her own name, etc.

Note: To complete a meaningful sentence structure in Igbo, we borrowed the alphabet “M” and “Nw” from the Igbo Alphabets.  “M” is a personal pronoun for I and Me. “Nw” is for spelling  Nwa (Child)

Alphabets, Sentences and Meaning

Using First five (5) Igbo Alphabets

A, B, Ch, D, E

A

A bụ m----

I am--

A bụ m  Chima

(substitute who you are)

 I am Chima

Aha m bụ ---

My name is ---

Afa m bụ -----

My name is ---

Aha m bụ Chioma

(substitute your own name)

My name is  Chioma

Afa m bụ Chioma

My name is Chioma

Aha nna m bụ ------

My father's  name is --

Afa nna m bụ ------

My father's name  is---

Aha nna m bụ Chima

(substitute your father's name)

My father's  name is Chima

Afa nna m bụ Chima

(substitute your father's name)

My father's  name  is  Chima

Aha nne m bụ ---

My mother's  name is ----

  Afa nne m bụ ---

My mother's  name is ----

Aha nne m bụ Chiọma

(substitute your mother's name)

My mother'sname is Chiọma

Afa nne m bụ Chiọma

(substitute your mother's name)

My mother's name is Chiọma

A bụ m nwa ---

I am a child of -------

A bụ m nwa Chineke

A bụ m nwa Chukwu

I am a child of God

A bụ m nwa Chima

(substitute father’s name here)

I am a child of Chima

A  bụ m nwa Chiọma

(substitute mother’s name here)

I am a child of Chiọma

Abụ m nwa Chima na Chiọma

I am a child of Chima and Chiọma

 na => and

A mụrụ m na -----

I was born in-------

A mụrụ m na Amirika

(substitute your place of Birth)

I was born in  America

A mụlụ m na  Amirika

(substitute your place of Birth)

I was born in America

Plural (Ọtụtụ)

Anyị bụ ndi ------

We are from --

Anyi bụ ndi Ovim, Isuikwuato

(substitute where you come from)

We are from Ovim, Isuikwuato

B

Bia

Come

Bia n’ebe a

Come here

Bata

Come inside

Bata n’ime ụlọ

Come inside the house

Bata n’ime ụnọ

Come insidethe house

Banye

Go inside

Banye n’ime ụlọ

Go inside the house

Banye n’ime ụnọ

Go inside the house

Biko

Please

Biko, a chọrọ m ----

Please, I want ----

Biko, a chọrọ m nri

Biko, a chọlụ m nni

Please, I want food

Biko, nye m ego

Please, give me money

Biko, nye m akwụkwọ

Please, give me a book

Ch

Chineke bụ Nna

God is father

Chukwu bụ Nna

God is father

Chere

Wait

Chere ka m bịa

Wait for me

Cheta

Remember

D

Dalụ

Thank you

Dalụ Nna m

Thank you my father

Dalụ Nne m

Thank you my Mother

Dalụ onye nkuzi

Thank you, teacher

Dee ihe  

Write some thing

Dee ife

Write some thing

E

E bi m na ---

I live in -----

E bi m na Nuyọk

(substitute where you live at)

I live in New York

E  riri m ------

I ate -------

E riri m osekapa

(substitute what you ate)

I ate Rice

E rili m osekapa

(substitute what you ate)

I ate Rice

E si m ----------

I come from ----

E si m Abịa Steti

(substitute where you come from)

I come from Abịa State