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Igbo Grammar
The Igbo grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Igbo and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
| And: na | Under: n'okpuru |
| Before: tupu | After: n'ikpeazụ |
| Inside: n'ime | Outside: n'ihe/n'ilo |
| With: na | But: mana |
| For: maka | From: si |
| To: je | In: ime |
Questions and Adverbs
To ask questions, use the following:
| What?: gịnị/ọ gịnị? | Who?: onye? |
| How?: kedụ? | Why?: maka gịnị? |
| Where?: ebee? |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
| Never: ma ncha | Rarely: tara akpụ |
| Sometimes: mgbe ụfọdụ | Usually: mgbe n'ine |
| Always: mgbe n'ine | Very: ọfụma ọfụma |
Most commonly used pronouns in Igbo:
| I: mụ, mụwa | You: gị, gịwa |
| He: ọ | She: ọ |
| We: anyị | They: ha, hawa |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
| My: nke m | Your: nke gị |
| His: nke ya | Her: nke ya |
| Our: nke anyị | Their: nke ha |
Grammar in a sentence
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
| I speak English: a ma m asụ bekee |
| You speak French: ị ma asụ asụsụ ndị France |
| He speaks German: ọ na asụ asụsụ ndị Germany |
| She speaks Italian: ọ na asụ asụsụ ndị Italy |
| I visited France: e jere m France |
| I will drink milk: m ga aňụ ala-efi |
Some extra grammatical structures:
| I understand you: a ghọtara m gị |
| I don't understand you: a ghọtarọ m gị |
| I don't speak French: a dịghị m asụ asụsụ ndị french |
| This is my house: ihe a bụ ụlọ m |
| That restaurant is far: ụlọnri ahụ tee aka |
| No problem: nsogbu adịrọ |
The above Igbo grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Igbo vocabulary to obtain some popular Igbo phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |