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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Igbo

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Igbo words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

Street traffic in Owerri, southeastern Nigeria
Shops and hotels
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
EMEKA OKECHUKWU, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Igbo phrases in this lesson

Ị nwere...?ee NWEH-reh
Do you have...?

Literally "do you have ...?".

Ebee ka ... dị?EH-beh ka ... dee
Where is...?

"Ebee ka ahịa dị?", where is the market?

Ọ meghereoh meh-GHEH-reh
Open

Literally "it has opened".

Ọ mechirioh meh-CHEE-ree
Closed

Literally "it has closed".

Akpa?AHK-pa
A bag?
Ọ dị oke ọnụoh dee OH-keh oh-NOO
Too expensive

Literally "it is too high in price". Say it with a smile and bargain.

Enwere m ndokwaen-WEH-reh m n-DOH-kwa
I have a reservation

Literally "I have an arrangement".

Nri ụtụtụ ọ gụnyere?n-REE oo-TOO-too oh goo-NYEH-reh
Is breakfast included?

Literally "is morning food included?".

Kedu paswọọdụ wifi?KEH-doo PAS-woh-doo WAI-fai
What's the wifi password?
Enwere m ike...?en-WEH-reh m EE-keh
Can I...?

Literally "do I have the strength to ...?", can I.

Where Igbo is spoken

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