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Onụ ọgụgụ Igbo na-aga na iri na iri dịka n'okwu bekee. IRI bụ 10. IRI ABỤỌ bụ 10 + 10 m'obụ 10 x 2, etc. Onye ọbụla nwee ike ịguru na ire, ga enwe ike iguru na Nari(100). Ị guruo iri, ibido tinyewe ya otu, abụọ, atọ...ituolu/itenani dika na Bekee (10 + 1 bụ 11, 10 +2 bụ 12,...10 + 9 bụ 19). Ọnụ ọgụgụ ọzọ ma i rute itolu buzi iri abụọ (10 + 10). If you can count in English, you can count in Igbo. All you do is to count up to 10 and start adding 1, 2, 3...to 9 to make 10 + 1 = 11 and 10 + 9 = 19. After 19, the next number will be 20 called Two tens (Iri abụọ). 30 is Three Tens or (Iri ato), etc |
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No |
Ime okwu n'igbo {sentences} |
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0 efu
nọọtụ
Zero |
O nwere ihe efu
O nwelụ nọọtụ
He/She scored a zero in the exam |
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1 OTU
OFU
One
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Biko nye otu dọla
Biko, Nye m ofu dọla
Please, give me a dollar |
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2 ABỤỌ
ỊBỤỌ
Two
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Ụmụ aka "ABỤỌ"
Ụmụ ntakịlị "n'ỊBỤỌ"
Two infants |
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3 ATỌ
ỊTỌ
Three |
Lekwa Nwamba atọ
Nekwa Nwamba ịto
Look at three cats
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4 ANỌ
ỊNỌ
Four |
Ụmụ Nnụnụ "ANỌ"
Ụmụ Nnụnụ "ỊNỌ"
Four birds
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5 ISE
ISE
Five
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E nwere m mkpisi aka ISE
E nwelụ mkpisi aka ISE
These five birds are beautiful |
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6 ISII
ISII
six |
Nna m nwere Ụgbọ "ISII"
Nna m nwelụ Ụgbọ "ISII"
My father has six cars
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7 ASAA
ỊSAA
Seven |
Enwere m akwụkwọ "ASAA"
Enwelụ m akwụkwọ "ỊSAA"
I have seven books |
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8 ASATỌ
ISATỌ
Eight |
Enwere m uwe "ASATỌ"
Enwelụ afe "ISATỌ"
I have eight clothes |
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9 ITOLU
ITENANỊ
Nine |
Nne m nwere akpụkpọ ụkwụ "ITOLU"
Nne m nwelụ alpụkpọ ụkwụ "ITENANỊ"
My Mother has nine pairs of shoes |
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10 IRI
ILI
Ten |
Biko nye m dọla "IRI"
Biko nye m dọla "ILI"
Please give me ten dollars |
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11 IRI NA OTU
ILI NA OFU
Eleven
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Ego m dị "IRI NA OTU"
Ego m dị"ILI NA OFU"
My money is eleven
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12 IRI NA ABỤỌ
ILI NA ỊBỤỌ
Twelve
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Ego nwanne m nwoke dị "IRI NA ABỤỌ"
Ego nwanne m nwoke dị "ILI NA ỊBỤỌ"
My nrother's money is twelve
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13 IRI NA ATỌ
ILI NA ỊTỌ
Thirteen |
Uwe nwanne m nwanyị dị "IRI NA ATỌ"
Uwe nwanne m nwanyị dị "ILI NA ỊTỌ"
Our neighbor's yams are thirteen
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14 IRI NA ANỌ
ILI NA ỊNỌ
Fourteen |
Nnanna m nwere ụlọ "IRI NA ANỌ"
Nna m oche nwelụ ụnọ "ILI NA ỊNỌ"
My grand father has fourteen houses
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15 IRI NA ISE
ILI NA ISE
Fifteen |
Nnenne m nwere ji "IRI NA ISE"
Nne m oche nwelụ ji "ILI NA ISE"
My grand mother has fifteen yams
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16 IRI NA ISII
ILI NA ISII
Sixteen |
Enyi m nwere ụmụ nne "IRI NA ISII"
Ọyi m nwelụ ụmụ nne "ILI NA ISII"
My friend has sixteen siblings
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17 IRI NA ASAA
ILI NA ỊSAA {
Seventeen
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Nnanna m nwere ụmụ nwa nwa "IRI NA ASAA"
Nna m oche nwelụ ụmụ nwa nwa "ILI NA ỊSAA"
My grand father has seventeen grand children
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18 IRI NA ASATỌ
ILI NA ỊSATỌ
Eighteen |
Efere anyị dị "IRI NA ASATỌ"
Efele anyị dị "ILI NA ỊSATỌ"
Our plates are eighteen
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19 IRI NA ITOLU
ILI NA ITENANỊ
Ninteen |
Ụmụ kalasị mu dị "IRI NA ITOLU"
Ụmụ kalasị mu dị "ILI NA ITENANỊ"
My classmates are ninteen
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20
IRI ABỤỌ
ILI IBỤỌ
Twenty
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Nna m, biko nye m dọla "IRI ABỤỌ"
Nna m, biko nye m dọla "ILI IBỤỌ"
My father, please give me twenty dollars
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