Speaking Igbo: The Number on Your Tongue — Afọ (S1 E3)

In today's drop, we follow Amaka — a mother in Bristol who knows her son's age but cannot say it in Igbo — and learn the three sentences that close the gap between knowing and speaking.

Key proverb: Ogologo abụghị na nwa m etola. — Tallness is not maturity.

Today's 3 sentences :
Adị m afọ [Age]. — I am [Age] years old.
Ọ dị afọ ise. — He is five years old.
Afọ ole ka ị dị? — How old are you?

Scholars' Spark: Theodore Ekechukwu & Dike Ugwu — Age Grades in Amuzi (1983)
Cultural takeaway: In Igbo, you do not have an age — you are your age. And in traditional community life, asking your age was how elders mentally placed you among your age-mates — working out who you walk with, what responsibilities you share.

Blessing: Ka asụsụ Igbo dị ndụ n'ọnụ gị. — May the Igbo language live in your mouth. Ka ike gị adịghị agwụ. — May your strength not run out.

Free resources: Download the free practice workbook and the Igbo Heritage Family Kit at learnigbonow.com.

This has been Igbo Daily Drops with Yvonne Mbanefo.

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