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Alex G. Igbineweka: TEACH YOURSELF EDO LANGUAGE BOOK 1 (Revised) “Èdó mwèn eGráma ” “There are Grammars in Edo Language” |
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EDO NUMEROLOGY
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1. Owo / Okpa 2. Eva 3. Eha 4. Ene 5. Isen 6. Ehan 7. Ihinron 8. Erenren 9. Ihinrin 10. Igbe 11. Oworo 12. Iwĕva 13. Iwĕha 14. Iwĕnen 15. Ekesugie 16. Enen ei ro vb’ ugie 17. Eha ei ro vb’ ugie 18. Eva eir ro vb’ ugie 19. Okpa ei ro vb’ ugie 20. Ugie 21. Okpa yaen ugie 22. Eva yaen ugie 23. Eha yaen ugie 24. Enen yaen ugie 25. Isen yaen ugie 26. Enen ei ro vbe ogban 27. Eha ei ro vbe ogban 28. Eva ei ro vbe ogban 29. Okpa ei ro vbe ogban 30. Ogban 31. Okpa yaen ogban 32. Eva yaen ogban 33. Eha yaen ogban 34. Enen yaen ogban 35. Isen yaen ogban 36. Enen ei ro vbe iyi-eva 37. Eha ei ro vbe iyi-eva 38. Eva ei ro vbe iyi-eva 39. Okpa ei ro vbe iyi-eva 40. Iyi –eva 41. Okpa yaen iyi-eva 42. Eva yaen iyi-eva 43. Eha yaen iyi-eva 44. Ene yaen iyi-eva 45. Isen yaen iyi-eva 46. Enen ei ro vbe ‘kigbe si ‘yi-eha |
47. Enen ei ro vbe ‘kigbe si ‘yi-eha 48. Eha ei ro vbe ‘kigbe si ‘yi-eha 48 Eva ei ro vbe ‘kigbe si ‘yi-eha 49 Oka ei ro vbe ‘kigbe si ‘yi-eha 50 Ekigbe si ‘yi-eha 51 Okpa yaen ekigbe si ‘yi-eha 52 Eva yaen e kigbe si ‘yi-eha 53 Eha yaen e kigbe si ‘yi-eha 54 Enen yaen e kigbe si ‘yi-eha 55 Isen yaen e kigbe si ‘yi-eha 56 Enen ei ro vbe iyi-eha 57 Eha ei ro vbe iyi-eha 58 Eva ei ro vbe iyi-eha 59 Okpa ei ro vbe iyi-eha 60 Iyi-eha TEN UNITS: 70 Igbe ei ro vbe iyi-enen; (or) Iyi-eha vbe igbe (iyi-ha kevbe igbe) 80 Iyi-enen 90 Igbe ei ro vbe iyi-sen 100 Iyi-‘sen 110 Igbe yaen Iyi-‘sen 120 Ugie yaen Iyi-‘sen 130 Ogban yaen Iyi-‘sen 140 Iyi-eva yaen Iyi-‘sen 150 Ekigbe si ‘yi-eha yaen Iyi-‘sen 160 Iyi-eha yaen Iyi-‘sen 170 Igbe ei ro vbe iyi-enen yaen iyi-‘sen 180 Iyi-enen yaen iyi-‘isen 190 Igbe ei ro vbe iyi-‘sen yaen iyi-‘sen 200 Iyi-sen vbi ‘he ‘va (100 in two places, or 100 x 2) (To be continued) |
Edo Language English Language
Ób’ókhían welcome
Ób’ówa greetings to you at home
Kóyo hello
Vbèè óye hé? How are you/how is it?
Òy’ èsé It is fine, o.k.
Ób’ówie good morning
Ób’ávàn good afternoon
Ób’ ótà good evening
Òkhíen òwie until tomorrow morning/good night
Ób’íwìnà greetings to you at work
Ù rú èsé thank you
Ìsélógbé complements of the seasons (end of the year/new
year’s greetings)
Next in Lesson One, we shall study a little bit of the Edo language grammar as follows:
Alphabets: Á B D É È F G Í H K L M N Ó Ò P R S T Ú V W Y Z
A-Alpha; B-Bingo; D-Dickson; E-Enugu; E-Edward; F-Fiction; G-Give; I-India; H-Hero; K-Kelly;
L-Lay; M-Minna; N-Needle; O-Obedience; O-Order; P-Peter; R-Richmond; S-Sister; T-Tea; U-Pull; V-Victor; Y-Yanky; Z-Zero.
Note: The first letter after the consonant D, i.e. É takes the form of vowel (ÉH) while the fifth letter and vowel in the Alphabets is pronounced (EH) (mid tone) and a dot under the letter E
From the above graphic alphabets you will observe that the Edo language has no letters like "C", "J" and "X".
LESSON ONE:
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Edo Language |
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Kóyò Vbo yé hé(h) òyè èsé Vbè á tíe rue? Vbè ore 'nì rue érhá íyé òtén òténmwén òkpia òkhùo |
hello how is it? it is fine or good What is are you called? What is your name? father mother relation my relation male, man female, woman |
Now, how can I say in Edo language:
My male relation _____________________________
My female relation _____________________________
My brother _____________________________
My sister _____________________________
Hello, my brother _____________________________
Hello, my sister _____________________________
Hello, father my father _____________________________
Hello, my mother ______________________________
GUOSA LANGUAGE by Alex Igbineweka - check http://www.dawodu.net/guosa1.htm
For further lessons please contact author/publisher guosa_language02@yahoo.com
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