Daalụ Meaning: What It Really Means in Igbo
Daalụ means thank you — but it also means well done, and that second meaning is the one English keeps…
Everyday Igbo Conversations at Home
The conversations that actually keep a language alive are the small ones at home. Here is the Igbo for them.
Igbo Greetings for Celebrations and Seasons
Igbo marks time by a four-day week, and occasions by mmemme. Learn the vocabulary of celebration — and which greetings…
Igbo Phone Conversations: What to Say
On the phone you lose gesture, context and the chance to point. Here is the Igbo that gets you through…
Welcoming Guests in Igbo: Words and Customs
Nnọọ is not optional politeness in an Igbo home. Here is what to say when someone arrives at your door.
How to Greet Igbo Elders Respectfully
Greeting an elder in Igbo is not the same as greeting a friend. Here is what changes — and the…
Idu Nwaanyị Ụlọ: Equipping the Bride’s New Home
The tenth and final stage, where goods move from the bride's family to the couple — and why ending here…
Bịa Mara Be M: Come and Know My Home
Three short Igbo words that invite a bride's family to see where she will live — and a sentence you…
Ịlụrụ Nwaanyị: Visiting the Bride’s Relatives
The fifth stage sends the groom's family around the bride's relatives — not to ask permission, but to be seen…
Ibu Mmanya Ụmụnna: Carrying Wine for the Kindred
Wine carried to the kindred — the stage where a marriage stops being two families' business and becomes the community's.
Agbam Akwụkwọ: Court and Church Weddings
The stage named after paper — where an Igbo marriage meets the registry and the church, and why it comes…
Ịchọta Nwaanyị: Finding a Wife in Igbo Tradition
The first stage of an Igbo marriage, and the verb at the heart of it — chọ, which means both…