Episode 6: Ajụjụ

<p><br></p> <p>Ifunanya: Uche nnọ , kee maka izu &nbsp;ngwụcha &nbsp;gi? I na-eweta onwe gi? &nbsp;</p> <p>Uchenna: Ndeewo Ifunanya; izu m gara ofuma. Gi nwa kwanu? Kedu ka i mere?</p> <p>....</p> <p>Uchenna: Daalu maka ajụjụ &nbsp;gi. Thank you for your question. In today’s lesson we will talk about how to ask questions, &nbsp;ịjụ ajụjụ, in Igbo. To start off, let’s go back to basics. You can even think back to when you were in grade school. What were you taught are the “question words in English”?</p> <p>Ifunanya: Sure; they were “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “ why,” and “how.”&nbsp;</p> <p>...</p> <p>Note questions can also be made from statements based off of tone/voice inflections.</p> <p>Example:</p> <ul> <li>You have a question: I nwere ajụjụ.&nbsp;</li> <li>Do you have a question: I nwere ajụjụ? (change in tone)</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Exercise 1: Review of Survival Kit Question Phrases</strong></p> <ul> <li>What did you say?<strong> ---&gt; Gini ka i kwuru? Or Isi gini?</strong></li> <li>How do I say ____ in igbo?<strong>---&gt; &nbsp;Olee otu m ga-esi kwuo ____ n’Igbo?</strong></li> <li>What is ____ in igbo?<strong>---&gt; Gini bu ____ n’Igbo.&nbsp;</strong></li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><u><strong>Question Words</strong></u></p> <ul> <li>Who?...<strong>Onye</strong>?</li> <li>What?...Gini?&nbsp;</li> <li>When?...<strong>Mgbe</strong> olee?&nbsp;</li> <li>Where?...<strong>Ebee</strong>? Ebe olee?</li> <li>Why?...Maka gini?</li> <li>How?...<strong>Otu</strong> olee? Or Olee Otu</li> <li>Which?...<strong>Nke</strong> olee?</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p>(Note: "Otu olee" can be used when just simply asking "how?" While "Ole otu" is the start of a sentence beginning with "how" and followed by other words. &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Kedu</strong> in combination with these words are phrases that start a question. Here is what I mean:</p> <ul> <li>Kedu + onye...? means “who is…?”</li> <li>Kedu + mgbe...? means “when is...?”</li> <li>Kedu + ebe...? means “where is...?”</li> <li>Kedu +