Ibibio Lesson of The Day - How to say - What is your name? - And - Where are you from?
Ufan mmi! (My friends!) I’m on a mission to learn my parents’ native language — Ibibio — and wish to share with my fellow Akwa Ibomites who, too, want to learn useful phrases. In this lesson, we go over the phrases: “Akere die?” or "Afo kere die?", which means what is your name and the response, "Nkere ____" or "A mmi nkere ______", my name is ________. “A tu ke?” which means "where are you from?" and "Idung nfo adu ke?" which means "what village are you from?" and the response "Nto _____" meaning I am from ________. "A ka uke?" which means where are you going? Hope you enjoy! If so, like this video, comment below what other phrases you’d like to learn, share this video with others and subscribe for more videos like this. Peace and blessings. Akwa Ibom isongo! Ibibio isongo!
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Hey guys. Hey guys
We are back with another Ibibio lesson of the day
And today we're going over two very basic phrases, something you should know, beginner level when learning Ibibio
Yeah, Ibibio lesson 101. 101.
Basic.
Very basic. And the first phrase is: what is your name? "Akere die?" "Akere die?"
"Akere die?" "Afo kere die?" "Afo kere die?" Yes
Is the long, full version?
"Afo kere die?"
"Akere die?"
What is your name? What's your name? "Nkere Helen." "Nkere." "Nkere."
And you say "A mmi, nkere Helen."
"Nkere Helen."
Yes. "A mmi nkere." And the next phrase is: where are you from?
"A tu ke?" "A tu ke?" "A tu ke?"
Where are you from? Which is "a tu ke?" "Idong nfo adu ke?"
Where is your village?
"Idong nfo adu ke?"
And somebody says oh, I'm from Akwa Ibom, and you say, "Uke ke Akwa Ibom?"
Slow! Ooo, slow..slow it down.
Bring it back.
Alright, we were-- you lost me at
Sorry. "Idong nfo ?" "Idong nfo adu ke?" "Idong nfo adu ke?"
"Idong nfo adu ke?"
Your village is where? I mean we just-- that's literal trans-- literal meaning. That's for village village
But just somebody, where are you from is "a tu ke?" "A tu ke" where are you from? So the response to the question
Where are you from is what?
And when you say I am from blank. "Nto Ikot Abasi." "Nto." So "nto" wherever the place is, right?
"Nto" is I am from.
"Nto." "Nto Ikot Abasi." I am from. "Nto." "Nto Ikot Abasi."
Yes. Right, so wherever you're from, you just say it after "nto" [..say that's where you're from].
Right. So what I'm learning, is that the "a-"
Prefix or whatever you want to call it is for somebody-- You: [e.g.] "afo". You.
And then "n-", is for me. Like "nto," I am from or "nkere"
"Nkere"
In all of our Ibibio lessons
We give you guys two phrases that
Typically sound similar but mean two completely different things. So our other phrase for this lesson is
"A ka uke?" "A ka uke?"
"A ka uke?" And that means? Where are you going? Where are you going? "A ka uke?" "A ka uke?"
"A ka uke?" "A ka uke?" 'Cuz "ka" means to go. Yes. 'A ka uke" means where are you going?
So the question, what is your name?
"Afo kere die?" or "akere die?" Yes [look atchu] Your response-- oya, this is my lesson, let me teach the people
Okay, so and the response is "a mmi nkere" whatever your name is and
The next question that we learned today is, where are you from? "A tu ke?" No, "a tu ke?"
"A tu ke?" is where is he from or where is she from? "A tu ke?"
"A tu ke?" Where are you from? You have started with this
I have no idea the difference that you just stopped me and said. So, how do you say where are you from? "A tu ke?"
"A tu ke?" Yes. And what did I say?
"A tu ke?" "A tu ke?" is where's he from? Yeah, third person. "A tu ke?" "A tu ke" is directly asking you
Lower your voice
Lower your tone when you want to say, where are you from? "A tu ke?" "A tu ke?" "A tu ke?" "A tu ke?"
But you saying "A tu ke?" So instead of
I'm not supposed to go up with it. [You're asking]
A third person where is that person-- the other person-- a third person from. But if you're directing it to somebody that you're addressing
You say "a tu ke?" Mm-hmm, "a tu ke?"
"A tu ke?"
It's a third person, you're asking a third person where is the other person from. Oh
"A tu ke?"
Where is that person from? That intonation's gonna get you. It's gon getcha. So
Bring bring that back. So the lesson
Correctly is
Where are you from? "A tu ke?" "A tu ke?" "A tu ke?"
"A tu ke?" Mm-hmm. And your response is "Nto". "Nto Ikot Abasi"
Wherever you're from. Wherever you're from. Right. Alright guys, that is our lesson for today. Thanks so much for watching. See you in the next one
