Lesson 33

Section A (Detailed English-Igbo Word-by-Word Interlinear Text)

33.1 What Gịnị is bụ your gị name aha?

33.2 Tell Gwa me m what gịnị happened mere yesterday ụnyaahụ

33.3 I M know ma what gịnị you ị want chọrọ to ị buy zụta

33.4 The Ya teacher onye nkuzi asked jụrụ what gịnị time oge it ọ was bụ

33.5 She Ọ doesn't anaghị understand aghọta what gịnị he o is na- saying ekwu

33.6 What Gịnị beautiful mara mma flowers uwe you ị have nwere!

33.7 Do Ị you na- see ahụ what gịnị I m mean na-ekwu?

33.8 She Ọ wonders na-eche what gịnị will ga- happen eme next na mbido

33.9 What Gịnị time oge does na- the ya market ahịa open emeghe?

33.10 By Site what gịnị road ụzọ should kwesịrị we anyị go ịga?

Section B (Complete English Sentences with Igbo Translation)

33.1 What is your name? Gịnị bụ aha gị?

33.2 Tell me what happened yesterday. Gwa m gịnị mere ụnyaahụ.

33.3 I know what you want to buy. M ma gịnị ị chọrọ ịzụta.

33.4 The teacher asked what time it was. Onye nkuzi jụrụ gịnị oge ọ bụ.

33.5 She doesn't understand what he is saying. Ọ naghị aghọta gịnị o na-ekwu.

33.6 What beautiful flowers you have! Gịnị mara mma uwe ị nwere!

33.7 Do you see what I mean? Ị na-ahụ gịnị m na-ekwu?

33.8 She wonders what will happen next. Ọ na-eche gịnị ga-eme na mbido.

33.9 What time does the market open? Gịnị oge ka ahịa na-emeghe?

33.10 By what road should we go? Site gịnị ụzọ ka anyị kwesịrị ịga?

Section C (English Text Only)

33.1 What is your name?

33.2 Tell me what happened yesterday.

33.3 I know what you want to buy.

33.4 The teacher asked what time it was.

33.5 She doesn't understand what he is saying.

33.6 What beautiful flowers you have!

33.7 Do you see what I mean?

33.8 She wonders what will happen next.

33.9 What time does the market open?

33.10 By what road should we go?

Section D (Grammar Explanation in Igbo)

Ịghọta "what" n'asụsụ Bekee dị mkpa maka ndị na-amụ asụsụ Bekee. Nke a bụ ihe ndị dị mkpa ị ga-aghọta: -

Ụdị "what" dị iche iche: -

Iji jụọ ajụjụ: "What is this?" (Gịnị bụ nke a?) -

Dịka okwu njikọ: "I know what you mean" (M ma ihe ị na-ekwu) -

Maka ịtụ anya: "What a beautiful day!" (Lee ụbọchị mara mma!) -

Usoro iwu: -

"What" na-abụkarị okwu mbụ n'ajụjụ -

Ọ na-esote "be" verb: "What is...?" -

Ọ nwere ike ịbụ isiokwu ma ọ bụ ihe e mere n'ahịrịokwu -

Mgbe ị ga-eji "what": -

Iji jụọ maka ihe: "What do you want?" -

Iji kọwaa ihe: "Tell me what happened" -

Maka nkwupụta: "What nonsense!" -

Ndịiche n'etiti Igbo na Bekee: -

Igbo na-eji "gịnị" ma ọ bụ "kedụ" -

Bekee na-eji "what" n'ụzọ dị iche iche -

Usoro okwu dị iche na mbụrụ abụọ

Section E (Cultural Note in Igbo)

N'ọdịnaala Igbo, ụzọ anyị si ajụ ajụjụ dị iche na nke ndị bekee. Ọtụtụ mgbe, anyị na-eji "kedụ" kama "gịnị". Mana n'asụsụ Bekee, "what" nwere ọtụtụ ụzọ e si eji ya. Ọ dị mkpa ịghọta na: -

N'ala Bekee: -

Ịjụ ajụjụ ozugbo na-abụghị mgbe niile ihe a na-eme -

"What" nwere ike ịpụta ihe ọma ma ọ bụ ihe ọjọọ -

E nwere ike iji "what" gosipụta ihe tụrụ gị n'anya -

Ndịiche ndị ọzọ: -

Igbo na-eji ntụziaka dị iche iche -

Bekee na-eji "what" n'ụzọ dị mfe -

Ọ dị mkpa ịmụta mgbe ị ga-eji "what" n'ụzọ ziri ezi

Section F (Literary Quote)

Part F-A (Detailed English-Igbo Interlinear)

"What Gịnị is bụ in na a otu name? aha?" - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Part F-B (Complete Translation)

"What is in a name?" "Gịnị dị n'aha?"

Part F-C (Literary Analysis)

Shakespeare ji mkpụrụ okwu a gosipụta na aha abụghị ihe kacha mkpa. N'akwụkwọ Romeo and Juliet, Juliet na-ekwu na aha anaghị agbanwe onye mmadụ bụ. Nke a na-egosi ka e si eji "what" ajụ ajụjụ nwere echiche miri emi.

Part F-D (Grammatical Notes)

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"What" na mbido ahịrịokwu na-egosi na ọ bụ ajụjụ -

E jiri ya tụnyere "gịnị" n'asụsụ Igbo -

Ahịrịokwu a na-egosi ka e si eji "what" n'ụzọ dị mfe mana nwere echiche miri emi

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Genre Section: Detective Story

Section A (Detailed English-Igbo Word-by-Word Interlinear)

33.11 What Gịnị clues aka ebe did mere the ya detective onye nyocha find chọta at na the ebe scene ihe mere?

33.12 The Ya witness onye aka ebe couldn't enweghị ike remember icheta what gịnị the onye thief ohi looked dị like ka

33.13 Inspector Ọkaikpe Kumar Kumar wondered chere what gịnị made mere the ya alarm ọkwa fail ịdaba

33.14 What Gịnị evidence ihe akaebe could nwere ike prove igosi his ya theory echiche?

33.15 Nobody Ọ dịghị onye knew maara what gịnị happened mere that ahụ night abalị

33.16 The Ya detective onye nyocha asked jụrụ what gịnị time oge the ya jewels ngwọ were ka stolen zuru

33.17 What Gịnị footprints akụkụ ụkwụ did mere they ha discover chọpụta in na the ya garden ubi?

33.18 She O explained kọwara what gịnị she ya saw hụrụ through site the ya window windo

33.19 What Gịnị made mere the ya guard onye nche suspicious enwe obi abụọ?

33.20 The Ya security nchekwa camera igwefoto showed gosiri what gịnị really n'ezie occurred mere

33.21 What Gịnị motive ihe kpatara could nwere ike the ya murderer ogbu mmadụ have inwe had nwere?

Section B (Complete English Sentences with Igbo Translation)

33.11 What clues did the detective find at the scene? Gịnị aka ebe ka onye nyocha chọtara n'ebe ihe mere?

33.12 The witness couldn't remember what the thief looked like. Onye aka ebe enweghị ike icheta ka onye ohi si dị.

33.13 Inspector Kumar wondered what made the alarm fail. Ọkaikpe Kumar chere gịnị mere ọkwa ji adaba.

33.14 What evidence could prove his theory? Gịnị ihe akaebe nwere ike igosi echiche ya?

33.15 Nobody knew what happened that night. Ọ dịghị onye maara ihe mere n'abalị ahụ.

33.16 The detective asked what time the jewels were stolen. Onye nyocha jụrụ gịnị oge ka e zuru ngwọ ahụ.

33.17 What footprints did they discover in the garden? Gịnị akụkụ ụkwụ ka ha chọpụtara n'ubi?

33.18 She explained what she saw through the window. O kọwara ihe ọ hụrụ site na windo.

33.19 What made the guard suspicious? Gịnị mere onye nche ji enwe obi abụọ?

33.20 The security camera showed what really occurred. Igwefoto nchekwa gosiri ihe mere n'ezie.

33.21 What motive could the murderer have had? Gịnị ihe kpatara ka ogbu mmadụ nwere ike ịnwe?

Section C (English Text Only)

33.11 What clues did the detective find at the scene?

33.12 The witness couldn't remember what the thief looked like.

33.13 Inspector Kumar wondered what made the alarm fail.

33.14 What evidence could prove his theory?

33.15 Nobody knew what happened that night.

33.16 The detective asked what time the jewels were stolen.

33.17 What footprints did they discover in the garden?

33.18 She explained what she saw through the window.

33.19 What made the guard suspicious?

33.20 The security camera showed what really occurred.

33.21 What motive could the murderer have had?

Section D (Grammar Notes for Detective Genre)

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Ijisi "what" n'akụkọ nyocha: -

Maka ịjụ ajụjụ maka ihe mere eme -

Iji chọpụta ihe ndị mere -

Maka mkparịta ụka n'etiti ndị nyocha -

Usoro mkpụrụ okwu nyocha: -

"What" + verb (past tense): "What happened?" -

"What" + auxiliary verb + subject: "What did the detective find?" -

Indirect questions with "what": "He wondered what made..." -

Ndịiche n'etiti Igbo na Bekee: -

Igbo na-eji "gịnị" n'ụzọ dị mfe -

Bekee na-enwe usoro pụrụ iche maka ajụjụ -

Usoro okwu dị iche na mbụrụ abụọ -

Mkpụrụ okwu ndị ọzọ: -

"What if..." maka ịtụ aro -

"What about..." maka ịjụ maka ihe ọzọ -

"What else..." maka ịchọ ihe ndị ọzọ

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