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Igbo word

bụghị

In Igbo, bụghị means is not / was not. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What bụghị means

bụghị Negative copula
is not / was notNegative form of ‘bụ’ (be).

How to say it

Say it as bụghị. Keep every written vowel clear, including dotted vowels, without adding an English stress pattern.

Igbo is a tonal language, so the pitch of a word carries meaning. The spelling above keeps the marks the app teaches, and the recording is a native speaker, not a machine voice.

bụghị in a sentence

  • Nne nne m họọrọ akụkọ ọ chọrọ ịkọ, ọ bụghị nke m họọrọ ya.My grandmother chose the story she wanted to tell; I did not choose it for her.