What chekwara means
- chekwara Past verb form
- kept / preserved / rememberedCompleted form of ‘chekwa’ (keep, protect, or preserve).
How to say it
Say it as chekwara. 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.
chekwara in a sentence
- N'abalị, osimiri chekwara aha ndị gafere n'akụkụ ya.At night, the river kept the names of those who passed beside it.
- Agwara m ya na nkọwa m chekwara isi ozi ahụ, ma ọ chekwaghị ụda okwu niile.I told her that my explanation preserved the main message but not every nuance.