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Igbo word

gara

In Igbo, gara means went / passed. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What gara means

gara Past verb
went / passedPast tense of 'ga' (go) ('Obi gara ahịa' = Obi went to the market).

How to say it

Say it as ga-ra. 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.

gara in a sentence

  • Obi gara ahịa.Obi went to the market.
  • Obi gara ahịa, ma Amaka nọ n'ụlọ.Obi went to the market, but Amaka stayed at home.
  • N'oge gara aga, otu nwaanyị bi n'akụkụ osimiri.Long ago, a woman lived beside a river.