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Igbo word

gbanwee

In Igbo, gbanwee means change. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What gbanwee means

gbanwee History and community
changeUse this verb for something changing or being changed; the sentence supplies who acts and what changes.

How to say it

Say it as gba-nwee. Keep gb together at the start and nw together; preserve the final long vowel sequence.

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.

gbanwee in a sentence

  • Ana m atụ aro ka anyị gbanwee ụbọchị nzukọ ahụ.I recommend that we change the date of the meeting.
  • Akụkọ ọnụ a kọwara otú obodo ahụ si gbanwee n'ime afọ iri.This oral account explained how the community changed over ten years.