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Igbo word

gị

In Igbo, gị means you or your. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What gị means

gị First contact
you or yourUse it for the person you are talking to, after the action word. After a naming word it means your, as in aha gị, your name.

How to say it

Say it as gị. Keep g and dotted ị in one clean syllable.

Igbo is tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading. The recording is a native speaker.

gị in a sentence

  • aha gịyour name
  • Kedu maka gị?How about you?
  • ụda olu gịthe sound of your voice
  • Saa aka gị.Wash your hands.