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Igbo word

gwara

In Igbo, gwara means told / said to. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What gwara means

gwara Past verb form
told / said toCompleted form used when speaking or giving information to someone.

How to say it

Say it as gwara. 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.

gwara in a sentence

  • Tupu Chika apụọ, ọ gwara anyị ebe ọ na-aga.Before Chika left, she told us where she was going.
  • A gwara anyị ka anyị rịọ nkwenye tupu anyị ese foto.We were told to ask permission before taking photographs.
  • Ọ gwara m ka m kwụsị otu ebe ma wepụ aha mmadụ n'akụkọ ahụ.She asked me to pause at one point and remove a person's name from the story.