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