What ise means
- ise Time and plans
- fiveSay it after the thing you count: ụbọchị ise, five days. It also tells the time: elekere ise, five o'clock.
How to say it
Say it as i-se. Use two short, even syllables.
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.
ise in a sentence
- ụlọ isefive houses
- ọnwa ise na afọMay
- M na-ere azụ naira ise.I sell fish for five naira.
- Ka anyị zute n'ogige ahụ n'elekere ise.Let us meet in that park at five o'clock.