What ji means
- ji Verb and noun
- yam / hold / useA yam, the staple root: 'akpa ji' = a bag of yams. As a verb it is to hold, possess, or use.
How to say it
Say it as jì. 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.
ji in a sentence
- Ilu bụ mmanụ ndị Igbo ji eri okwu.Proverbs are the oil the Igbo eat words with.
- N'otu mgbede, Mbe hụrụ akpa ji n'akụkụ ụzọ.One evening, Tortoise found a bag of yams beside the road.
- Onye mbụ ji ‘Kedu ka ị mere?’ kelee ibe ya.The first person greeted the other with ‘Kedu ka ị mere?’