What jụrụ means
- jụrụ Past verb
- asked / enquiredCompleted form of 'jụ' (ask): 'Ha jụrụ ndị nọ n'ahịa' = they asked the people at the market. The undotted 'juru' is a different verb, 'ju' (be full).
How to say it
Say it as jụ-rụ. 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.
jụrụ in a sentence
- Ndị na-ege ntị jụrụ ya ihe ụzọ abụọ ahụ pụtara.The listeners asked him what the two paths meant.
- Ha jụrụ ndị nọ n'ahịa ma onwe onye furu akpa ji.They asked the people at the market whether anyone had lost a bag of yams.
- Tupu emume ahụ amalite, anyị jụrụ onye nhazi ihe a tụrụ anya n'aka anyị.Before the event began, we asked the organiser what was expected of us.