What mbe means
- mbe Noun / story character
- tortoiseTortoise, commonly used as a character type in Igbo storytelling.
How to say it
Say it as mbe. 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.
mbe in a sentence
- N'otu mgbede, Mbe hụrụ akpa ji n'akụkụ ụzọ.One evening, Tortoise found a bag of yams beside the road.
- Mbe weghachiri ya akpa ahụ, ndị obodo wee too ezi omume ya.Tortoise returned the bag to her, and the community praised his good conduct.
- Mbe kpọrọ ndị enyi ya ka ha nyere ya aka ịchọta onye nwe ya.Tortoise called his friends to help him find its owner.