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Igbo word

naanị

In Igbo, naanị means only. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What naanị means

naanị Dialect and register
onlyUse this to restrict a statement to one person, thing, or option; placement changes what receives the focus.

How to say it

Say it as naa-nị. Hold the first vowel and finish with dotted ị.

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.

naanị in a sentence

  • Anyị debere naanị akụkụ o kwuru na anyị nwere ike ịkekọrịta.We kept only the section she said we could share.
  • E kwesịghị ịkpọ otu olu mmejọ naanị n'ihi na ọ dị iche na Igbo Izugbe.No way of speaking is wrong just because it differs from Standard Igbo.
  • Ihe ize ndụ bụ na anyị nwere naanị otu onye nkụzi maka klaasị abụọ ahụ.The risk is that we have only one teacher for the two classes.