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 tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading. The recording is a native speaker.
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.