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Igbo word

ngwa

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

What ngwa means

ngwa Tone and natural listening
quicklyUse it doubled, ngwa ngwa, for quickly: Bịa ngwa ngwa, come quickly.

How to say it

Say it as n-gwa. Let the initial n form its own beat and keep gw together.

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.

ngwa in a sentence

  • ngwa ngwaquickly
  • O kwuru okwu ahụ ngwa ngwa.He or she said that statement quickly.
  • Ntụziaka ahụ kọwara ụzọ atọ e si eji ngwa ahụ.The instructions explained three ways to use the device.
  • Biko, etinyela kọmputa ma ọ bụ ngwa ọzọ n'igbe ahụ.Please do not put a computer or another device in that box.