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Igbo word

nkụzi

In Igbo, nkụzi means teaching / instruction / teacher. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What nkụzi means

nkụzi Education and noun
teaching / instruction / teacherA lesson or the act of teaching ('onye nkụzi' = teacher).

How to say it

Say it as ńkụ́-zí. Keep every written vowel clear, including dotted vowels, without adding an English stress pattern.

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.

nkụzi in a sentence

  • onye nkụzia teacher
  • Edekọrọ m ya ọzọ mgbe onye nkụzi meziri m.I recorded it again after the teacher corrected me.
  • Anyị ga-eme mkpebi ikpeazụ mgbe anyị chọpụtara ma onye nkụzi ọzọ dị.We will make the final decision after finding out whether another teacher is available.
  • 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.