What nwe means
- nwe Verb and noun
- owner / haveOwner ('ndị nwe ụlọ' = hosts / house owners) or have.
How to say it
Say it as ńwé. 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.
nwe in a sentence
- Ndị ọbịa kelere ndị nwe ụlọ mgbe ha rutere.The guests greeted the hosts when they arrived.
- Ọ maghị onye nwe akpa ahụ, ya mere o kweghị iburu ya laa.He did not know who owned the bag, so he refused to take it home.
- Mbe kpọrọ ndị enyi ya ka ha nyere ya aka ịchọta onye nwe ya.Tortoise called his friends to help him find its owner.