What it means
- sịrị Past verb form
- saidCompleted speech-reporting form of ‘sị’ (say).
- siri Verb
- is (firm, hard)'ihe siri ike' = hard things, things that are firm. Not the same word as sịrị: the dots change it.
How to say it
Say it as sịrị. 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.
sịrị in a sentence
- Ọ sịrị na onye na-ege ntị nke ọma na-ahụ ụzọ abụọ.He said that a person who listens carefully sees two paths.
- Nkịta sịrị na ya dara gị, gị dara ya, ọ bụ igwuri egwu.Play depends on taking turns.
- Ogwumagala sịrị na ya agaghị ahapụ ụzọ ije nna ya kuziri ya maka ọkụ na-agba.A person may hold to inherited ways even under pressure.