What tupu means
- tupu Storytelling
- beforeUse it to put one thing ahead of another in time. What follows tupu happens later.
How to say it
Say it as tu-pu. Use two even u vowels.
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.
tupu in a sentence
- tupu m rie nribefore I eat
- Gụọ ozi ahụ nke ọma tupu ị zaa ya.Read the message carefully before you reply to it.
- Ana m asa ahụ tupu m rie nri ụtụtụ.I bathe before I eat breakfast.