What were means
- were Past verb
- took / became'were iwe' = became angry, took anger.
How to say it
Say it as we-re. 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.
were in a sentence
- Were ngaji rie nri.Use a spoon to eat.
- Nnụnụ ndị ahụ were iwe nke ukwuu.The birds were furious.
- Nnụnụ ndị ahụ were iwe, ma Mbe malitere iri nri ahụ naanị ya.The birds were angry, but Tortoise began eating the food all by himself.