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Igbo word

ya

In Igbo, ya means him, her or it. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What ya means

ya Identity and origin
him, her or itUse it for him, her or it after the action word. After a noun the same word means his or her, as in aha ya.

How to say it

Say it as ya. Keep y and a together in one open syllable.

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.

ya in a sentence

  • aha yahis or her name
  • Ị mere ya!You did it!
  • Ahụrụ m ya.I saw her.
  • ọnụ ahịa yaits price