What zoo means
- zoo Nature and verb
- rain / hideSaid of rain falling, with 'mmiri' as its subject: 'ọ bụrụ na mmiri zoo' = if it rains. The noun for rain itself is 'mmiri'.
How to say it
Say it as zoo. 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.
zoo in a sentence
- Ọ bụrụ na mmiri zoo, anyị ga-anọ n'ụlọ.If it rains, we will stay at home.
- Ọ dị mma, ma gịnị ka anyị ga-eme ma mmiri zoo?All right, but what will we do if it rains?
- Ọ bụrụ na mmiri zoo, anyị ga-echere ruo mgbe ọ kwụsịrị.If it rains, we will wait until it stops.