# Asụsụ Ọma > Asụsụ Ọma is a free Igbo learning app for web, Android, iPhone and iPad. It teaches Igbo from the first greeting to advanced Igbo in guided lessons voiced by native Igbo speakers, with an Igbo dictionary, record-and-compare speaking practice, conversation practice, games, folktales and proverbs. There are no ads, no subscription and no paid tier: every feature is free. Made by Ebenezer Don. ## Features - More than 600 guided lessons, from first greetings to advanced Igbo - Seven stages, beginner to advanced: grammar, tone, reading, writing, dialect, oral literature and translation - Igbo recorded by native speakers in lessons, words, proverbs and folktales, with a slower replay - Record yourself and compare your voice with the native speaker - Igbo dictionary: more than 800 word pages with meanings, syllables, example sentences and audio - Tap any Igbo word in a lesson or folktale for its meaning and pronunciation - Igbo phrase pages: how to say hello, thank you, good morning, I love you and more, each with a native recording - Conversation practice in everyday scenes, with recorded voices - Games built from the words you've learned, like memory match, lightning round, falling words, masquerade and more - Spaced review that brings back what you're about to forget - Placement check for learners who already know some Igbo - Word of the day, proverb of the day, daily goals, streaks and daily quests - Illustrated Igbo folktales like Mbe na Udele (The Tortoise and the Vulture), narrated in Igbo and English, every word tappable - More than 50 Igbo proverbs with their meanings, and more than 90 Igbo names explained - Native Android app on Google Play with home screen widgets and daily reminders - Installs on iPhone and iPad from Safari; works in any browser - Works offline once opened - Free: no ads, no subscription, no paywall ## Lessons More than 600 guided lessons and more than 9,000 activities, in seven stages set as places in an Igbo village: 1. Family compound: greetings, names, the alphabet and Igbo sounds 2. Kitchen: food, family, home routine and telling the time 3. Market: numbers, prices, health, work and study, and social life 4. Village square: tone and natural listening, longer sentences, storytelling and extended conversation 5. School: reading and writing, opinions and decisions, dialect and register 6. Festival: ceremony and etiquette, oral literature, history and community, and Igbo for the diaspora 7. River: professional and public Igbo, literature and creative expression, mediation and translation Lessons teach before they test: each opens on the language at work, and grammar and tone are taught in the lessons (verb vowels, grammatical tone, negatives, relative clauses and more). A placement check lets learners who grew up around Igbo skip what they know. Spaced review brings back what a learner is about to forget. ## Speaking and listening - Igbo is recorded by native Igbo speakers, with a slower replay. - Learners record themselves and play their voice back beside the native speaker's to compare. - Conversation practice puts learners in everyday scenes (meeting someone, family, the market, the doctor, work) where they hear a speaker and choose their reply. ## Dictionary The Igbo dictionary at https://asusuoma.com/igbo-words has more than 800 word pages. Each has the tone-marked spelling, the meaning, a syllable guide, a native speaker saying it, and example sentences with their own audio. Inside the app, any Igbo word in a lesson or folktale can be tapped for its meaning and pronunciation, and the phrasebook searches everything learned, offline. ## Igbo phrases How to say everyday things in Igbo, each with a native speaker's recording, what every word means and how to reply: https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases - Hello: Ndeewo (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/hello) - How are you: Kedu? (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/how-are-you) - I’m fine: Ọ dị mma. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/i-am-fine) - Good morning: Ị bọọla chi (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/good-morning) - Good afternoon: Ehihie ọma (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/good-afternoon) - Good night: Ka chi foo (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/good-night) - Welcome: Nnọọ! (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/welcome) - See you later: Ka emesịa. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/see-you-later) - Thank you: Daalụ. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/thank-you) - Thank you very much: Daalụ nke ukwuu (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/thank-you-very-much) - Please: Biko. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/please) - Sorry: Ndo. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/sorry) - What is your name: Kedu aha gị? (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/what-is-your-name) - My name is: Aha m bụ (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/my-name-is) - Where are you from: Kedu ebe ị si? (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/where-are-you-from) - Where do you live: Kedu ebe ị bi? (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/where-do-you-live) - How old are you: Afọ ole ka ị dị? (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/how-old-are-you) - I love you: Ahụrụ m gị n'anya. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/i-love-you) - Do you speak Igbo: Ị na-asụ Igbo? (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/do-you-speak-igbo) - I’m learning Igbo: Ana m amụ Igbo. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/i-am-learning-igbo) - I don't understand: Aghọtaghị m. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/i-dont-understand) - Please speak slowly: Biko, jiri nwayọọ kwuo okwu. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/please-speak-slowly) - Please say it again: Biko, kwuo ya ọzọ. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/please-say-it-again) - How much: Ego ole? (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/how-much) - Come and eat: Bịa rie nri. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/come-and-eat) - Let's go: Bịa, ka anyị gaa. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/lets-go) - Where are you going: Kedu ebe ị na-aga? (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/where-are-you-going) - Sleep well: Rahụ ụra nke ọma. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/sleep-well) - Help me: Nyere m aka. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/help-me) - Give me water: Nye m mmiri. (https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases/give-me-water) ## Games - Chetakwa (Memory match): Pair each phrase with its meaning. - Ọsọ ọsọ (Lightning round): Thirty seconds. How many can you answer? - Okwu na-ada (Falling words): Catch the right word before it lands. - Mmanwụ (Masquerade): Tap the mask that means it, before it ducks. - Ite mkpụrụedemede (Letter pot): Spell the word from the letters in the pot. - Akwa mmiri (Sentence bridge): Lay the words as planks and cross the river. - Ọsọ ahịa (Market run): Go from stall to stall. How far can you get? - Ekwe (Talking drum): Hear the pattern. Drum it back. Games are built from the words the learner has already learned. Wins earn cowries, spent on outfits for Nkọ, the app's guide. ## Daily practice Word of the day, proverb of the day, a daily goal of 10 to 45 minutes, day streaks with streak freezes, and Market day: three small tasks a day. The Android app and the web app send daily reminders. ## Apps - Android: a native app on Google Play, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asusuoma.app, with home screen widgets (next lesson, phrase of the day, daily goal, title, week) and daily reminders. Anyone can install it today, in about a minute: https://asusuoma.com/android. - iPhone and iPad: installs from Safari to the home screen and runs full screen, offline: https://asusuoma.com/iphone. - Web: https://asusuoma.com/ in any browser. One account syncs progress across all of them. ## Culture - Igbo folktales like Mbe na Udele (The Tortoise and the Vulture), illustrated and narrated in Igbo and English, with every word tappable. - More than 50 Igbo proverbs with literal translations and meanings: https://asusuoma.com/proverbs - More than 90 Igbo names and what they mean: https://asusuoma.com/igbo-words/names - The Igbo market-day calendar (Eke, Orie, Afọ, Nkwọ): https://asusuoma.com/igbo-calendar - Articles on Igbo culture and history: https://asusuoma.com/blog ## Who it's for Complete beginners, people who grew up hearing Igbo and want to speak it, diaspora families, and children learning with their parents. ## Pages - [How it works](https://asusuoma.com/how-it-works) - [The learning path](https://asusuoma.com/course) - [FAQ](https://asusuoma.com/faq) - [About](https://asusuoma.com/about) - [Igbo dictionary](https://asusuoma.com/igbo-words) - [Igbo phrases](https://asusuoma.com/igbo-phrases) - [Guides](https://asusuoma.com/resources)