There are 36 alphabets in the Igbo language. They are generally divided into three categories: consonants, vowels, and semivowels. The Igbo alphabets we use, today are made up of our normal English alphabets coupled with a few digraphs different from all the Euro-Asian languages’ diphthongs. On the other hand, our alphabets were not always 36 from the beginning. It evolved to our present-day Igbo alphabet through reforms and counter-reforms. There were five…
Ndi mgbasa oziọma iri na-asato agbakọrọla ọnụ wee tinye olu n’okwu gbasara oziọma na omenaala. Ndi mgbasa oziọma a na-arụ ọrụ na nzuko di iche na Kebek ezutele onwe ha n’ụlọ ndi echichi ana-akpọ Jezuwiti iji ghọta nke ọma nsogbu di iche ndi na-arụ ọrụ mgbasa oziọma n’ebe enwere omenaala di iche na-ahụ. Na mkpụrụ ụbọchi atọ a puru iche, anyi lebere anya n’isi okwu : Nsogbu nke mbikọrita omenaala di iche…
Baie-Comeau Diocese started its new pastoral year discussing about the youth ministry. During the two days work, entitled “With the youths, let us pass to action in the joy of the Gospel”, the attendees discussed issues related to the absence of the youths in the Church activities. It was noticed that among other things, the youths often feel disconnected from our realities. They also often feel unattracted to our liturgy and sometimes…
5. Mgbe a tinyere – na – nganaazu – ghi -, a na-enweta okwu mgbochi. When suffix -ghi- is affixed to – na -, we get a prohibiting word. a. Anaghi asu bekee n’ebe a — English is not spoken here. b. Ọ naghi aza oku — S/he does not answer a call c. Ha anaghi ekwu eziokwu — They are not saying the truth d. Unu anaghi arahu ụra? — You…
« You were told by the Zarathustra of old, lo, I teach you the Superman: he is that lightning, he is that frenzy! but I say to you, lo, I teach you the Oedipus: he is that father killer, the ideal counterculture hero that you lack most. But hope not that he has come to marry his mum, for she is the next target on his list. » In my last publication,…
Last week I questioned the methodology of our «Katikizim Nke Okwukwe Nzuko Katolik N’Asusu Igbo» and I was told it has been upgraded. But from all indications, it was only furbished and nothing more. Now that I have a copy of the latest edition, I’m beginning to think that this Catechism is based on a 19th Century methodology (more than 100 years now). It is everything except adapted to the pastoral exigencies…
