Igbo Language Made Easy: A self-study reference and practice book for beginners, with English and Swedish translations

by Ijeoma Chinedu Uba-Njoku, Chidimma Ezeala

Overview

Igbo Language Made Easy with English and Swedish translation is an introductory learning material for individuals, especially students who want to learn the Igbo language and can read and understand either English language or Swedish language.
The main purpose of this book is to help Igbo families living in diaspora, especially Sweden, to begin to understand, speak and write the Igbo language in order to know, appreciate and promote the language, culture and customs. This book contains visual instructions to aid learning. The lessons contained in this book are simple to understand, easy to read, speak, and to write.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782224808
Publisher:	Paragon Publishing
Publication date:	11/03/2016
Pages:	126
Sales rank:	1,147,312
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.34(d)
Language:	Igbo

About the Author

Ijeoma Chinedu Uba-Njoku holds a Degree of Bachelor of Laws degree (L.L.B) from Abia State University Uturu; she attended the Nigerian Law School Bwari Abuja 1999/2000 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in October 2000. She also holds a Master of Education (MEd.) and Postgraduate Diploma in professional studies in Education (PGDSE) from the Open University UK, and a Diploma in Child Care and Child Psychology. She worked briefly in the banking and legal sector before she moved to Sweden and she is currently working in a preschool institution. Her vast experience in the pre-school environment reinforced the need to write this book after realizing that the Igbo language is likely to go extinct if the children of Igbo extraction are not taught the language at an early stage of their formative years. She is the founder of Nigerianska Språkskolan Göteborg, the first Nigerian language school in Sweden teaching major Nigerian languages. She also the founder African Children and Youth Project (ACYP) in Sweden which aims to provide an educational platform where African children and youths properly integrate, discover, define, and identify who they are as human beings without losing their African identity in their host countries. She is married to Joels Uba Njoku (author -Twist and Thorns) and they are blessed with five young adults Stephanie, Benita, Anita, Amanda and Angel.

Mrs. Chidimma Ezeala is a graduate of B.sc Economics Education from Abia State University Uturu, Abia State. She has over the years gained cognate working experiences with the Nigerian Government in Abuja, financial institution, insurance and in education as a teacher. She joined her husband in Sweden 2013 and is the Co-founder Crown Of Glory Global Institute (COGGI) in Sweden; a ministry where children and youth are taught and impacted with Godly leadership trait. She has so much passion and love for Igbo people and their language. She is the first Igbo teacher to start teaching Igbo in Goteborg Schools in Sweden and currently she is working with Goteborg Stad as an Igbo teacher in Swedish educational system. Chidimma Ezeala is married to Pastor Ugochukwu Kenneth Ezeala.

Table of Contents

IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE MBỤ (LESSON 1: KAPITAL 1)
Mkpụrụ edemede n' asụsụ Igbo
(Igbo alphabets:Igbo alfabet) 8
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE ABỤA (LESSON 2: KAPITAL 2)
Mkpụrụ edemede n' asụsụ Igbo na k'esi akpọpụta ha
(Igbo alphabets and pronunciations: Igbo alfabet och uttal). 11
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE ATỌ (LESSON 3: KAPITAL 3)
Mkparịta ụka n' asụsụ Igbo
(Conversation in Igbo: Samtal i Igbo) 19
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE ANỌ (LESSON 4: KAPITAL 4 )
Nkejiasụsụ
(Parts of speech: ordklasser) 23
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE ISE (LESSON 5: KAPITAL 5)
Nkọwaaha
(Adjective:adjektiv) 35
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE ISII (LESSON6- KAPITAL 6)
Ngwaa
(Verb: Verb) 55
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE ASAA (LESSON 7: KAPITAL 7 )
Nnọchiaha
(Pronoun:Pronomen) 80
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE ASATỌ (LESSON 8: KAPITAL 8)
Mkparịta ụka n' asụsụ Igbo
(Conversation in Igbo: Samtal i Igbo) 85
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE ITOOLU (LESSON 9: KAPITAL 9)
Mbuuzo
(Igbo preposition) 87
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE IRI - KAPITAL 10 (LESSON 10)
Njiko
(Igbo Conjunction) 89
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE IRI NA OTU (LESSON 11: KAPITAL 11)
Nkwuwa
(Igbo Adverbs) 91
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE IRI NA ABỤA (LESSON 12: KAPITAL 12)
Ọnụ ọgụgụ na Igbo
(Igbo numbers) 95
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE IRI NA ATỌ (LESSON 13: KAPITAL 13)
Aha ihe ndi anyị na-eyi na ahu
(Names of things we wear in our body: namn på saker som vi bär i kroppen) 98
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE IRI NA ANO (LESSON 14: KAPITAL 14
Oge na asụsụ Igbo
(Time in Igbo language: Tid i Igbo språk) 100
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE IRI NA ISE (LESSON 15: KAPITAL 15)
Akụkụ ahụ mmadụ
(Human Body Parts: Kroppsdelar) 102
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE IRI NA ISII (LESSON 16: KAPITAL 16 )
Ezinụlọ
(Family: Familj) 113
IHE ỌMỤMỤ NKE IRI NA ASATỌ (LESSON 17: KAPITAL 17 )
Ịmụta aha ụbọchị na asụsụ Igbo
(Learn the Name of Days in Igbo) 119

Editorial Reviews

Raising a child in his/her mother language requires living the language and not just teaching it. Parents need to live the language by speaking the language with their children while at home, driving a car, cooking, and shopping with them. Therefore this book is to assist you in doing that. Chidimma Ezeala Igbo Teacher Goteborg A child's first language is important to his or her identity and helps the child value his or her culture and heritage. This book is recommended for anyone who wants to learn Igbo language from the foundation level. Joels Chig Uba Njoku Author of Twist and Thorns This book will help you learn Igbo step by step. You will learn the alphabet, learn basic phrases, practise some simple grammar rules, you will also be able to memorise some vocabulary, and much more. The book is very easy to understand, very educative and informative. I recommend this book to all those who want to learn basic Igbo language. Mrs. Ngozi Opia Educationist (Nigeria) Research has shown that Students who learn English or any other language in addition to their native language attain higher academic excellence in later years than students who only learn English or (in this case) Swedish language at the expense of their native language. This book will help readers interact fluently with native Igbo speaking people in Sweden and overseas. Ernest Ngadiuba Chairman NIDO Sweden I have gone through this book and I consider it a very suitable material for beginners in Igbo language. It is simple, easy to understand and contains the basic, simple and everyday Igbo interactive words. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to have a quick grasp of the Igbo language. Chidiogo Ezennaya Nurse (Goteborg)

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