Vocabulary 2: The 20 Most Common Nouns in Igbo

Here's a list of the twenty most common nouns in Igbo. These are words that you hear every day, so learn them quickly and you'll be eavesdropping on Igbo conversations in no time.

#	Noun	Tone	Meaning	Listen
1.	Madụ	HIGH-LOW	Person / People	Madụ
2.	Nwa	HIGH	Baby / Child	Nwa
3.	Ụzọ	HIGH-LOW	Way / Path / Road	Ụzọ
4.	Ifẹ	HIGH-HIGH	Thing	Ifẹ
5.	Nwoke	HIGH-MID	Man	Nwoke
6.	Nwaanyi	MID-LOW	Woman	Nwaanyi
7.	Anya	HIGH-HIGH	Eye	Anya
8.	Aka	HIGH-HIGH	Hand	Aka
9.	Nni	HIGH-HIGH	Food	Nni
10.	Mili	HIGH-MID	Water	Mili
11.	Ẹbẹ	HIGH-HIGH	Place	Ẹbẹ
12.	Ndụ	HIGH-LOW	Life	Ndụ
13.	Arọ	HIGH-LOW	Year	Arọ
14.	Ọlụ	HIGH-HIGH	Work	Ọlụ
15.	Akwa	HIGH-LOW	Clothes / Cloth / Fabric	Akwa
16.	Nsogbu	HIGH-LOW-MID	Trouble / Problem	Nsogbu
17.	Afia	HIGH-HIGH	Market	Afia
18.	Ụnọ	HIGH-LOW	Building / House	Ụnọ
19.	Bẹ	HIGH	Home	Bẹ
20.	Ọnụ	HIGH-HIGH	Mouth	Ọnụ

Practically 70% of all Igbo spoken involves these nouns in some way, shape, or form. You can't go wrong learning these to start with.

Vocabulary 1: The 20 Most Common Verbs in Igbo

Ever wondered what the most common words in the Igbo language are? Now's your chance to find out.

Here's a list of the twenty most common verbs in the Igbo language. Knowing the verbs on this list inside out is ABSOLUTELY essential to being able to communicate in Igbo. These are the verbs without knowledge of which your life in a purely Igbo speaking region would be completely miserable so learn them as quickly as possible.

#	Infinitive	Root	Meaning	Listen
1.	Ibụ	Bụ	To Be	Ibụ
2.	Idi	Di	To Be	Idi
3.	Iwẹ	Wẹ	To Have, To Get, To Take	Iwẹ
4.	Imẹ	Mẹ	To Do, To Make	Imẹ
5.	Isi	Si	To Say	Isi
6.	Ijẹ	Jẹ	To Go	Ijẹ
7.	Ima	Ma	To Know	Ima
8.	Ifụ	Fụ	To See	Ifụ
9.	Ibia	Bia	To Come	Ibia
10.	Ichẹ	Chẹ	To Think, To Wait For	Ichẹ
11.	Inẹ	Nẹ	To Look	Inẹ
12.	Ichọ	Chọ	To Want, To Look For, To Find	Ichọ
13.	Inyẹ	Nyẹ	To Give	Inyẹ
14.	Iji	Ji	To Use, To Hold	Iji
15.	Igwa	Gwa	To Tell	Igwa
16.	Ijụ	Jụ	To Ask, To Refuse	Ijụ
17.	Ilu	Lu	To Work, To Build	Ilu
18.	Ili	Li	To Eat	Ili
19.	Irapụ	Rapụ	To Leave	Rapụ
20.	Ikpọ	Kpọ	To Call	Ikpọ

Practically 70% of all Igbo spoken involves these verbs in some way, shape, or form. You can't go wrong learning these to start with.