Use of “ma, ta, ghi, ighi, ọma and ẹma” in Edonaze

The Use of “ma, ta, ghi, ighi, ọma and ẹma” in Edonaze

By Uwagboe Ogieva

ma – ok, ma – didn't, ma – not ok or bad ta – say, tell or speak, tama – tell to or tell it to ọma – ok, alright, good, correct, accurate, correspond and positive ẹma – not good, incorrect, bad etc

ih – i, uh / wẹ – you, ima – we, ihian – they/them, uwa – you(plural), ọh and ẹh – it/he/she [ẹre, ihien, onren, ren,], me - me,Ihien - Him/her [he/she] ghi – usually, will, can, could, are, etc ighi – not, don't, isn't, can't, couldn't etc

POSITIVE SENSE		NEGATIVE SENSE
ih/me ma uh/wẹ ma ima ma (ihien ma) ihian ma uwa ma ọh ma	i am ok you (are) ok we (are) ok/good they (are) ok/alright you (plural) (are)ok he/she/ it is ok	ih/me ma [“ma” here, means “not ok”] uh/wẹ ma ima ma ihian ma uwa ma ẹh ma	i am not ok you (are) not ok we (are) not ok/good they (are) not ok/alright you (plural) (are) not ok it's not good
ih ghi ma uh/wẹ ghi ma ima ghi ma (ihien ghi ma) ihian ghi ma uwa ghi ma ọh ghi ma	i am usually good you (are) usually good we (are) usually ok/good they (are) usually good/alright you (plural) (are) usually ok he/she/ it is usually ok	ih ighi ma [“ma” here, means “not ok”] uh/wẹ ighi ma ima ighi ma ihian ighi ma uwa ighi ma ẹh ighi ma [ẹh refers thing]	i am not good you (are) not good we (are) not ok/good they (are) not ok/alright you (plural) (are) not good it's not good
ih/me ta uh ta ima ta (ihien ta) ihian ta ọh ta	i say/tell/speak/talk you say/tell/speak we say/tell/speak they say/tell/speak he/she say/tell/speak	ih ma ta uh ma ta ima ma ta ihian ma ta ọh ma ta ẹh ta	i didn't say/tell/speak/talk you didn't say/tell/speak we didn't say/tell/speak they didn't say/tell/speak he/she didn't say/tell/speak he/she wouldn't speak
ih/me ghi ta uh/wẹ ghi ta ima ghi ta ihian ghi ta (ihien ghi ta) ọh ghi ta ih ma [“ma” means “didn't”. in most cases takes “ighi” to connote negative i.e. ih ma ighi – I didn't ] .	i will say/tell/speak you will say/tell/speak we will say/tell/speak they will say/tell/speak he/she will say/tell/speak	ih ma ighi ta uh/wẹ ma ighi ta ima ma ighi ta ihian ma ighi ta ọh ma ighi ta ẹh ighi ta	i didn't say/tell/speak you didn't say/tell/speak we didn't say/tell/speak they didn't say/tell/speak he/she didn't say/tell/speak he wouldn't say/tell/speak
ọma, ih de ọma, uh/wẹ de ọma, ima de ọma, uwa de (ọma, ihien de) ọma, ihian de ọma, ọh de	Ok, I (am) coming Ok, you (am) coming Ok, we (am) coming Ok, you (am) coming Ok, they (am) coming Ok, he/she (am) coming	ọma, ih de ọma, uh/wẹ de ọma, ima de ọma, uwa de ọma, ihian de ọma, ẹh de	Ok, I (am) not coming Ok, you not coming Ok, we not coming Ok, you not coming Ok, they not coming Ok, he/she not coming
ọma, ih ghi de ọma, uh/wẹ ghi de ọma, ima ghi de ọma, uwa ghi de (ọma, ihien ghi de) ọma, ihian ghi de ọma, ọh ghi de	Ok, I (am) coming Ok, you (am) coming Ok, we (am) coming Ok, you (am) coming Ok, they (am) coming Ok, he/she (am) coming	ọma, ih ighi de ọma, uh/wẹ ighi de ọma, ima ighi de ọma, uwa ighi de ọma, ihian ighi de ọma, ẹh ighi de [ighi de]	Ok, I (am) not coming Ok, you not coming Ok, we not coming Ok, you not coming Ok, they not coming Ok, he/she not coming [not coming or no longer coming]
Ẹma, ih mufua Ẹma, uh/wẹ mufua Ẹma, ima mufua Ẹma, uwa mufua (Ẹma, ihien mufua ) Ẹma, ihian mufua Ẹma, ọh mufua	Not good, I discard/throw away Not good, you discard/throw away Not good, we discard/throw away Not good, you(plural) discard/throw away Not good, they discard/throw away Not good, he/she discard/throw away	Ẹma, ih ma mufua! Ẹma, uh/wẹ mamufua! Ẹma, ima mamufua! Ẹma, uwa mamufua! Ẹma, ihian mamufua! Ẹma, ọh mamufua!	Not good, I didn't discard/throw away Not good, you didn'tdiscard/throw away Not good, we didn't discard/throw away Not good, you didn'tdiscard/throw away Not good, they didn'tdiscard/throw away Not good, he/she didn'tdiscard/throw away

To be Continued....

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