Iyama Emwinagben - Punctuation Mark
By Uwagboe Ogieva @ 2013
ama
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iyama emwinagben
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punctuation mark.
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vbe ifiemwen
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abidi nọkhua
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A
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capital letters
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odomwen nuwa urhuese
thank you my darling
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abidi nekhere
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a
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small letters
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ta manren w'ih rrie owa
tell him, i'm going home
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igbentin
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.
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full stop
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emwen rhue yemwen
i like you.
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ama iyakhuen
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,
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comma
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vbe n'emwanta, we orhuere ra?
sincerely, did you do it?
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ama sikuen
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;
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semi colom
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uko; a mien ukamen vbe ekiosa
cup; there are water cups at ekiosa market
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ama ekọlon
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:
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colon
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ugbo: ugbo eminko ye
farm: there you finds plants
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ama inọta
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?
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question mark
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vbua khare?
what did you say?.
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ama esohie
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!
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exclamation mark
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kpa vbe evbani rre !
leave there!
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ama emwen nọmwan tae
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“”
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quotation mark
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igho ingilisi tiere “money”
“igho” is what is called money in english
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ama ukhun /
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´
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apostrophe
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oh de gber'owe .
it fell on his leg
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ama ekpotọ
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_
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hyphen
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ama ekpo
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-
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dash
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ose iyenagbon - eha
three girl friends.
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ama ako
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( )
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bracket
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ikpen iyisen ( 200)
two hndred nairra
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ama nọkpọlọse
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>
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greater than
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igbe > ehan
10 is greater than 6
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ama nọkherese
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<
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less than
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isen < ihinrin
5 is lesser than 9
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ama uvien
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seperation sign
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owa|eva|eha
one|two|three
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ama uvien nogore
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/
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slash
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20/10/13
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ama uvien nogore
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\
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backslash
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Owa \ house
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hati
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@
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at
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debae
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&
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Amper and
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Uyi & Ada rre -
Uyi and Ada came
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ama ọghe asiteriki
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*
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asterisk
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.*123456*
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ama ihen enọýanren
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©
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copyright symbol
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Ebe edo © Erhahon Ogieva
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ama ehasi
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#
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hash
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1245#
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ukamwen
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counting
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Ukamwen elaba Edo
Edo number counting
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Emwonta
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speech
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Abo emwonta
parts of speech
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ipapa ebe
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page
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Ipapa ebe n'ogieha
page three
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ewanienmwen
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answer
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Rrie ewanienmwen yo
answer it / put your answers
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ikun ifiemwen
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types of sentence
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De avbe ikun ifiemwen un kha?
What type of sentence you talking about?.
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ikuenmwen
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comprehension
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Ikuenmwen ni bungbe
that comprehension was too much
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ikpemwen
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word
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Ikpemwen n'ogben
the word he/she wrote
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ifiemwen
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clause / sentence
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ogbomwan rre
live your life
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itemwen
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statement
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Adesuwa otamwen
Adesuwa told me
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inọta
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question
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Rrie ewanienmwen ye inota na
answer these questions
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esohie
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exclamation
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Iye ! Owu ooo
Mother! ..he/she is dead.oooo!
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evbawaru
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command
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Viogie
go give it to him/she
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eno
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wish
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Ih ye eno noma ya wue
I wish you good luck
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To be continued...
