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Send a message to Dele Olawanle on Twitter (@dolawanle). He is a UK-based lawyer.

fabulous2019:
Good day house, I was on a skilled worker visa but have been dismissed by my former employer, the company is asking me to pay 10,000£ for the COS, because I didn’t work 5 years with them, and they want to serve me court paper, please anyone know the kind of lawyer or knows a lawyer I can get in uk, I live in Swansea (wales) because they did not use up to 3000£ to get my COS, please I need any good lawyer in uk

Thanks

stephmiracle:
I was just googling to find out more Igbo folk tales books and I found this thread and wasn't surprised to find out that our awesome glam ma @ifyalways is also part of the people championing this cause of Igbo folk tales and culture. Well done ma

Bikonu, who can suggest books that has collection of Igbo folk tales? I want to go to the market to source for them. The only one I have is OMALINZE

There’s a book whose title is the subject of this thread.

Verifiedlu:
Hello House....Good afternoon.....Pls what is the correct answer to this question "Have you provided evidence of your English language ability in a previous applicstion"? I'm confused because I dont know if by "previous application " they mean previous visa application....This is my first time applying to Uk....And yes I submitted my Waec to school....also don't know if thats what they referring.....Someone should pls help with this

Hi. Answer is NO as it's your first time of applying to the UK.

My advice is to stay for now. If you're to leave let that be planned for (e.g. couple of years) and maybe at marriage.
You should rather invest the money in your self: study, trainings,etc, in order to acquire more skills, sharpen existing ones and possibly get a better job/ change career or learn a trade.

Best wishes.

Ifyalways, biko, me in your kingdom.

Good work @ Spyder. Could you please post a clearer plan or send by email? I want to pay for 1 plot. Email: [email protected]
Cheers.

Daalu nu ndi be anyi.

A si m ka m bia kelee unu.

Ome mma na-emere onwe ya, Ome njo na-emere onwe ya
Whatever measure you give others, same measure shall be returned to you

Echelon

Ify:

I nwere ike I si na "ochi" na-ato gi. Jiri nke a gbanari ndi na-acho gi uka.

Ndi Igbo ji akara uda were na-egosi ihe di iche n'etiti okwu di iche iche a na-ede otu uzo.

Ndi Igbo kachaanu!!!

Ify,

Ife melu nu bu na Ekene nweburu ego na mbu. N'ihi nke a, o bu ezie na ojighi ego oge ahu mana o nwere uche e ji akpa ego.

A na m eche na Ekene e nwebeghi eke ma ncha na mbu. N'ihi nke a, ilu gi dabara adaba.


Ndi be anyi si na

A dighi aju nri na nkwuchi
You don't refuse a covered meal

youngies:

^^Echelon,
Ole ebe isiri daputa?

kedu ije? Anya m jiri hu gi akpokwa na m 

Nna amaghi m oo.

ifyalways:

Onye Ije noo.
@Topic,Owu nani onye Iberibe na eche na onye na ejighi ego a pughi inye onye ji ego ndumodu.
Its only a fooooool that believes that a poor man cannot give a rich one sound advice

Dalu Ify.

Hopefully the advise from the poor man is not about how to become wealthy because I aint taking his advise.

Ndi be anyi si na o bu afia onye na-azu ka o malu anya ya
You can only be knowledgeable in your own business

Ndi be anyi, unu e mere aghaa?

E ji m n'aka na udo di. Ekpere m bu ka onye o bula mee uche Chineke.

Udo.

Youngies,

Ele o di. Asusu Oka!

Ndi be anyi ekene mu unu.

Nke anyi ayara adu iche, aghana eme ivfe ele eshi eme ivfe…

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Review and apply to any position of interest.

Good luck.

Ndi be anyi unu arikwa mma? Deeme nu. Kaa nu.

Ogazi amaka mma ma e jighi ya achu aja
The goose? is very beautiful but its not used for sacrifice _{i wonder why?}

Nke onye chili, ya zelu.

Youngies thanks for the translation. Ify for not translating.

2010 ga-aburu anyi afo oma, naani kwuba aka gi oto. I hope to be more frequent this year.

Onye siri nwata jide nkakwu, ya debekwalu ya mmiri o ga-eji wee kwoo aka
He that asks a child to catch "nkakwu" - a smelly rat - should also provide water for washing hands

Ide si na o bu ofo ka o ji awa ala
The flood said it's digging up of the ground is by justice

Ejula si na o bu ile oma ka o ji aga n'uzo

_{The last one is a bit tricky to translate! Help needed. lol}

Ifeoma biko kasie obi.

Nne m gwalu m na,

Okenye nwelu onye na-eleta ya anya si na agbulu ha anaghi aka nka 
An elder that has someone looking after him said that their lineage does not age.

Ndi be anyi kachaanu, Eyaaa!!!

Corrected. You try show say u be "Nwafo"

@Poster

NO is my answer to the question. It's better to terminate the marriage proposal than to spend a lifetime with a woman that is not trustworthy. It's good this happened BEFORE rather than AFTER the marriage.

Maka na Oke osimmiri anokataghi rie onye o hughi ukwu ya.

'Cos the great sea does not drown s/he it hasn't seen his/her legs

Ndi bekanyi (Our people)  _{which dialect is this?}

Here are few examples I heard recently

Mbe na mbe zukoo ahia, uru anaghi adi ya
There is no profit in a deal between two tortoises

Onye na-agbara ndi mmoo ogu, isi na-abu ya aja aja
S/He who fights for/defends spirits, his or her head is full of sand (sports sand in his/her hair)

Oju ora be mmoo ga-eji anya ya hu
S/He that is asking after the dead shall see with his eyes


_{Deep proverbs, especially the second one, if you don't understand, ask the elders around you!}

Udo ka mma.

Ndi Igbo si na "Nchi fodugodu so ofu ha ga na atariri." In English- Even if its just one grasscutter is remaining, it will still be cutting. Ify thanks for still cutting.

--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Iroko <[email protected]> wrote:


From: Iroko <[email protected]>
Subject: [uwandiigbo] Fw: Igbo interpreter needed Chicago area
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 3:22 PM


Folk's in Chicago area:

I am forwarding this email for an interpreter job. I can't vouch for the company positively or negatively, just forwarding a request that was sent to me.

Iroko

--- On Tue, 10/6/09, Translation Today <[email protected]> wrote:


From: Translation Today <[email protected]>
Subject: Igbo interpreter needed Chicago area
To: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 9:39 PM

Mr. , ,

I am looking for an Igbo/English speaker in the Chicago area to serve as an interpreter for an court case in Will County Court.  Do you know of anyone that may be qualified to interpret legal jargon and help to bridge cultural differences in both Ibo & English?  This is an offer for paid interpreting work on a freelance basis.  I very much appreciate your assistance.  Please feel free to on this email to interested parties.

Thank you,

Susan Trillet

Translation Today Network, Inc.

1306 Meadowrue Lane, Batavia , IL 60510

Phone 630-606-0605

Fax 630-761-4532

presido1:

UmuADA daughters of the clan, kindred, village etc.

The dreaded Umuada!

Umuada a nokwa m n'ala ooo.

ifyalways:

Echelon,so i na akowa na Iya pin is for real

It's as real as rain water or as sand. I do not deny their existence; I just know I have authority over all of them!

Crude Oil:

Onye na zu nwangwe na zu onye iro ya

He who is training a destitute is training his enemy?
@Crude Oil, berra come here and add some crude oil of understanding to this your ilu

ifyalways:

Youngies na Echelon,gini bu Iya pin?any ideas?O di popular na Nanka na Ezinifite Aguata side.

Ha ha. Iya pin? Ndi be anyi na-akpo ya iya ntutu. Belief in shooting of pins (needles, office pins, etc) as a weapon of spiritual attack.

Awo adighi agba oso ehihie na nkiti
The toad does not run in the afternoon for naught.

Igbo kwenu!!!

It's not bad the guy asked the question. "Ada" means daughter in Igbo. It's an alternative to "nwa nwanyi" which literally means "female child". Therefore, "Ada" can be used for any of a man's daughters. However, qualification of "Ada" with "- Obi" and "- Nna" gives respectively "Adaobi" and "Adanna" which are traditionally reserved for first daughters.

@Poster, it's possible the parents in question are oblivious of this tradition or do not wish to honour it.

Rgds.

Umu nne m,

Ndi be anyi si na

E kecha n'obu, e kee na mkpuke maka na Izu ka mma na nneji.

Anya na-erucha ma ukwu anaghi eru.

Ome mma na-emere onwe ya, ome njo na-emere onwe ya.

Jisie nu ike

Please forgive me my translation sub - routine is returning errors now. Someone please help translate.

Maazi = Mr. = Monsieur

@Ify
O ego ka o ga-eri. Ife di mma rie mu ego ooo ma umunna taba mu uta!!!