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Guosa Publication Services Guosa Language Research Center 647 16th Street, Richmond, CA 94801. Tel/Fax: (510) 235-8390 Ukhaegie Heights6, Uwa Lane, Off I.C.E. Road, Benin City, Edo State. Tel: (52) 250860 © Copyright Reserved. ISBN 978-32091-2-6. P.O. Box 2797 Richmond, CA 94802-2797 Teliwaya: (510) 233-9228 I TEACH YOURSELF EDO LANGUAGE EDO NUMEROLOGY
Edo Language English Language Ób’ókhían welcome Ób’ówa greetings to you at home Kóyo hello Vbèè óye hé? How are you/how is it? Òy’ èsé It is fine, o.k. Ób’ówie good morning Ób’ávàn good afternoon Ób’ ótà good evening Òkhíen òwie until tomorrow morning/good night Ób’íwìnà greetings to you at work Ù rú èsé thank you Ìsélógbé complements of the seasons (end of the year/new year’s greetings) Next in Lesson One, we shall study a little bit of the Edo language grammar as follows:
Alphabets: Á B D É È F G Í H K L M N Ó Ò P R S T Ú V W Y Z A-Alpha; B-Bingo; D-Dickson; E-Enugu; E-Edward; F-Fiction; G-Give; I-India; H-Hero; K-Kelly; L-Lay; M-Minna; N-Needle; O-Obedience; O-Order; P-Peter; R-Richmond; S-Sister; T-Tea; U-Pull; V-Victor; Y-Yanky; Z-Zero. Note: The first letter after the consonant D, i.e. É takes the form of vowel (ÉH) while the fifth letter and vowel in the Alphabets is pronounced (EH) (mid tone) and a dot under the letter E From the above graphic alphabets you will observe that the Edo language has no letters like "C", "J" and "X".
LESSON ONE:
Now, how can I say in Edo language: My male relation _____________________________ My female relation _____________________________ My brother _____________________________ My sister _____________________________ Hello, my brother _____________________________ Hello, my sister _____________________________ Hello, father my father _____________________________ Hello, my mother ______________________________ For further lessons please contact author/publisher guosa_language@yahoo.com
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