How to form the plural in Igbo

How to form the plural in Igbo

You want to learn how to use the plural in Igbo? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Igbo lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Igbo.

Igbo nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. Most nouns in Igbo do not make a difference between singular and plural. Animate nouns in Igbo can use the word 'ndị' to show the plural.

Examples

akwụkwọ
books
oche
chairs
ndị nwanyị
women
ụlọ nile ahụ
houses
ụmụ nwanyị
girls
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The Igbo language belongs to Niger-Congo language family. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Igbo would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Step 5 : The plural in Igbo

The plural is important in Igbo when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns akwụkwọ, oche and mgbo (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. This is easy in Igbo, because in Igbo, the plural is usually the same form as the singular. You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Igbo plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of akwụkwọ, oche and mgbo, you can move on to Step 6 (Igbo demonstrative pronouns).

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