Dating & Romance

1. Ị chọrọ ka anyị rie nri ọnụ?

   I CHO-ro ka a-nyi ri-e n-ri o-nu?

   Would you like to eat together with me?

   Usage

   A gentle invitation to share a meal

   Grammar Note

   "ọnụ" means "mouth/voice" and extends to "together" as an adverb for shared actions.

2. A hụrụ m gị n'anya

   A HU-ru m gị n-a-nya

   I like you / I love you

   Usage

   Express liking or romantic feelings for someone

   Grammar Note

   Literally "I saw you with the eye," this is the idiomatic Igbo expression for liking or loving someone.

3. Ị nwere ike inye m nọmba ekwentị gị?

   I NWE-re i-ke i-nye m NUM-ba e-kwen-ti gị?

   Can you give me your phone number?

   Usage

   Ask for someone's phone number

   Grammar Note

   "ekwentị" means "telephone" in Igbo; "nọmba ekwentị" is a phone number.

4. Ị chọrọ ka anyị pụọ ọnụ?

   I CHO-ro ka a-nyi pu-o o-nu?

   Would you like to go out together?

   Usage

   A casual invitation to go on a date

   Grammar Note

   "ka anyị pụọ" is a hortative proposition "let's go out." "pụọ" means "to go out/exit."

5. Ị dị mma nke ọma

   I di m-ma n-ke o-ma

   You are very attractive / You look great

   Usage

   Compliment someone's appearance or attractiveness

   Grammar Note

   "mma" means "beauty/goodness" in Igbo. "dị mma" expresses the state of being beautiful or good.

6. Anyị nwere ike izute ọzọ?

   A-nyi NWE-re i-ke i-zu-te o-zo?

   Can we meet again?

   Usage

   Use after a first meeting to suggest another encounter

   Grammar Note

   "izute" means "to meet." "anyị nwere ike" expresses "we can" (ability/permission).

7. Kedu nri ị na-ahụ n'anya?

   Ke-du n-ri i na-a-hu a-nya?

   What food do you like?

   Usage

   A conversation starter on a date

   Grammar Note

   "ahụ n'anya" literally means "to see with the eye" and idiomatically means "to like/fancy."

8. Ị chọrọ ka anyị gaa n'ihe nkiri?

   I CHO-ro ka a-nyi ga-a n-i-he nki-ri?

   Would you like to go see a movie?

   Usage

   Casual invitation to see a movie together

   Grammar Note

   "ihe nkiri" is a compound meaning "thing to watch," the Igbo word for movie. "ihe" (thing) + "nkiri" (viewing).

9. Enwere m ike ijide aka gị?

   En-we-re m i-ke i-ji-de a-ka gị?

   May I hold your hand?

   Usage

   A respectful way to ask permission to hold someone's hand

   Grammar Note

   "ijide" means "to hold/grasp." "aka gị" means "your hand" — "aka" (hand) + "gị" (your).

10. Obi m adawo n'ihi gị

    O-bi m a-da-wo n-i-hi gị

    I have fallen in love with you

    Usage

    Express that you have fallen in love with someone

    Grammar Note

    Literally "my heart has fallen for you," this is the Igbo equivalent of the idiom "to fall for someone."

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