Word or Phrase of the Day:

(Guosa) fòjí: break

(Guosa) mó mà: I know

(Guosa) Líttáfí: book

(Edo) Ọdọ mwen n'uwa: My lovely husband

() Ihiro: 7 (Seven)

(Edo) Ugie: 20 (Twenty)

(Edo) Ogba: 30 (Thirty)

(Edo) Okpa-irovb-ugie: 20 (Nineteen)(1 out of 20)

(Edo) Uri okpa vb-iy-ise or Iyisen yan uri: 300 (Three Hundred)(100+200)

(Guosa) mótà mí tí mèjé : my motor has broken down

(Edo) Aria isen igbe: 10,000 (Ten Thousand)(10 x 1000)

(Guosa) jìndé lá: arisen

(Edo) Igbe-irovb-uri: 190 (One Hundred and Ninety)(10 out of 200)

(Edo) Owo / Okpa: 1 (One)

(Edo) Iy-eva: 40(20 x 2)

(Guosa) tí kùndé: awoke

(Edo) Aria isen eva: 2,000 (Two Thousand)(2 x 1000)

(Guosa) tí fòjí: broke

(Guosa) fòjí lá: broken

(Guosa) báasì, mó tí shìhé kófà: yes, I have opened the door

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