Word or Phrase of the Day:

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

(Edo) Aria isen aria isen aria isen: 1,000,000,000 (One Billion) (1000 x 1000 x 1000)

(Guosa) mî mà: I do not know

(Guosa) mà: Know

(Edo) Ehan: 6 (Six)

(Guosa) mó mà: I know

(Guosa) ó tí mà: you have known

(Edo) Iy-eha: 60 (Sixty)

(Guosa) tí fòjí: broke

(Guosa) fòjí lá: broken

(Edo) Iwera: 13 (Thirteen)

(Edo) Aria isen aria isen : 1,000,000 (One Million)(1000 x 1000)

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

(Edo) (E)k-igbe s-iy-eha: 50 (Fifty){(20 x 3) - 10}

(Edo) (E)k-igbe s-iy-ena : 70 (Seventy){(20 x 3) + 10}

(Guosa) tí jìndé: arose

(Edo) Ọmwan ẹmwanta / Ọmwenmwanta: Honesty

(Guosa) ìmà: knowing, knowingly

(Guosa) fòjí: break

(Guosa) ò chètó ájì ‘wá tí shìengá gídá: our class Monitor has gone home

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