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Passive verb

1.have a wear (shoe or cloth) on

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Ada sụ akpụkpụụkwụ m pụọ.

Ada sụ akpụkpụụkwụ m pụọ.

Ada left with my shoes on.

Sụọ efe m ọzọ ka ị hụ ihe m ga-eme gị.

Sụọ efe m ọzọ ka ị hụ ihe m ga-eme gị.

Wear my dress again and see what I will do to you.

Aga m asụ efe nwanne m nwanyị taata.

Aga m asụ efe nwanne m nwanyị taata.

I will wear my sister's dress today.

Ha na-asụ efe nne ha.

Ha na-asụ efe nne ha.

They wear their mother's dress.

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Active verb

1.boil; (liquids) attain a very high temperature which causes bubbles

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Ọ na-asụ na nkeji ise.

Ọ na-asụ na nkeji ise.

It boils in five minutes.

Mmiri ahụ achọghị ịsụ.

Mmiri ahụ achọghị ịsụ.

That water does not want to boil.

Mmiri a, sụọ ka m ji gị mee ụtara garị.

Mmiri a, sụọ ka m ji gị mee ụtara garị.

This water, boil let me use you to make garri fufu.

Mmiri ahụ sụrụ kamgbe ahụ m bara n'usekwu.

Mmiri ahụ sụrụ kamgbe ahụ m bara n'usekwu.

That water boiled since that time I entered the kitchen.

Ọ sụọla.

Ọ sụọla.

It has boiled.

Ofe na-asụ.

Ofe na-asụ.

The soup is boiling.

Mmiri ahụ asụbeghị.

Mmiri ahụ asụbeghị.

The water has not boiled.

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Active verb

1.cut grass, clear away weeds or bush; weed; deforest

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Ha sụrụ ahịhịa.

Ha sụrụ ahịhịa.

They cut grasses.

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Active verb

1.pound; crush something into a powder, paste or smooth dough, by hitting it with a tool

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Ọ bụ Amaka na-asụ ose n'usekwu.

Ọ bụ Amaka na-asụ ose n'usekwu.

It is Amaka that is pounding pepper in the kitchen.

Bịa sụọ nri a.

Bịa sụọ nri a.

Come and pound this food.

Achọrọ m ịsụ ji.

Achọrọ m ịsụ ji.

I want to pound yam.

Emeka na-asụ nri.

Emeka na-asụ nri.

Emeka is pounding food.

Onye sụrụ ụtara ji a?

Onye sụrụ ụtara ji a?

Who pounded this yam fufu?

Kpọọ onye ga-asụ nri a.

Kpọọ onye ga-asụ nri a.

Call the person that will pound this food.

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