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Wordyì
Definitions

Passive verb

1.resemble; look like

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Word Stems

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Examples

O yiri ụgbaala m.

O yiri ụgbaala m.

It looks like my car.

Nwata ahụ yiri nne ya.

Nwata ahụ yiri nne ya.

That child looks like her mother.

O yiri ụgbaala m.

O yiri ụgbaala m.

It looks like my car.

Nwa m ga-eyi m ma o too.

Nwa m ga-eyi m ma o too.

My child will resemble me when he is grown.

See ya ka o yie ya.

See ya ka o yie ya.

Draw it to look like it.

Ọ ga-amasị Amaka iyi Chigozie.

Ọ ga-amasị Amaka iyi Chigozie.

It will please Amaka to resemble Chigozie.

Nwata ahụ yiri nne ya.

Nwata ahụ yiri nne ya.

That child looks like her mother.

Nwa a chọrọ iyi nwanne m.

Nwa a chọrọ iyi nwanne m.

This child wants to resemble my brother.

Nwata na-eyighị nne na nna ya, kedụ onye ọ ga-eyi?

Nwata na-eyighị nne na nna ya, kedụ onye ọ ga-eyi?

A child that does not look like his parents, who will he look like?

O yighị onye m bu n'obi.

O yighị onye m bu n'obi.

He does not resemble who I thought.

Amaghị m ihe ọ na-eyi.

Amaghị m ihe ọ na-eyi.

I do not know what it is looking like.

Gwa anyị ihe akụkọ ahụ na-eyi na nghọta gị.

Gwa anyị ihe akụkọ ahụ na-eyi na nghọta gị.

Tell us what that story looks like in your understanding.

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