Commands to Many: -nụ

Level 2

Command + nụ: Bịanụ, Gaanụ, Rienụ.

How It Works

The ending -nụ makes a command plural.

One personMany people
Bịa ebe a.Bịanụ ebe a.
Gaa ụlọ.Gaanụ ụlọ.
Rie nri.Rienụ nri.

In a command the ending is usually joined, so there is no space before nụ. The welcome Nnọọ nụ is usually printed apart. Use biko to soften a command, and use the plain command for one person.

Examples (4)

  1. Bịanụ ebe a.

    Come here, all of you.

    Nụ is joined.

  2. Gaanụ ụlọ.

    Go to the house, all of you.

    Gaa plus nụ.

  3. Rienụ nri.

    Eat food, all of you.

    Rie plus nụ.

  4. Biko, bịanụ.

    Please come, all of you.

    Biko softens it.

How It Connects

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Commands to Many: -nụLevel 2

Learn This First

The ending -nụ is added to a command, and Nnọọ nụ is where learners first meet it, so commands and Nnọọ come first.