dị: What Something Is Like

Level 1

Thing + dị + describing word: Mmiri dị oyi, the water is cold.

How It Works

Dị works like “is” before a describing word. It does not change with the subject.

Pattern	Example	Meaning
thing + dị + word	Nri a dị ụtọ.	This food is tasty.
ọ + dị + word	Ọ dị mma.	It is good.
thing + dị + word	Mmiri dị oyi.	The water is cold.

The negative is adịghị with m, as in Adịghị m mma “I am not well”. With another subject it is often Ọ dịghị mma “it is not good”. A person can also use dị to say how they are: Adị m mma “I am well”.

Examples (4)

Nri a dị ụtọ.
This food is tasty.
Dị joins nri a and ụtọ.
Ọ dị mma.
It is good.
Ọ stands for the thing.
Mmiri dị oyi.
The water is cold.
Oyi is the describing word.
Ihe a dị mma.
This thing is good.
The same pattern with a different noun.

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dị: What Something Is LikeLevel 1

Learn This First

Dị is the second small word for being, so bụ comes first.

bụ: Who or What Something Is
Know bụ, because dị is used the same way but is followed by a describing word, not a name: Nri a dị ụtọ “this food is tasty”.
Level 1

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