Idioms

Level 6

Learn the whole phrase: hụ n'anya.

How It Works

An idiom has its own meaning.

SayMeaning
Ahụrụ m gị n'anya.I love you.
Ọ hụrụ ya n'anya.He or she loves him or her.
Ha hụrụ ibe ha n'anya.They love each other.

The phrase hụ n'anya is “love”. Anya means “eye”, so the literal meaning is “see in the eye”. Learn such phrases whole. If you translate them word by word, the sense is lost.

Examples (3)

  1. Ahụrụ m gị n'anya.

    I love you.

    Hụ n'anya is love.

  2. Ọ hụrụ ya n'anya.

    He or she loves him or her.

    Another person.

  3. Ha hụrụ ibe ha n'anya.

    They love each other.

    Ibe ha is each other.

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IdiomsLevel 6

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Idioms are fixed like verbs with their own noun, so that row comes first.

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hụ n'anya