Where You Are From

Level 3

Abụ m onye + place. O si + place + bịa.

How It Works

Two patterns answer “Where are you from?”.

SayMeaning
Abụ m onye Naịjirịa.I am Nigerian.
O si Enugwu bịa.He or she comes from Enugu.
Ha si Aba bịa.They come from Aba.

The question is Ị si ebee bịa? “Where do you come from?”. For a person of a group, use onye: onye Igbo “an Igbo person”.

Examples (4)

  1. Abụ m onye Naịjirịa.

    I am Nigerian.

    Onye plus the country.

  2. O si Enugwu bịa.

    He or she comes from Enugu.

    Si plus bịa.

  3. Ha si Aba bịa.

    They come from Aba.

    A different place.

  4. Ị si ebee bịa?

    Where do you come from?

    The question.

How It Connects

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Where You Are FromLevel 3

Learn This First

The answer uses si and tells who you are, so both come first.

Words in This Pattern

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