My thoughts from this book.

1. For this children's book I am able to understand at least 60-70% of all the words. Not bad now.

2. Still not enough to understand the story without help.

3. @google Translate is really bad for #Igbo language, but still helps looking up many phrases.

4. This being Owerri dialect (right?) it looks like #OwerriIgbo tends to use 'dị' (to be like something) often where my previous training would put 'bụ' (to be something).

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③ Lastly, Ọgụ consults his other wise helper about sun and moon. The situation there was some kind of horror show. Sun got angry and sliced Moon's face, and it doesn't heal all that well.

And with that turns out Ọgụ got 2 out of 3, and Mgba got 1.

That makes Ọgụ the successor, and with this every 'dị ọkpara', first son becomes traditionally the successor of every king.

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More news from #AlaBINGO :

King Ọgara found a way to marry his love.
They got 2 sons: Ọgụ and Mgba.
The king is getting old, who's the successor?
Ọgụ conquers and scatters a pack of lions troubling villagers.
Mgba fought a man called Ụchị, but instead of beating Ụchị, Mgba's caught a chimpanzee and presented him as a gift.

Seems the question of succession will be the topic of the next chapter, ISI 9.

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Wow, massive progress with #AlaBINGO today.

King Ọgara had wild wahala: saw the young lady, got infatuated, caught and failed, and now looks for a shepherd of the West.

Starting to go faster, snatching more and more meaning. Description of young lady's features was one kind of text 🤭

It is well.

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OK folks, this is mad!

ISI 4 goes about a thief and pharmacist, who was robbing poor kids and widows, caught and sent to jail with extended term by that big boss king.

Having served his term, he exacts revenge on beloved king's daughter.

The Ada loses her mind and to this day wanders waters of Bingo river.

And the only treat she might still come to, is peanuts. When King Ọgara sowed peanuts, she sneaked to the bank and might do again.

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OMG so sorry, the Big Foot turns out a she!

And a daughter of heavenly king, no less.

Oops!

Told you, #Igbo stories are unpredictable 😲

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OMG so sorry, the Big Foot turns out a she!

And a daughter of heavenly king, no less.

Oops!

Told you, #Igbo stories are unpredictable 😲

#AsusuIgbo #AlaBINGO

More #Igbo reading today.

King Ọgara hit another ezigbo onye eze with his story. In the middle of this chapter I got confused who's that majestic fella on high, but all hoped are now in his might and magnanimity.

Igbo stories are unpredictable, sometimes strangers are good, sometimes evil.

Let's see, now to ISI 4, whose title suggests we'll finally meet the enigmatic Big Foot...

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‘Read until you understand’ #FarahJasmineGriffin said, and I'm still on the first page, going over and over.

With paper dictionary , with #GoogleTranslate. Not just translating, understanding.

So his other name means ‘he walked’ or ‘he goes’. Maybe ‘it goes’? Either way it kinda makes sense, right?

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