UNIT 23 Ayịyọ maka enyemaka ma ọ bụ ịyọ maka oghere ime ihe na inye onye ọzọ oghere. (Asking for assistance or permission and Granting permission)

Objective
Ihe mmuta (Objectives) After working through this unit, you should be able to: 1. Ask for assistance. 2.Ask for and grant permission to do something. 3. Use imperatives properly (positive and negative)
Introduction

The Igbos are communal and hospitable in nature. These attributes make it vey common to ask for assistance, permission and granting permission to do something. People will voluntarily want to give assistance to someone who needs help or people who are in distress. There is the need to help each other to survive. If peoples schedule does not permit them to help, they will ask someone else to help. Children usually help the elderly in doing certain chores. Like fetching water from the stream for them. It is rude for a child to see an elderly doing something and not offer to help. The elderly may report such behaviour to the child’s parents. To refuse assistance is seen as contempt and not showing appreciation for an assistance provided is equally offensive and disrespectful.

ADEKAN (COUNTING)

Objective
After working your way through this chapter you must be able to: a. Count from one to thousand and beyond b. Express the quantity of items they have c. Express the quantity of nouns
Introduction

Counting is essential in the daily life of a person, especially among the Akans. We need numbers to indicate the quantity of items we have or we want, to be able to transact business, to buy and sell, to tell the time, to get dress made, to measure, to tell dates, and to make appointments. We also need numbers to talk about our itinerary and our daily routines. Among the Akans, counting is done in tens. When we do not want to use specific numbers we use non-specific quantifiers. Counting from one to ten for humans is done differently from counting objects. In this unit, we will be looking at ordinals, cardinals, fractions, percentages, and frequency.

WO HO NE OBI (SELF AND OTHER)

Objective
WO HO NE OBI (SELF AND OTHER)
Introduction

The first time people meet, they try to find out some background information about each other. Among the Akans, they will want to know among other things your name, where you come from and where you are staying, your occupation, your parents’ names, your interest, and likes and dislikes. When you have finished reading this chapter you must be able to introduce your self and others (your parents, brothers, friend or teacher).

After working your way through this chapter you must be able to:

  1. Say and write about eight sentences about yourself
  2. Talk about another person (brother/sister, friend, teacher etc.)
  3. Use possessive pronouns appropriately. 
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