Good evening great people, my name is Olimini Godson
I’m really excited to be part of this platform.
Thank you Miss. Igwe Franca Umasoye for this beautiful initiative to promote the Ekpeye language through Speak Ekpeye fluently.
Special thanks to the team of tutors, our mother Prof. Gloria U. Obozur and our solid rock audience.
It’s my pleasure to bring to you the third lecture of the day as titled Telling Time which is translated in Ekpeye language as (gwụ ka la ùgɓè or èkèlè).
Lecture Objectives:
Imagine being invited to a family gathering and you are left to make speech or an age grade meeting and you are asked to greet the house, how about a scenario where you are required to address your community. This program is aimed at solving all of that. Hopefully at the end of this lecture, we should be able to know:
- Time of the Day.
- Greetings that suits hours of the day.
- Days of the Week.
- The Ekpeye monthly calendar.
- Seasons.
The lecture will be done in English language and translated to ekpeye language which will last for an hour from 8pm to 9pm.
- Time of the Day.
There are 5 key important times or part of the day, thus includes:
Midnight: this is the middle of the night (00:00 hours)
This is called: echì àbàlì
Morning: this is the time from sunrise; it’s the time from midnight to midday
It is called: oyukwè
Midday: this is the middle of the day also called noon
In Ekpeye languaget it is called: echì èyè (12:00)
Afternoon: this is the time from midday (noon) to evening which is called: èyè
It ranges from 12:00 hours to approximately 18:00 hours
Evening: this is the time from the end of the afternoon to midnight. It’s approximately 18:00 hours to 00:00 hours.
It’s called: ịlà
- Greetings that suits hours of the day.
One of the basic things to note in knowing hours or time of the day is to use them in greetings.
ụ̀mà: Uma which means good is a suffix attached to the hour of the day to form greetings
When ụ̀mà is attached to Oyukwè it automatically changes Oyukwè from being just morning to good morning.
The following are greetings that befits the hours of the day
Oyukwè ụ̀mà: good morning
This goes with a corresponding respond:
Jalị Oyukwè: fine morning
Jalị on theother hand means something of great quality.
Èyè ụ̀mà: good afternoon
Jalị Èyè: fine afternoon
ịlà ụ̀mà: good evening
Jalị ịlà: fine evening
- Days of the Week.
The term Days of the Week refers to the period of time from Sunday to Saturday, as it appears on the calendar but in the context of this lecture it refers to the days of the market week: which are:
uɗyè: day of the market week
Èke: first day of market week
ìzù: third day of Ẹkpẹyẹ week
ẹ̀họ: fourth day of Ẹkpẹyẹ week
These four days summed up the ekpeye calendar week which is called:
ụ̀gbàkoniozù (week, period)
- The Ekpeye monthly calendar.
January Ibebazu
February Nwowo
march Ebilika
April Egbuluka/ Olowe
May Ime
June Ujidhu
July Esabo
August Esato
September Ugbedhe
October Udhi
November Ukwu
December Ibebanu
- Seasons.
- January to April Utala
- May to August Uwoni
- September to December Ulamini
- Conclusion
Today I have identified five (5) key important times or part of the day, the greetings that suits the hour of the day, the days of the week, the ekpeye monthly calendar and the seasons all in ekpeye language which I believe will be reflective in our thinking process.
