Igbo Language Dialectical Lexicon

Nnyemaka ngwaa	Audio	Auxiliary Verb
n' ịjụ ajụjụ		In asking a question
n' iga ije		In walking
n' ibe akwa		In crying
n' ime nkpọtụ		In making noise
n' ịgba ọsọ		In running
n' ịkpe ekpere		In praying

The word na (n') is a very vital part of speech in Igbo language. There are several distinct ways it is used in formulating sentence. These include: as a prefix, as a conjunction, as a preposition and as an auxiliary verb. In literature, when used as a prefix it is followed by a hyphen and when used as a preposition the letter 'a' is replaced by an apostrophe.

Some of the uses are universal whereas others are peculiar to distinct dialects.