Igbo Language Dialectical Lexicon

Nga n'iru	Audio	Prefix
na-abia ugbua		is coming now.
na-ajụ ajụjụ.		is asking a question.
na-aga akwukwọ.		is going to school.
na-ete ọfe		is making soup.
na-agba ọsọ.		is running.
na-agụ akwụkwọ.		is reading a book.

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.