Mpata

Mpata  bụ elu (na-emekarị n'ala) nke e mepụtara n'etiti ikpere na úkwù nke onye nwere ụkwụ abụọ mgbe ọ nọ ọdụ ma ọ bụ dina ala. Ana-ahụ ụkwụ nne maobụ onye a hụrụ n'anya dịka ebe dị mma n'ụzọ anụ ahụ na nke uche maka nwatakịrị ịnọdụ ala.Sent Before My Time: A Child Psychotherapist's View of Life on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, by Margaret Cohen, 2003, page 108.Parenting Other People's Children: Understanding and Repairing Reactive Attachment Disorder, by John L. Stoller, 2006, page 214.

Na mba ụfọdụ ebe a na-eme emume Krismas, ọ bụ omenala maka ụmụaka ịnọdụ ala n'apata ụkwụ nke onye yi uwe fada krismas iji gwa fada krismas ihe ha chọrọ maka Krismas, ma were foto ha, mana a na-ajụ omume a ajụjụ na ụfọdụ n'ime mba ndị a, ebe ụdị mmekọrịta a n'etiti ụmụaka na ndị okenye na-amaghị na-akpali nchegbu.

N'etiti ndị okenye, onye na-anọdụ ala n'apata ụkwụ nke onye ọzọ na-egosipụtakarị mmekọrịta chiri anya ma ọ bụ mmekọrịta ịhụnanya n'etiti ha abụọ; nke a bụ ihe na-eme n'ihe omume na-akpali agụụ mmekọahụ na klọb ndị a maara dị ka ịgba egwu, ebe otu onye na-agbagharị n'apataapata ụkwụ nke ọzọ ma na-agbapụ ụkwụ ha n'ụzọ na-akpasu iwe.

Mboakwara ana edosa na mpata ụdị  ígwè ana-akpọ n'ọnọdụ ịnọdụ ala na ngwá ọrụ a na-etinye n'akụkụ n'ofe ikpere onye ọkpụkpọ. Ogwe aka nwere ike ịbụ ebe bara uru maka ịrụ ọrụ mgbe tebụl adịghị.The American Missionary - Volumes 22-24, 1868, page 57: "In the absence of chairs, the floor, (my present location) is not a very bad seat, and one can use their lap for a table if necessary." A na-akpọ kọmputa laptọọpụ ahụ n'ihi na a hụrụ ya dị ka nke nwere ike iji mee ihe n'apata ụkwụ onye ọrụ.The Electrified Mind: Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment in the Era of Cell Phones and the Internet, by Salman Akhtar, 2012, page 9.

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