Forming the Plurals of Twi Person Nouns I

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This is the third lesson in our TWI PLURAL NOUN FORMATION series. In today’s lesson, we are focusing on how to form the plural of Twi person nouns—specifically those that begin with the prefix “ɔ-“ or “o-“, and/or end in the suffix “-ni”. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to confidently form the plural versions of person nouns such as osikani (a rich person), ohiani (a poor person), ɔdwontoni (a musician), etc.

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STEPHEN AWIBA, known by his students as YAW, is the founding editor of LEARNAKAN.COM and LEARNAKANDICTIONARY.COM. He was born and raised in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital of Ghana, where Akan (Asante Twi) is spoken as the first language. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics and Theatre Arts from the University of Ghana and an MPhil in English Linguistics and Language Acquisition from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

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