Asking For Someone’s Age and Telling Your Age in Twi

May 21, 2019

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</p><p></p><figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>TWI</strong></td><td><strong>ENGLISH</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>di</strong></td><td>to attain (age)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>woadi mfeɛ sɛn?</strong></td><td>how old are you?</td></tr><tr><td><strong>madi mfeɛ du</strong></td><td>I’m 10 years old</td></tr><tr><td><strong>madi mfeɛ aduonu</strong></td><td>I’m 20 years old</td></tr><tr><td><strong>madi mfeɛ aduasa</strong></td><td>I’m 30 years old</td></tr><tr><td><strong>madi mfeɛ aduanan</strong></td><td>I’m 40 years old</td></tr><tr><td><strong>madi mfeɛ aduonum</strong></td><td>I’m 50 years old</td></tr><tr><td><strong>madi mfeɛ aduosia</strong></td><td>I’m 60 years old</td></tr><tr><td><strong>madi mfeɛ aduɔson</strong></td><td>I’m 70 years old</td></tr><tr><td><strong>madi mfeɛ aduɔwɔtwe</strong></td><td>I’m 80 years old</td></tr><tr><td><strong>madi mfeɛ aduɔkron</strong></td><td>I’m 90 years old</td></tr><tr><td><strong>madi mfeɛ ɔha</strong></td><td>I’m 100 years old</td></tr></tbody></table></figure><div id="optinforms-form5-container" class="optinforms-form-container" ><form method="post" action="//learnakan.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=f008035203552825f7077e3d8&id=45def8d5b3" ><div id="optinforms-form5" style="background:#333333;"><div id="optinforms-form5-container-left"><div id="optinforms-form5-title" style="font-family:News Cycle; font-size:27px; line-height:27px; color:#ff69b4">JOIN OTHER LEARNERS</div><input required type="text" id="optinforms-form5-name-field" name="OF_NAME" placeholder="Enter Your Name" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#000000" /><input required type="text" id="optinforms-form5-email-field" name="EMAIL" placeholder="Enter Your Email" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#000000" /> <input type="hidden" name="FNAME" autocomplete="off" class="optinforms-mailchimp-field" /> <input type="hidden" name="LNAME" autocomplete="off" class="optinforms-mailchimp-field" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="optinforms-form5-button" value="SUBSCRIBE" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#ff69b4" /></div><div id="optinforms-form5-container-right"><div id="optinforms-form5-subtitle" style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:17px; color:#cccccc">Join our ever-growing community of learners and receive e-mail notifications whenever we publish new content.</div><div id="optinforms-form5-disclaimer" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:15px; color:#727272">Your privacy is of utmost importance to us. 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