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Are you familiar with the colours of the Ghana national flag? Can you say those colours in Twi?
This lesson takes a look at the Twi names of some basic colours. Unlike in English, Twi does not make distinctions between many shades of colours. This lesson will, therefore, be a short one.
You may watch the video lesson embedded below, or continue reading beneath it.
Video Lesson
Colours in Twi
| Akan (Twi) | English |
|---|---|
| kɔkɔɔ | red |
| tuntum | black |
| fitaa/fufuo | white |
| ahabammono | green |
| akokɔsradeɛ | yellow |
| sika kɔkɔɔ | gold |
| bibire | blue |
| dodoeɛ | brown |
| nsonso | ash/grey |
| memen | pink |
| beredum/afasebiri | purple |
| nsisimu | spotted |
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STEPHEN AWIBA, known by his students as TIKYA YAW, is the founding editor of LEARNAKAN.COM and MYTWIDICTIONARY.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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This has really helped me. Please keep up the good work.
Glad to know. Medaase, Leslie.