Anger, love, hatred, selfishness, pride, pity, shame, envy, etc. Let’s take a quick look at the Twi names for these and other emotions in our twentieth vocabulary lesson.
In our previous lesson, we explored the Twi names of some basic shapes. You may check that lesson out here.
We begin.
Video Lesson
States, Feelings, Emotions in Twi
| TWI | ENGLISH |
|---|---|
| abufuo | anger |
| ahodwiri | astonishment |
| aniha | boredom |
| akokoɔduro | courage |
| anibere/ahoɔyaa | envy/jealousy |
| ehu | fear |
| anigyeɛ | happiness |
| ɔtan | hatred |
| ayamyɛ | kindness |
| ɔdɔ | love |
| ahummɔborɔ | pity |
| ahantan | pride/arrogance |
| nnuho/ahonu | remorse |
| pɛsɛmenkomenya | selfishness |
| aniwuo | shame |
| fɛreɛ | shyness |
| nwanwa | surprise |
| awerɛhoɔ | sadness |
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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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