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The season of love is fast-approaching. Valentine’s day is just around the corner. Many all over the world will be expressing how much they love and cherish the people in their lives, in different languages. So, I thought this may be the perfect time to do a lesson on love and romance.
Below, I list a number of Twi expressions relating to love and romance. Let’s show some love!
Twi Expressions for Love and Romance
| Twi | English |
|---|---|
Ɔdɔ Dɔ | Love (noun) Love (verb) |
| Medɔ wo | I love you |
| Mennɔ wo | I don’t love you |
| Se pɛ | Propose (love) |
| Se no pɛ | Propose (love) to her/him |
| Mafe wo | I miss you |
| Mepɛ w’asɛm/M’ani gye wo ho | I like you |
| Mehia wo | I need you |
| Akoma | Heart |
| Akoma mu tɔfe (literally: heart inside candy, candy of the heart) | Sweetheart |
| M’akomam’ tɔfe | My sweetheart |
| Me dɔ wiase | The love of my life |
| Ɔdɔ pa | Good love |
| Ɔdɔ kann | True love |
| Ɔyere | Wife |
| Okunu | Husband |
| Ware | Marry |
| Ayeforɔ | Wedding |
| Mɛware wo | I will marry you |
| Wobɛware me? | Will you marry me? |
| Aane | Yes |
| Dabi | No |
| Nhwiren | Flowers |
| Medɔ wo nko ara | I love you only |
| Woabue biribi so akyerɛ me | You’ve opened/uncovered something for my viewing |
| Mentumi nna | I can’t sleep |
| Mɛwu ama wo | I will die for you |
| Wobɛku me | You will kill me |
| Wo ne m’anigyeɛ | You are my happiness |
| Wo ne me wiase | You are my world |
| Me wiase nyinaa ne wo | My whole world is you |
| Woma m’ani gye | You make me happy |
| Wo kuta m’akoma mu safoa | You hold the key to my heart |
| M’akoma bɔ ma wo | My heart beats for you |
| Mɛdɔ wo kɔpem me wuda | I will love you till my dying day |
| Mɛdɔ wo afebɔɔ | I will love you forever/eternally |
| Wo nko ara na mepɛ | You are the only one I want |
| Fa kyɛ me | Forgive me |
| Mɛnte m’akoma | Don’t break/tear my heart |
| Mɛnnaadaa me | Don’t deceive me |
| Mɛnyi me mma | Don’t betray me |
| Wodɔ me? | Do you love me? |
| Mɛgyegye wo so | I will pamper you |
| Gyegye me so | Pamper me |
| Woama me tiri mu yɛ me dɛ | You have made me swollen-headed |
| Sɛ manhyia wo a, nka mɛyɛ deɛn? | If I hadn’t met you, what would I have done? |
| Me bibini | My African/black person (‘bibini (African/black person)’ here is used to signify beauty) |
| Me buroni | My white person (‘buroni (white person)’ here is used to signify beauty) |
| Ahoɔfɛ | Beauty |
| Wo ho yɛ fɛ | You are beautiful |
| Wo ho yɛ me fɛ | You are beautiful to me |
| Me nipadua yɛ wo dea | My body is yours |
| Fa me yɛ nea wopɛ | Do with me what you please |
| Mfeano | Kiss (noun) |
| Fe ano | Kiss (verb) |
| Fe m’ano | Kiss me |
| Sɔ me mu | Hold me |
| Mma me nkɔ | Don’t let me go |
| Nnyae me | Don’t leave me |
| Daeɛ | Dream (noun) |
| So daeɛ | Dream (verb) |
| Daeɛso | Dreaming (gerund) |
| Mɛma wo daeɛ/daeɛso aba mu | I will make your dreams/dreaming come true |
| Gye me di | Believe me |
| Memfa w’akyi da | I will never cheat on you |
| Woyɛ me wiase, me dɔ, ne m’adeɛ nyinaa | You are my world, my love, and my everything |
| Ɛkaa me nko a, nka woyɛ me yere/kunu | Left to me alone, you’d be my wife/husband I wish you were my wife/husband |
| Sɛ wosere a, na mawu | When you laugh, I die |
| Nyame-ama | God-sent |
| Meredwene wo ho | I’m thinking about you |
| Medwene wo ho da biara | I think about you every day |
| Wokasa a, na manane | When you speak, I melt |
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Great, I like to learn Twi/Akan