Yes, No, Sorry in Twi | Common Twi Expressions

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You are welcome to the second video lesson under the Common Twi Expressions series. In our last video, we learnt about how to properly say please, welcome and thank you in Twi.

In today’s video, I show you how to say yes, no and sorry in Twi. Like I mentioned in our first video, each lesson in the series will focus on just a few expressions in order to give you enough time to get their pronunciation right.

Let’s get to it.

Usage Examples

aane (yes)

1. Woadidi?

    Have you eaten?

   Aane

2. Wofiri Ghana?

     Are you from Ghana?

   Aane

3. Woate aseɛ?

     Have you understood?

   Aane

dabi (no)

4. Woate aseɛ?

    Have you understood?

   Dabi

5. Wote Twi?

     Do you understand Twi?

   Dabi

6. Memma wo nsuo?

     Should I give you water?

   Dabi

kosɛ/kafra (sorry)

7. Me nua, kosɛ.

    My sibling (brother/sister), sorry.

8. Woahwere w’agya? Kosɛ.

     You’ve lost your dad? Sorry.

9. Ɛyɛ ya. Kafra.

     It is painful. Sorry.

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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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