Twi

Owura
Brother
Papa/Uncle
Wofa
0panyin
0baa panyin
Awuraa
Sister
Maame/Auntie
Sewaa
Nana
kosua
kk
nsuo
mo
fufuo
ankaa
kwadu
aborb
paanoo
akekaduru
mako
ntoosi
nkruma
nkate
nkatenkwan
borde
aSIkyire
wma
wadru
j0l00fo
nsa
apeteshie
nKYene
akok
tombrown
amango
noa
Ya ena
Akwaaba
Wo din de sn
Me din de ____
Na wo nso
Wofiri hene
Mefiri ______

English
Sir/Mr
older male, not old enough to be your father
Father, uncle, adult old enough to be your father
Mother's brother/male cousin
Elderly male
Elderly female
Lady/ma'am
Older female, but not old enough to be your mother
Mother/Auntie (for adult female old enough to be your mother)
Father's sister, female cousin
Grandparent, title for a chief
egg
ripe plantain
water
rice
fufu
orange
banana
pineapple
bread
ginger
peppers
tomatoes
okra
groundnut
groundnut soup
unripe plantains
sugar
pestle
mortar
jollof rice
non-water drink
local gin
salt
chicken
oatmeal
mango
to cook
(response to Akwaaba, Greetings)
welcome!
Your name is what?
My name is ______
And you also (How about you?)
You come from where?
I come from ______

Notes

pronounced abrb

"an-Tuoys"

"brde"

nasal

Older female

Me nso saa
Wote hene
Nante yie.
Wosua den?
Ya eja
Ya eja
ne
dd
ketewa
kse
daa
paa
kakra
dodo
pii
sn
hene
den
baabi
yie
h0
ha
yi
yoo
sika
ho
ndeda
nn
kyena
efie
owvo
r0ba
l0re
anyame
egya
kt
nsuo t
aane
daabi
Saa?
mu
wo
mo
me

ye

I also same (Me too)

You live where?
Goodbye/walk well
You study what?
(response to Akwaaba, Greetings)
(response to Akwaaba, Greetings)
and
delicious
small
big
everyday
very much
a little
too much
a lot/plenty
how
where
what
somewhere, someplace
well
there
here
this
okay
money
body
yesterday
today
tomorrow
home
death
rubble
truck
god
fire
mat (furnishing)
it's raining
yes
no
Really?
inside
you (sing.)
you (pl.)
I
he/she
we

response: Yoo
Older male
Same age

= water buys
dbi


t
ba
nim
di
nom
da
w
w
sua(nasal)
twen
hia
b0
wu
su
te
p
te
fa
sa
hia
ma
kye
hye
hyira
gye

it
to buy
to come
to know
to eat
to drink
to sleep
to possess something
to be located somewhere
to learn
to wait
to need
to strike, to play a striking instrument, to hit
to die
to cry, to weep
to stay
to be good
to hear/understand
to take
to dance
to be
to give something out
to give
to wear
to bless
to receive

Mew sika paa = I have a lot

Mew Ghana = I am in Ghan

nasal

Mete Twi = I understand Tw