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Introducing Yourself in Twi

Introducing yourself is a fundamental skill in any language, especially useful when you meet new people or engage in social situations. We'll cover essential phrases and practice structures.

Lesson: Introducing Yourself in Twi

Learning Objectives:

Learn Basic Introduction Phrases in Twi: To understand and memorize key phrases for self-introduction.
Practice Pronunciation and Usage: To practice the pronunciation of these phrases and use them in appropriate contexts.
Cultural Understanding of Greetings and Introductions: To gain insight into the cultural norms surrounding greetings and introductions in Twi-speaking communities.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

Confidently Introduce Yourself in Twi: Use basic phrases to greet someone and introduce yourself in Twi.
Engage in Basic Social Interaction: Initiate a conversation by introducing yourself and asking about the other person.
Appreciate Cultural Norms: Understand the importance of polite greetings and self-introduction in Twi culture.

Lesson Content:

Basic Introduction Phrases:
Greeting: "Maakye" (Good morning), "Maaha" (Good afternoon), "Maadwo" (Good evening).
Stating Your Name: "Me din de ..." (My name is ...).
Expressing Pleasure to Meet: "M'ani agye sε mahyia wo " (I am glad to meet you).
Asking How Someone Is: "Ɛte sɛn?" (How are you?).
Example Introduction:
Greeting: "Maakye."
Name: "Me din de Kwame."
Pleasure: "M'ani agye sε mahyia wo. "
Asking: "Ɛte sɛn?"

Practice Exercises:

Exercise 1: Practice saying your name using the phrase "Me din de ..." with different names.
Exercise 2: Combine greeting and introduction phrases in different ways.
Exercise 3: Role-play a conversation where you introduce yourself and ask the other person's name.

Conclusion:

Mastering self-introduction in Twi is a key step in connecting with others and immersing yourself in Twi-speaking communities. By practicing these phrases and understanding their cultural significance, you're on your way to more meaningful interactions and a deeper connection with the Twi language and culture.

Great job on taking this important step in your language learning journey! Keep practicing, and soon, introducing yourself in Twi will become second nature.

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Twi: A Beginners Guide

These are 40 phrases that I have found incredibly useful during my time in Ghana. If you are able to translate and speak all of these phrases and words, then you have officially passed the first stage of the course!


Ete sen?	Etty sen?	How are you?
Ey3 paa	Ay ye paa.	I am fine.
Wo ho te sen?	Wo ho te sen?	How are you?
Me ho y3	Me hoy ye.	I am well.
Nyame adom	Nya may adom.	By the grace of God (they say this a lot!)
Na wonso 33?	Na won sua?	And what about you?
Wo din de sen?	Wo din dee sen?	What is your name?
Me din de Cat	Me din dee Cat.	My name is Cat.
Wofi (ri) he?	Wo fri he?	Where do you come from?
Mefi (ri) England	Mefri England.	I come from England.
Akwaaba	As written	Welcome
Medaase	Me daa say!	Thank you!
Da yie	Da yeeay!	Good night!
Nante yie	Nan tee yee aay!	Safe journey!
Mem a wo akye	Maa chi!	Good morning!
Mem a wo aha	Maa haa!	Good afternoon!
Mem a wo adwo	Maa jo!	Good evening!
Mani agye	Manee adjay.	I am happy.
Wani agye?	Wanee adjay?	Are you happy?
Me sua twi kakra kakra	Me sueah twi kakra kakra.	I am learning twi little by little.
Wote Twi paa	Wo tay twi paa!	You speak twi very well.
Mereko laibri	Me re ko libree.	I am going to the library.
Okyena	Otchina	Tomorrow (can be used as “see you tomorrow!”
Y3behyia bio	Ye bishia beo!	We’ll meet again!
Aden?	Aden?	Why?
M’ani gye ho	Mani je ho.	I’m interested in it/ I like it.
Mani nnye ho	Mani ny ho.	I’m not interested in it/ I don’t like it.
Me didi	Me deedee	I am eating.
Me nom	Me nom	I am drinking.
M’adamfo	Me dam foe	Friend
Nsuo	Un sue oh	Water
Kwadu	Kwadu	Banana
Paanoo	Paanoo	Bread
Bra	Brah	Come
Ko	Ko	Go
Y3nko	Yanko	Let’s go!
Tw3n me	Charn me	Wait for me!
Daabi	Darbee	No
Aane	Ahnay	Yes
Eebia	Eee bee ah	Maybe

Basic pronouncation points:

3 – e (as with French accent)

o – o (sharp o)

dw – j (slightly different sound, see video when uploaded)

Beginners (Improvers) to soon follow!!

62 thoughts on Twi: A Beginner’s Guide!

Brilliant! Medasse!

meedase (brilliant) tysm (thank you so much)

Im am in love with this

Medaase paa paa! <3

Very important basics to learn and know.

Eten sen m’adamfo

Thank you so much I am a performing artist from the Caribbean who is in my dreams to visit ghana so I must prepare thank you so much

Did you get to Ghana? I am planning a month in Jan – Feb 2023 …

I speak Twi but I don’t know how to read or write Twi,but thanks, helpful

Learn de alphabet oo it will help you.

This one is very helpful! Medaase paa!

Medaase paa! African-American here born in the south, with no knowledge or way to trace ancestry back to Africa. There fore I’ve tasked myself with learning as many African languages as I can, just to have some attachment to a home I’ll never know but will always love. Thank you so much for this there are very few materials for most African languages and every bit helps tremendously.

Try an ancestry kit.

Thank you- Medaase

How are the people doing

I love you; I like you

I’m interested this words so bring more and learn

Sending to my bf I’ve been trying to teach twi for a while. The break down will be very helpful as some words can be hard to pronounce in twi like hair or nose for none native speakers. Thank you!

Medaase bebree . I had told my dad who also speaks twi that I am starting to learn it and know my and family from ghana want to hear me speak twi and are very excited to hear me speak it. So this helped me a lot to not disappoint them

Does your father know the translation of this phrase? “ Aane, me ara ni nnipa a wo twen no.” It’s from a book called Golden Hill. Thank you.

Yes’ i’m the one your waiting on

that’s the translation

My husband is from Ghana and I’m trying to learn his language.. some of these phrases are helpful but where can I learn more?

Hi half Ghanaian here. There is a YouTuber called LEARNAKAN he teaches phrases, numbers, adjectives in Twi and more. My parents really didn’t teach me a lot of Akan(Twi) but this guy helped me a lot and I’m sure he will 🙂

Medaase. This is really helpful.

me so medaasii

Fantastic work. We appreciate your efforts.

This is really helpful, Thank you

Me wo ghana but me tu mi ka twi so medaase nyame shraa wo

Bless you for this. I am so excited to learn now 🙂 Medaase.

Medaase bebree

Wonderful exposition of the TwI language. Please download and install the Ghana keyboard and so that you can type on your phone letters like ?, ?, ƒ, ? and the others. Thank you.

Wonderful exposition of the TwI language. Please download and install the Ghana keyboard so that you can type on your phone letters like ?, ?, ƒ, ? and the others. Thank you.

Can someone help me translate Ay3ka . I’m learning and came across this word but unsure of the meaning

It means you are at a loss – in the sense that you’ve put something into some effort, and not had a good result.

Medaase me firi America but me parents firi Ghana so mey3 50% Ghanani.

but (naaso) parents (awo fo) so (nti) 50% (half – fha) Ghanaian (Ghanani fha)

now you can reconstruct it to sound more like a native or fluent speaker.

?? Medasse I will now show off to my girlfriend.

W’ay3 ade3.

Can someone translate this for me please

It means you’ve done well or well done. This is usually said to congratulate someone for good work done.

My parents were born in ghana and my mom said if I speak twi to them for the whole day then I can get a phone

Hahahaha 3y3 paa, 3b3boa wo amma wasua twi Kasa.

It is good idea it will help you learn the twi language.

possessing the unknown future as a young adult the all knowing god

Medaase. Thank you so much . Keep returning to this. How do you say “please” in Twi?

Also, if greeting a group of people of different ages, is it appropriate to greet the congregation with wo ho te sen?

Please in twi is “mepawokyew”. Also when greeting a group of people the ‘wo’ in wo ho te sen which means “you”(singular) changes to “mo” which means “you” (plural). Hence to greet a group is “mo ho te sen?” and if they are responding as a group, they would say “ye ho ye” meaning “we are fine”.

I found this guide interesting, I love Ghana language alot

Medasse! This is soo helpful, ive been trying to learn ghana for a long time but nothing, everything that went inside my ear went into my brain but it didn’t stay so it came out the other way of my ear but this helped me in alot of different ways, so than, you sooooo mich for this, everyone should just appreciate the time he took to this only to help others learn, it’s not always about money, im sure he did this and ge wasnt paid, this is what they GENEROSITY ! And everyone should be like this fellow citezen! Kudos to you sir! BRAVO

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Introducing yourself and meeting others in Akan Twi

Introduction:

Now that you have learned in previous lessons how to properly greet and speak politely in Akan, we can begin to get to know people and introduce yourself in Akan. First, we will learn about pronouns and then we will progress to vocabulary used in introductions.


I	me	we	yɛn
you	wo	ya’ll	mo
she/he/it	ɔno	they	wɔn, wɔɔnom
it (non-animate)	ɛno

Listening:

Listen to the pronunciation guide in the Peace Corps Training Manual lesson 4.

Greeting Vocabulary: There are two ways of asking for someone’s name. Both phrases are broken down word-by-word below.

to bear = de

s ɛn? = how?, what?

Wo din de s ɛn? = Your name is what?

Me din de Laura = My name is Laura

Fr ɛ = to call

Y ɛ frɛ wo sɛn? = What do they/we call you?

te = to feel, hear, smell

yɛ = to be good

Wo ho te s ɛ n? = How are you?

Me ho y ɛ = I am well

Listen to the first 1 minute and 25 seconds of Peace Corps Training Manual lesson 6.

Writing and Speaking: Now use what you’ve learned about greetings and pronouns to write and speak these sentences in Akan.

My name is Laura.
Please what do they call you?
How are you?
She is fine.
How are they?

Dialogue: Using previous lessons on greeting and being polite, construct two short dialogues.

A young man, Kofi, greets an elderly woman, Nana Ama and asks of her well being.
A elder man, Kwame meets a person younger than him, Abena, who he doesn’t know. Kwame asks for Abena’s name and how she is doing.

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Twi is a variety of Akan, a member of the Kwa sub-group of Niger-Congo languages. There are about 7 million Twi speakers, mainly in Ghana. Major dialects of Twi include Akuapem Twi and Asante Twi, which are all mutually intelligible. Akuapem Twi was the first dialect to be used for Bible translation, and became the prestige dialect as a result.

Twi dialects are written with a common script developed by the Bureau of Ghana Languages.

Twi pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Twi (Excel)

Sample text in Twi

Translation.

A cow was grazing in a field of grass. This field was near a pond which was full of frogs. When the frogs saw him some of them exclaimed, "This fellow is extremely big." Just as they said this, one of the frogs remarked, "I can blow myself up as big as this cow." No sooner had he said it, than he began to blow himself up, and he went on blowing until he burst.

Source: http://www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Twi.htm

Sample text

Wɔɑwo ɑdesɑmmɑ nyinɑɑ sɛ nnipɑ ɑ wɔwɔ ɑhofɑdi. Wɔn nyinɑɑ wɔ nidi ne kyɛfɑ koro. Wɔwɔ ɑdwene ne ɑhonim, nɑ ɛsɛ sɛ wobu wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ ɑnuɑnom.

A recording of this text by Stephen Yaw Awiba of LearnAkan.com

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Sample video in Twi

Information about Twi | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Information about the Twi language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi http://www.linguistics.stanford.edu/languages/twi/Default.htm

Twi language courses http://www.worldlanguage.com

Twi dictionaries https://www.mytwidictionary.com http://www.twi.bb https://glosbe.com/en/tw/

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Abidji , Adele , Ahanta , Akan , Anii , Anyin , Avatime , Baoulé , Chakosi , Chumburung , Dangme , Fante , Foodo , Ga , Gonja , Krache , Kyode , Logba , Mbato , Nkonya , Nzema , Siwu , Tchaman , Twi

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Twi Translation of “myself”

Myself reflexive pronoun.

medɔ me ho | I love myself
meresere me ho | I am laughing at myself

myself intensive pronoun

me ara na mekaeɛ | I said it myself

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How to Give Directions in Twi

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In our last lesson, we looked at the how to introduce ourselves in Twi, and a few basic phrases . The present lesson explores a number of directional expressions in Twi. If you ever find yourself giving or receiving a direction to/from an Akan speaker, this lesson, I believe, will be very useful.

Directions in Twi

Twi	English
atifi	north
anaafoɔ	south
apueeɛ	east
atɔeɛ	west
atifi-apueeɛ	north-east/upper east
atifi-atɔeɛ	north-west/upper west
anaafoɔ-apueeɛ	south-east
anaafoɔ-atɔeɛ	south-west
benkum	left
nifa	right
(nsa) benkum so	left-hand side
(nsa) nifa so	right-hand side
mfimfini	middle
aseɛ	under
ɛso/ɛsoro	top/up
anim	front
akyire	back
emu	inside
nkyɛnmu	sideways/beside
nkwanta	junction
mane/dane	turn
dane wo ho	turn around
kɔ w’akyi	go back
kɔ w’anim	go forward
bra	come
kɔ	go
bra w’anim	come forward
tena ha	sit here
hwɛ w’anim	look forward
hwɛ w’akyi	look back
hwɛ fam	look down
hwɛ soro	look up
pagya wo ti	raise your head
hwɛ wo nifa so	look to your right
hwɛ wo benkum so	look to your left
kɔ w’anim tee	go straight ahead
sɔre/gyina hɔ	stand
mane wo benkum so	turn to your left
mane wo nifa so	turn to your right
kɔ w’akyi na mane wo benkum so	go back and turn left
kɔ w’akyi na mane wo nifa so	go back and turn right
kɔ w’anim na mane wo nifa so	go forward and turn right
dua no ase	under the tree

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