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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Twi
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Twi words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Twi phrases in this lesson
- Pono ma nnipa baanuPOH-no mah n-NEE-pah baa-NOO
- A table for two
- Mepa wo kyɛw, fa menu no brɛ memeh-PAH wo CHEW fah MEN-yoo no breh meh
- The menu, please
- Dɛn na wokamfo?den nah wo-KAM-fo
- What do you recommend?
- Menni...men-DEE
- I don't eat...
- Me wɔ allergy wɔ... homeh wo ah-LEH-jee wo ho
- I'm allergic to...
- NamNAHM
- Meat
- Akokɔah-ko-KOH
- Chicken
- Apataaah-pah-TAA
- Fish
- Ɛyɛ dɛeh-YEH DEH
- It's delicious
- Yɛ nkwa soyeh n-KWAH so
- Cheers
Use the English medical word allergy, with the food or substance in the gap.
Nam covers meat and, in many contexts, fish too. Point to be sure.
Smoked and dried fish flavor most soups, and fresh tilapia is grilled whole.
The compliment for any cook. Ɛyɛ dɛ paa is "really delicious".
A toast wishing life and health.