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Lesson 3 of 10
Yes, no and the essentials in Twi
The small words that carry half of every conversation, and the ones that rescue it. 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
- AaneAAH-neh
- Yes
- DaabiDAA-bee
- No
- YooYOH
- Okay
- Mente aseɛmen-TEH ah-SEH
- I don't understand
- Wote Borɔfo?wo-TEH bo-ROH-fo
- Do you speak English?
- Wobɛtumi aka bio?wo-beh-TOO-mee ah-KAH bee-OH
- Can you repeat that?
- Mepa wo kyɛw, kasa brɛoomeh-PAH wo CHEW KAH-sah breh-OH
- Slowly, please
- Ɛdeɛn nie?eh-DEN nee-EH
- What is this?
- Mehia...meh-HEE-ah
- I need...
- Wobɛtumi aboa me?wo-beh-TOO-mee ah-BWAH meh
- Can you help me?
The plain yes. In conversation people also agree with a drawn out "mmm".
A firm no. Say it with a smile to a hawker and walk on.
Yoo means okay or alright, and is heard constantly. Said twice, yoo yoo, it means "sure, fine".
Literally "I don’t hear the meaning". Most people will switch to English as soon as they hear it.
Borɔfo is English, and a white foreigner is an ɔbroni. Most people in towns speak some English.