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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Twi

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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.

Celebrations for the Asantehene in Kumasi, Ghana
Shops and hotels
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
U.S. Embassy Ghana, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Twi phrases in this lesson

Wowɔ...?wo-WOH
Do you have...?
...wɔ he?woh HEH
Where is...?

The place goes first: tiafi wɔ he? is "where is the toilet?".

Wɔabuewoh-ah-BWEH
Open
Wɔato muwoh-ah-TOH moo
Closed
Wopɛ kotoku?wo-PEH ko-TOH-koo
A bag?

A cashier asking whether you want a bag.

Ɛbo yɛ den dodoeh-BO yeh DEN doh-DOH
Too expensive
Mahyɛ dan bi ato hɔmah-SHEH dan bee ah-TOH ho
I have a reservation

A room booked in advance.

Anɔpa aduane ka ho?ah-NOH-pah ah-DWAH-neh kah ho
Is breakfast included?
Wi-Fi no password ne sɛn?WAI-fai no PAAS-werd neh SEN
What's the wifi password?

Password is commonly borrowed from English.

Mɛtumi...?meh-TOO-mee
Can I...?

Where Twi is spoken

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