Tag: Grammar

ekyEre Language: Akan Part of speech: pronoun English Translation: What. Sentence (Adinkra): ekyEre sen. Sentence (Akan): EKyere sen. Translation (English): What does that mean.

wEi Language: Akan Part of speech: Pronoun/Adjective English Translation: This. Sentence (Adinkra): wEi ye sen? Sentence (Akan): Wei ye sen? Translation (English): How much is this? Variation Adinkra Akan English Tense yEi Yei This Pronoun/Adjective yi Yi This Pronoun/Adjective

Enti Language: Akan Part of speech: conjuction English Translation: So. Sentence (Adinkra): enti woC QECre sen. Sentence (Akan): Enti wo kyere sen. Translation (English): So what do you mean.

kampese Language: Akan Part of speech: conjunction English Translation: Let alone. Sentence (Adinkra): nkonta bu ye me den kampese nkonta afidie. Sentence (Akan): Nkonta bu ye me den kampese nkonta afidie. Translation (English): I find math very difficult let alone computer.

anokwa Language: Akan Part of speech: conjunction English Translation: In fact/honestly/truly. Sentence (Adinkra): anokwa asem a wokaye no mantE asE. Sentence (Akan): Anokwa asem a wokaye no mante ase. Translation (English): In fact I did not understand what you said.

nokorEm Language: Akan Part of speech: conjunction English Translation: In fact/honestly/truly. Sentence (Adinkra): nokorEm asem a wokaye no mantE asE. Sentence (Akan): Nokorem asem a wokaye no mante ase. Translation (English): In fact I did not understand what you said.

ansa na Language: Akan Part of speech: conjunction English Translation: Before. Sentence (Adinkra): mE fa dwEm ansa na mE ba fie. Sentence (Akan): Me fa dwem ansa na me ba fie. Translation (English): I pass through the market before coming home.