TWI ADESUA MFITIASEƐ

INTRODUCTION
Welcome to this Twi website.
Twi is a language spoken by most Akans of Ghana, but more than 70 % of Ghanaian can speak it. One thing to take note of the Akans as an ethnic group is that wherever we go, we do not want to leave our language and food behind. As a result, wherever in the world that you find a few of us, you hear us speaking our language.

Most of the articles to be published here will be presented in Twi. The purpose is to promote Twi reading. It will not only help you to learn the language; it will also help you to refresh what you know in order to prevent disuse.

All criticisms and cotributions are welcome!

As a start up, we shall refresh our minds with an introductory lesson on the Twi Alphabet:

This is the Twi alphabet:----TWI NTWERƐDEƐ NIE:

SMALL LETTERS TWI NTWERƐDEƐ NKETEWA
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a b d e ε f g h i k l m n o ɔ p r s t u w y

CAPITAL LETTERS TWI NTWERƐDEƐ AKƐSEƐ
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A B D E Ɛ F G H I K L M N O Ɔ P R S T U W Y

Ɛnne Nnyegyeeε: Vowels
'a' is pronouced like 'a' in 'mat' ---- fa === to take
'e' is pronounced like 'i' in 'bid' ---- efie === house
'ε' is pronounced like 'e' in 'bed' ---- abε === palm tree
'i' is pronounced like 'e' in 'bead' ---- di ==== to eat
'o' is pronounced like 'o' in 'book' ---- onipa === human being
'ɔ' is pronounced like 'o' in 'box' ---- kɔ === to eat
'u' is pronounced like 'oo' in 'book'---- su ==== to cry

Apart for these, there are certain vowels pronoounced through combinations which may not have English subbstitutes:
'dw' = ------adwuma ------ job, occupation
tw = -------- twe ===== to pull
hw = wh wheel ====== hwehwε ===== to search
gy = j judge ------gyina ======= to stop
ky = ch church ----- kyere ====== to catch

We shall end the lesson for the day. Stay blessed and stay in touch.

Ɛha na yεde adesua yi bεsie. Berε foforɔ mu, yεbεtoa so.

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