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VOCABULARY
The list below displays the basic useful words in Twi (pronounce “chwee”) which is one of the most common
languages used in Ghana:
Akwaaba Welcome
Woho tay sane How are you?
Me ho ye I am fine
Mah chee Good morning
Ma ha Good afternoon
Ma jve Good evening
Sain How much?
Ko bra To go and come
Afenhuiapa Happy New Year
Obroni White person
May pa cho Please
Me dah see Thank you
Yiw Yes
Dabi No
Owura Mr
Awura Mrs
Akwadaa Infant
Opanimu Elder
Ma year I am lost
Sika Money
Djom, Akrom Market
A bo sane What time is it?
Nde Today
Nsuo Water
Nkwai Soup
Akoko Chicken
Emo Rice
Brood Bread
Fiada Town
Baako One
Miene Two
Miensa Three
Anane Four
Enum Five
Nsia Six
Edu Ten
Dwuada Monday
Beneda Tuesday
Wukuada Wednesday
Yawoada Thursday
Memenda Saturday
Kwasiada Sunday
... Accra means ants. The large number of Ga (the
ethnic group who are the original landlords of Accra)
earned themselves the name Nkran, meaning ants
in the Akan language, during their exodus from
Yoruba land, Nigeria, where they are believed to
have come from centuries ago.
… That Ghana was the first sub-Saharan country to
gain its independence in 1957.
... Ghana was formed from the merger of the British
colony, Gold Coast, and the Togoland trust territory,
which was a former German colony.
... That Ghana is the second largest gold-producer
in Africa.
... About 30,000 slaves were taken from Ghana
to the Americas and parts of Europe. During the
slave trade, which lasted from the 18th Century
until it was abolished in the middle of the 19th
century, thousands of Ghanaians were sold on the
open market into slavery. Many died in the slave
dungeons in the castles along the coast and some
lost their lives on the ships that transported them to
the Americas.
... That St George’s Castle in Elmina is the oldest
European building in the sub-Saharan Africa, dating
to 1482.
... That the Volta River feeds the World’s largest
artificial water body, the Lake Volta, and empties into
the Atlantic.
... Ghana has the largest man-made lake in the world.
Volta Lake was created during the construction of
the Akosombo Dam, Ghana’s hydroelectric power
source. Volta Lake, the largest man-made lake
in the world, extends from the Akosombo Da, in
southeastern Ghana to the town of Yapei, 520 km
(325mi) to the north. The lake generates electricity,
provides inland transportation, and is a potentially
valuable resource for irrigation and fish farming.