The Imported Ghanaian

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Brush up on yer lingo

So, you've decided to grace the 'gateway to Africa' with your presence. Yippee!
You've got your passport, visa, luggage and cash, but you need to load up on some local lingo. The basics.
Good thing you're at this page, because the hospitable Ghanaian that I am, I have gone to great pains to put a list of some handy words and phrases that will help you fit in with the skills of a chameleon. Okay, I'm lying, Ghanaians will figure you out - because we know everything and are always right - but hey, at least you can surprise us by throwing down a few appropriate local phrases, especially, when you catch use chatting about you in our local languages. Yes, we will chat about you and when you surprise us by catching us out, we will put on a performance worthy of an Oscar and deny whatever you accuse us of.
Yes, we will lie ... with much gusto and theatrics!

dw

hw

kw

= pronounced as in "Q"

= pronounced as in "child"

tw

= pronounced as in "abattoir"

Akwaaba = welcome

Wo k he? = Where are you going?

Mikyia wo = I greet you

Megye wo so = I respond

Wofiri he? = Where are you from?

Mefi Ghana = I come from Ghana

Wo ho te s n? = How are you?

Me te Accra = I live in Accra

M'ate ase = I understand

Meda ase = Thank you

Kakra kakra = Small small

Y nni aseda = It's a pleasure

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Other useful - maybe not - VerbS, PhraseS and WordS

Saa?; Ehh! = Is that so?

VERBS

ny

Bra = Come

K = Go

Fa = Take

Ka = Say

Tie = Listen

Hwe = Look; Look at

Serew = Laugh

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You look nice

Su = Cry

M'adamfo = My friend

T = Buy

Chale - Hey! (The equivalent of -

that Ghanaians call each other by)

C

PHRASES & WORDS

(in no particular order)

Hold yer horses, we'll get to the insults soon enough . . . come to think of it, just go to the next page. Happy?

Aane = Yes

Daabi = No

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