✅ BASICS
- 👍 Yes: Aane (AH-neh)
- 👎 No: Daabi (DAH-bee)
- 🙏 Please: Mepa wo kyɛw (meh-pah woh chyeh-oo)
- 😊 Thank you: Meda wo ase / Medaase (meh-dah woh ah-seh)
- 🤗 You’re welcome: Wo nni ho hia (woh NEE ho HEE-ah)
- 😬 Sorry: Kafra (kah-frah)
- 🙋 Excuse me: Mepa wo kyɛw (same as “please”)
👋 GREETINGS
- 👋 Hello: Agoo (ah-GOH)
- 👋 Bye: Nante yie (NAHN-teh yee-eh)
- 🌞 Good morning: Maakye (MAH-chyeh)
- 🌙 Good night: Da yie (dah yee-eh)
❓ QUESTIONS
- ❓ What is it?: Ɛyɛ dɛn? (eh-yeh den?)
- 👤 Who?: Hena? (HEH-nah?)
- 🕒 When?: Bere bɛn? (BEH-reh ben?)
- 📍 Where?: Ɛhe? (EH-heh?)
- 🛠️ How?: Ɛte sɛn? (eh-teh sen?)
- 🤔 Why?: Adɛn? (ah-DEN?)
- 🤷 I don’t know: Mennim (MEN-neem)
- 😕 I don’t understand: Mente aseɛ (MEN-teh ah-SEH-eh)
- 🔁 Again: Bio (BEE-oh)
- 🙋♂️ Can I…?: Mɛtumi…? (meh-TOO-mee?)
🍎 WHAT?
- 🌟 Good: Papa (PAH-pah)
- 👎 Bad: Bɔne (BOR-neh)
- 😋 Yummy: Ɛyɛ dɛ! (eh-yeh deh!)
- 🤢 Yucky: Ɛnyɛ dɛ! (eh-nyeh deh!)
- 🧸 I like it: Mepɛ (meh-PEH)
- 💔 I don’t like it: Menpɛ (men-PEH)
- 💧 Water: Nsuo (N-soo-oh)
- 🍝 Food: Aduane (ah-doo-AH-neh)
- 👉 This: Eyi (EH-yee)
- 👉 That: Eno (EH-noh)
🧍♂️ WHO?
- 🧒 My name is: Me din de… (meh DEEN deh…)
- 🗣️ What’s your name?: Wo din de sɛn? (woh DEEN deh sen?)
- 🙋 I am: Me yɛ… (meh yeh…)
- 👉 You are: Wo yɛ… (woh yeh…)
😀 FEELINGS
- 😃 I’m happy: Me ho yɛ me (meh ho yeh meh)
- 😢 I’m sad: Me ho yɛ me yaw (meh ho yeh meh yaw)
- 😴 I’m tired: Mabrɛ (mah-BREH)
- 😡 I’m mad: Me bo afu (meh boh ah-FOO)
- 🤕 I’m hurt: Me ho yɛ me yaw (same as sad)
- 🫤 I don’t feel good: Me ho nnyɛ yie (meh ho nyeh yee-eh)
- 🥰 I love you: Medɔ wo (meh-DAW woh)
- 🍽️ I’m hungry: M’ekɔm de me (meh-KOM deh meh)
- 🥤 I’m thirsty: M’ase me (mah-SEH meh)
⏰ WHEN?
- 📅 Today: Ɛnnɛ (EH-neh)
- 📆 Tomorrow: Ɛkyɛre (EH-chyeh-reh)
- 🕰️ Yesterday: Ndeda (n-deh-DAH)
- 🌅 Morning: Anɔpa (ah-NO-pah)
- 🌌 Night: Anwummere (ahn-woo-MEH-reh)
- ⏳ Now: Seesei (SAY-say)
- 🔜 Later: Akyiri yi (ah-CHIR-ee yee)
📍 WHERE?
- 🔜 Right: Nifa (NEE-fah)
- 🔙 Left: Benkum (BEN-koom)
- ⬆️ Straight: Pɛtɛɛ (PEH-teh-eh)
- ⬅️ Front: Anim (ah-NEEM)
- ➡️ Behind: Akyi (ah-CHEE)
- ⬆️ Top / above: Wɔ soro (woh SO-roh)
- ⬇️ Bottom / below: Wɔ fam (woh fahm)
- 🏠 Inside: Wɔ mu (woh moo)
- 🌳 Outside: Wɔ abɔnten (woh ah-BOHN-ten)
- 🚪 In: Mu (moo)
- 🏃♀️ Out: Fi mu (fee moo)
🔢 HOW MUCH?
- 💵 How much?: ɛyɛ sɛn? (EH-yeh sen?)
- 😮 Too much: Dɔɔso (DOH-oh-soh)
- 👌 A little: Kakra (kah-KRAH)
- 1️⃣ One: Baako (BAH-koh)
- 2️⃣ Two: Mmienu (m-MYAY-noo)
- 3️⃣ Three: Mmiɛnsa (m-MYEN-sah)
- 4️⃣ Four: Anan (AH-nahn)
- 5️⃣ Five: Nnum (n-NOOM)
- 6️⃣ Six: Nsia (n-SEE-ah)
- 7️⃣ Seven: Nson (n-SOHN)
- 8️⃣ Eight: Nwɔtwe (n-WOH-chweh)
- 9️⃣ Nine: Nkron (n-KROHN)
- 🔟 Ten: Du (doo)
- 💯 One hundred: ɔha (OH-hah)
🧠 WHY?
- 🤔 Because: Esiane sɛ… (eh-SEE-ah-neh seh…)
- 🧩 So…: Enti… (EN-tee…)
- 👀 If…: Sɛ… (seh…)
- 🆚 But: Nanso… (NAHN-soh…)
- 🔄 Or: Anaa… (ah-NAH…)
- ➕ And: Ne (neh)
💬 ACTIONS
- 🤲 I need: Mepɛ (meh-PEH)
- 🙋♀️ I want: Mepɛ (same)
- 🙌 I give: Me ma (meh MAH)
- 🤝 I help: Me boa (meh BOH-ah)
- 🙋 I ask: Me bisa (meh BEE-sah)
- 🗣️ I say: Me ka (meh kah)
- 👂 I listen: Mete (meh TEH)
- 👀 I see: Mihu (mee-HOO)
- 🦶 I go: Merekɔ (meh-reh-KAW)
- 🍽️ I eat: Mɛdidi (meh-dee-DEE)
- 🥤 I drink: Mɛnom (meh-NOM)
- 🛌 I sleep: Mɛda (meh-DAH)
🔊 IMPORTANT WORDS
- 🆘 Help!: Boa me! (BOH-ah meh!)
- 🔇 Quiet!: Yɛ dinn! (yeh DEEN!)
- 🛑 Stop!: Gyae! (jyeh!)
- 👀 Look!: Hwɛ! (hweh!)
- 🥱 Calm down: Fa wo bo ase! (fah woh boh AH-seh)
- 👏 Come here: Bra ha! (bra HAH!)
- ⏳ Wait: Twɛn me! (chwɛn meh!)
- 🌟 Good job!: Ayekoo! (ah-YEH-koo!)
- 🤝 Let’s go!: Yɛnkɔ! (yen-KAW!)