More Greetings and Responses (Very long lesson!)

This might be a little late in the year, but... Mema wo Afenhyia pa. Correct response: Afe nk⊃ mmεto yεn bio. (I wish you a good year... May the year go around and come to us again.)

We started off the class with a review and added a few new phrases:
Adult: Awuraa, maakyē. (Good morning, ma'am.)
Youth: Yaa agya [aja]. (general response)
Adult: Wo hõ te sεn? (How are you?)
Youth: Mepa wo kyεw [mepaakyεw], me hõ yε. (Please, I'm fine.)
(Note: The older person is supposed to ask the younger how he/she is doing. The younger person does not ask this back. My teacher explains that this is because youths are very important and it is in the interest of the adult/elder to take care of the younger people. It is still necessary to be very polite, no matter who you're taking to, so terms of politesse are crucial in every conversation.)

Mepaakyεw, den asεm?

Greetings and Classroom Etiquette

Mema wo akyē!

Day 2 of Week 1- We learned important phrases for the classroom so that our teacher can speak to us in Twi.

Greetings:
Mema wo akyē [Maakyē] = Good morning
Mema wo ahã [Maahã] = Good afternoon
Mema wo adwo [Maadwõ] = Good evening
Da yie = Good night / sleep well
Nante yie = Goodbye / walk safely

Responses:
Yoo = Alright (general response to greetings)
Yaa agya - proper response to older male / father
Yaa εna - proper response to older female / mother
Yaa ⊃ba - proper response to child by adult
Yaa nua - proper response to a colleague / person of same age (difficult to say! [yæænwĩã])

Introduction and Alphabet

Akwaaba!

I'm a day behind because I just got the (brilliant?) idea to create a blog that will follow me through this course as a way to review and practice the material AND share the lessons with others interested in learning (Asante-)Twi.

On the first day of class, we introduced ourselves, and I learned that I'm the only one who has no experience with Twi! Everyone has been to Ghana. One woman did her fieldwork in Ghana, two women have Ghanaian family members, and one man is Ghanaian and speaks Twi. There are only five students, which is great! We have plenty of opportunities for getting the pronunciation of each word and phrase correct. Twi is a tonal language, so the meaning of a word or phrase relies on knowing EXACTLY how to pronounce it. It's a lot of pressure.