Intro Course Wrap-Up

I haven't been able to do a proper wrap-up and it's been over two weeks since the course ended. I apologize...but I have decided not to do it now. Of course, the lessons don't end with this little summer course. When I resume learning Twi, I'll be back to share the lessons and my reflections on this blog. This probably won't happen until sometime this fall, so check back then if you're interested. Thanks for checking out the blog. I hope it has been useful.

Review of Grammar Difficulties; Emphatic Particles; Various Phrases

The last week of class... Today was the last day of instruction. Tomorrow we'll take the final and perform our presentations.

Today, we were lucky to have 3 visitors- Ghanaian-American girls that have a variety of experience with Twi. At least one of them can understand it perfectly and I'm pretty sure she speaks it well. It's nice that these young women are interested in the class, though it's a shame they couldn't attend until the end.

We went over a few of the difficult grammar points to wrap up the class. It's the first time in a week or so that we've done this kind of work. We've been working hard on our dialogs and personally-relevant vocabulary. So, this is a bit of a review, but there is also some clarification of past topics.

Past vs. Future Tenses, etc.
Adjectives
Emphatic Particles

S⊃ka oo!

GHANA WINS in the Round of 16!!! Though I'm sad that the USA is going home, I'm very proud of Ghana. They played really well and definitely deserve to advance. Next Saturday, they have to beat Uruguay. As long as they continue to play strong and do well with defense, I'm confident they can win.

(Unfortunately, I didn't get to watch the game cause I was watching a much-anticipated concert in Central Park. Tinariwen (and band from Mali) was playing there for free- how could I resist seeing such an amazing band?)

My Vocabulary

Today, we took the big quiz. Here is the vocabulary I needed to know for the dialog. There's a lot. I didn't remember most of it, but I was able to use the important, big words. Hopefully I did well!

εdeεn [eh-dee-ehn] = what
nimdeε [neem-dee-eh] = knowledge
nnwom = music
nnwomtofo⊃ [nn-wohm-toe-foe-ah] = musicians
nnwomto⊃ [nn-wohm-toe-ah] = singing
twerε = to write