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.
