Language/Twi/Vocabulary/Food

Twi Vocabulary - Food

In today's lesson, we will learn some Twi words related to food. We will also learn some phrases using these words. Please feel free to edit this wiki page if you think it can be improved. 😎

With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: Days of the week, Weather Vocabulary, Clothes & Colors.

Main Words

Word in Twi	Pronunciation	English Translation
ɔdɔnkɔso	[ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ]	Rice
nkate	[ŋkate]	Bread
nkontompo	[ŋkontompo]	Soup
nkatea	[ŋkatea]	Cake
nkontonmu	[ŋkontonmu]	Fish
nkontom	[ŋkontom]	Meat
nkontonfufu	[ŋkontonfufu]	Fufu
nkontonko	[ŋkontonko]	Beans
nkontonma	[ŋkontonma]	Plantain
nkontonko	[ŋkontonko]	Yam
nkontonko	[ŋkontonko]	Cassava
nkontonko	[ŋkontonko]	Maize
nkontonko	[ŋkontonko]	Millet
nkontonko	[ŋkontonko]	Sorghum

Phrases

• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkate? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkate?]) – Is there rice and bread?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontompo? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontompo?]) – Is there rice and soup?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkatea? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkatea?]) – Is there rice and cake?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontonmu? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontonmu?]) – Is there rice and fish?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontom? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontom?]) – Is there rice and meat?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontonfufu? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontonfufu?]) – Is there rice and fufu?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontonko? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontonko?]) – Is there rice and beans?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontonma? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontonma?]) – Is there rice and plantain?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontonko? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontonko?]) – Is there rice and yam?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontonko? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontonko?]) – Is there rice and cassava?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontonko? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontonko?]) – Is there rice and maize?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontonko? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontonko?]) – Is there rice and millet?
• ɔdɔnkɔso bɛyɛ nkontonko? ([ɔdɔŋkɔsɔ beye ŋkontonko?]) – Is there rice and sorghum?

Other Lessons

• Days of the Week
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• Colors
• Animals
• Akan Calendar
• Education
• Health
• Feelings and Emotions
• Fruits

Sources

• Twi Food Vocabulary (Fruits, Vegetables, Grains) | LEARNAKAN
• My First 100 Words in TWI: Kay, Auntie: 9798557840675: Amazon ...