A Comprehensive Course In Twi (Asante) for the Non-Twi Learner by Florence Abena Dolphyne
Part I: Getting started with the spoken language
Lesson 1: The Twi Alphabet and sounds
Lesson 2: Greetings and responses
Lesson3: Being polite
Lesson 4: Making friends
Lesson 5: Finding out what one does
Lesson 6: Finding out where one lives
Lesson 7: Finding out each other's interest
Lesson 8: Buying and bargaining
Lesson 9: Travelling within town
Lesson 10: Giving directions
Lesson 11: Food
Lesson 12: The family
Lesson 13: Clothes
Lesson 14: The body
Lesson 15: Asking questions
Lesson 16 Telling the time
Lesson 17: Cultural situations
Part II: Understanding the grammar
Lesson 18: Habitual, progressive, simple future verb
Lesson 19: Simple future, immediate future
Lesson 20: The negative of the habitual, progressive, simple future, immediate future
Lesson 21: Past, perfect
Lesson 22: The negative of the past, perfect
Lesson 23: Simple and operative imperative
Lesson 24: Consecutive
Lesson 25: Stative
Lesson 26: Ingressive forms of the verb
Lesson 27: The reduplicated verb
Lesson 28: Phrasal verbs
Lesson 29: Nouns
Lesson 30: Nouns (cont'd)
Lesson 31: Adjectives and adverbs
Lesson 32: Pronouns
Lesson 33: Pronouns (cont'd)
Lesson34: Other grammatical items
Lesson 35: Other grammatical items (cont'd)
Lesson 36: Other grammatical items (cont'd)
So... I've had this book for less than one day and I cannot stop reading it. It's a blacknificent resource full of lessons, exercises, vocabulary words, culture points, and proverbs. Although there is no replacement for actual class time (making sure pronunciation and intonations are as close to native speakers), this text complements everything we learn @ Abibitumi Kasa Twi class very well.
where did u get it Sundiata?
I saw it listed as a reference on one of the papers Okyeame kwame wrote, and I found/bought it online . Type the title in the search menu and something should pop up. I know a lot of ppl only deal with "credit" cards, so it be difficult to get.
A link I just came across:
A Comprehensive Course in Twi (Asante) for the Non-Twi Learner — Kmtyw Books Collective (http://www.kmtywbookscollective.com/books/a-comprehensive-course-in-twi-asante-for-the-non-twi-learner)
This was one of my first Twi books. Read it thoroughly several times. A lot of the lessons here are built on the dialogue, vocab, exercise model of the book and are responses to some of the critiques i had of it. But about 10 years ago, you wouldn't see me without seeing the dark orange book...
I never met Prof, but her daughter attended a poetry reading I gave in Twi about 5-6 years ago. I asked her to thank her mother for getting me started...:hello:
yoo. i'll be sure to get it. meda ase pa me nua.
@ Aisha, yoo yEnni aseda.
@ Okyeame Kwame, I know the feeling. It hasn't left my sight since I've had it!
This was one of my text books while studying in Ghana. I still have it and study it often. I hear it also has tapes that go along with it (although I don't have them). I also have another book that she wrote for Fante Twi.