Ewe Language Guide-gctid42914

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Ewe Language Guide

 

The Ewe language is actively spoken in the South-Eastern parts of Ghana and part of Togo. Ewe is a tonal language and changes in meaning can be brought about by tonal differences.  It has a number of peculiar consonants and diagraphs.   Six of the letters in Ewe do not appear in western languages. The  international encoding standards generally do not allow for these letters. Also, in  Ewe the western letters C, J and Q are not used. For this reason, many words are shown in the  proper form as a graphic, plus the common way to type this in e-mail or  otherwise on typical computer keyboards. source: http://zorinco.com/djembe/ghana/lang/ewe.html

       
Greetings

 [th]Written[/th]   [th]Typed[/th]   [th]English[/th]   [th]source[/th]

	Mia ga do go	Goodbye	SB
	Wezon	this is the correct way to welcome in Ewe	SB
	Belatchere	Good bye	SB
	Nkekea nenyon	Have a good day	SB
	Fienawo	Good evening	SB
	Baba	Sorry	EB
	Akpe ne wo	Thank You	EB
	Mede ku ku	Please	EB
	Baba	Sorry	EB
	E nyon nyon ge	It shall be well	SB
	No ani	Sit down	EB
	Afeta la fo hee	The lord has risen	EB
	Afon yami va va	Indeed, the lord has risen	EB
	Afwa	How are you?	EB
	Aboa	Are you back?	EB
	A mabo	Yes, I am back.	EB
	Yo	I agree	EB
	Eh	No (disagree)	EB
	A	Yes	EB
	Apomoto	How is your household?	EB
	Endo	Fine.	EB
	Ele neda	Are you well?	EB
	Wede	General greeting for someone returning from a short trip - to a person	EB
	Miewede	General greeting for someone returning from a short trip - to many people	EB
	Ieko	greeting to someone working	EB
	Akpe meleo	Thank you, but no.	EB
	Enyo	Good (or that's plenty)	EB
	Woletsia	Will you bath?	EB

Household Items

 [th]Written[/th]   [th]Typed[/th]   [th]English[/th]   [th]source[/th]

	Etsi	Water	EB
	Aha	a drink	EB
	Deha	Palm wine	EB
	Akpetesie	Ghanian moonshine (distilled palmwine)	EB
	Ator	Apple	EB
	Eto	Mortar	EB
	Tati	Pestle	EB
	Evu	Drum	EB

Verbs

 [th]Written[/th]   [th]Typed[/th]   [th]English[/th]   [th]source[/th]

	Go	Dzo	EB
	Come	Va	EB
	Run	Sedu	EB

Common Phrases

 [th]Written[/th]   [th]Typed[/th]   [th]English[/th]   [th]source[/th]

	Me su akpe or Akpe me leo	your are welcome or it's my pleasure or  it's ok	SB
	Onko wo de	What is your name?	EB
	Babalo	I am sorry for you.	EB
	Vamidunu	Come and let's eat	EB
	Edia	Do you like this food?	EB
	Nyemediwo	I don't want it or I don't want you (go away)	EB
	Fika netso	Where do you come from?	EB
	Ma va fifia	I will come right now?	EB
	Edo le wunye	I am hungry	EB
	Me gbor	Just a minute	EB
	Meyi anyimlonfe	I am going to sleep	EB
	Ele afifia tom	Are you sweating?	EB
	Eyi gbedeka	I will hear from you one day	SB

Other

 [th]Written[/th]   [th]Typed[/th]   [th]English[/th]   [th]source[/th]

	Mawu	God?	EB
	Nyadede	Greeters	http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/aflang/ewe/"

Unknown - need translation

 [th]Written[/th]   [th]Typed[/th]   [th]English[/th]   [th]source[/th]

	Efor na mi vava
	Mawu yra wo
	Enye dzidzi nam
	Wo linyuie Ola?

 Nearby languages

 [th]Written[/th]   [th]Typed[/th]   [th]English[/th]   [th]source[/th]

	Akwaaba	Welcome (Twi)	EB

Sources:

 

SB	Salihou Boukari, Cape Coast, Ghana
NA	Noah Agbele, Jordan Nu, Ghana
EB	Emmanuel Buamah, Jordan Nu, Ghana