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Started by Agya Yaw, Feb 11, 2017, 03:46 PM

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Mepa wo kyɛw kyerɛ osuo rebɛtɔ aseɛ. Meda ase.

I think the book I have might be wrong in translation.
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QuoteAgya Yaw;221206 wrote: Mepa wo kyɛw kyerɛ osuo rebɛtɔ aseɛ. Meda ase.

I think the book I have might be wrong in translation.
 @Obadele Kambon

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Rain finta fall.

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Is that an idiom in a way? Or in this context does the verb tɔ mean something else?

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QuoteAgya Yaw;221228 wrote: Is that an idiom in a way? Or in this context does the verb tɔ mean something else?

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No, it's to fall. In english, one says it rains without specifying what the "it" is. In Twi rain is what falls so one simply says rain fell, rain is falling, rain finta fall, kwk.
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Nana Kwame Pɛbi Date I, Ban mu Kyidɔmhene, Akuapem Mampɔn
Senior Research Fellow & Research Coordinator - Language, Literature and Drama Section
Institute of Kmtyw Studies - College of Humanities
Editor-in-Chief - Ghana Journal of Linguistics
Secretary (2015-2020) - Kmtyw Studies Association of Kmt
+233249195150 / +19192836824 | me@obadelekambon.com
www.obadelekambon.com | www.abibitumi.com
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University of Ghana - Legon
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