Dangme
Dangme (Danbe, Ga-adangme, Ga-adangbe, Adangme, Adangbe) is one of the Ga-Dangme languages within the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken in Greater Accra, in south-east Ghana.
Alphabets edit
ABCDEɛFGHIJKLMNOɔPQRSTUVWXYZ
Expressions edit
Mi suɔ bo. - I love you.
Oye wala do)). - Thank you.
I kpa mo pɛ. - Please.
Mo-hee-e! - Welcome.
Kusie. - I'm sorry.
si lafa - hundred times
sidi lafa - hundred cedis.
ligbi - day
otsi - week
lingmi - day before yesterday
hlami - month
lingmi hlami - last month
jeha - year
momo - allready
lolo - not yet
gble - never
bloonya se - after Christmas
gbidii - forever
mla - quickly
Osabu sisije - beginning of June
Osabu nyagbe - end of June
Koo ya lolo. - Don't go yet.
Je mi pee kusuu. - It's a cloudy day.
Diblii wo kpii. - It's very dark.
Afua wo. - It's misty.
Ahlabata be su ta. - The harmattan is near.
Pu da geii. - The sun is overhead.
I nga mo. - Good morning.
Mo he manye. - Good morning.
I haa mo. - Good afternoon.
I taa mo ama. - Good evening.
Mo hee-e! - Welcome!
Yaa ba! - Good bye. (to guest)
mo tsumi - thank you
Very well, thank you. - Saminya, mo tsumi.
I be he wami. - I'm not feeling well.
Ma na mo ekohu. - I shall see you again.
E hi kaa i na mo. - It's good to see you. ke aste o ke -what is your name(literally what do they call you)
yumu - black
bluu - blue
asla su - grey
ba mumu - green
lazu - grey
tsutsu - red
huatahuata - spotted
futa - white
na ku - bull
adadee - cat
na yo - cow
gbe - dog
teji - donkey
apletsi - goat
kpotoo - pig
nya ka - crocodile
kpi - crass cutter
jata - lion
kua - monkey
aya - python
okpoe - rat
baasaki - scorpion
solue - squirrel
kolue - tortoise
hlami - turtle
ogbetee - wolf
titla - canary
agbaa - dove
kpakpahe - duck
klakumi - turkey
ako - parrot
kuakualabite - crow
oka - hawk
papalotsui - kite
patu - owl
otoklii - sparrow
okpoku - vulture
nga - weaver bird
sangmlekiti - millipede
ahua - snail
tatu - ant
sa ngmo - bed bug
hwo - bee
aga - crasshopper
anunu - house fly
gbesle - red ant
baba - termite
adondongmatsi - wasp
kaawi - crap
ma - herring
osa - shrimp
gbolue - shark
I nui sisi. - I don't understand it.
Mo de ekohu. - Say it again.
I li. - I don't know.
E susu ja. - She thinks so.
I susuu we ja. - I do not think so.
E ji ga womi kpakpa. - It's a good idea.
Jije o je? - Where do you come from?
I je Osudoku. - I come from Osudoku.
Jije o yaa? - Where are you going to?
I yaa we mi. - I am going home.
O muklii mi de fu? - Are you angry?
Ye mi mi fu. - I am angry.
I yi gbeye. - I am not afraid.
I hao. - I am worried.
Mo na tsui. - Be patient.
Koo pee basabasa. - Don't misbehave yourself.
Mo ko pia mi. - Don't blame me.
Awusabi ji mi. - I am an orphan.
E ji laami sane. - This is a secret.
E muklii sane. - She has had a miscarriage.
Waa je. - Let's go.
De o le mi? - Do you know me?
aloo - or
Ma he amadaa sau kake. - I want to buy a bunch of plantain.
I be Ga sue ma. - I shall not reach Accra early.
O be tikiti lo? - Don't you have a ticket?
Ni tsumi saisaa. - Any kind of work.
Wo klala duku futa a. - Take the white handkerchief.
Mo ko je ye he. - Don't leave me.