Activity:
Can you group the parts of the body into the following? Practice with a colleague.
- (e)tire akwaa b. nsa akwaa c. (ɛ)nan akwaa d. koko akwaa e. yafunu akwaa
- Label the parts indicated in Twi (Try it without your notes).
2. Write down the English equivalent of the following (Try without your notes):
a. εse …………………… g. moma ……………………………..
b. suban ………………… h. akoma ……………………………..
c. apɔw …………………. i. ani ntɔn …………………………….
d. bɔnwoma ………………. J. nyarewa ……………………………
e. tεkrεma ……………….. k. nipadua …………………………….
f. mogya …………………. l. awotwaa……………………………
3. What do we use the following parts for? (Example one is done for you)
a. Yεde (ε)nan yε deεn? Yεde εnan nante.
b. Yεde nsa yε deεn? …………………………………………….
c. Yεde aso yε deεn? ……………………………………………..
d. Yεde (ε)se yε deεn? ……………………………………………..
e. Yεde ani yε deεn? ………………………………………….......
f. Yεde hwene yε deεn? ………………………………………………
g. Yεde yafunu yε deεn? ………………………………………………
h. Yεde (ε)to yε deεn? ………………………………………………
4. Say that the following part of your body hurts you or you are sick at the following parts of your body:
a. yafunu ……………………………………………………….
b. kɔn ………………………………………………………..
c. sisi ………………………………………………………..
d. ti ………………………………………………………..
e. nufo ……………………………………………………….
f. nan ………………………………………………………..
g. mfepare ………………………………………………………..
h. nsakɔn ………………………………………………………..
i. abati ………………………………………………………..
j. nsateaa …………………………………………………………
5. Complete the chart below by writing the singular or plural of the given words.
BAAKO KABEA (SINGULAR)
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DODO KABEA (PLURAL)
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aduane
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dompe
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mmorɔfo
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adaka
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mpataa
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dua
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ntadeε
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aboa
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nnuro
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odwan
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mpuro
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adwuma
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ɔbaa
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mmarima
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osuani
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6. Do this activity with a colleague. Hold a part of your body and ask your colleague to say its name in Twi. Reverse roles until all parts of the body have been dealt with.
7. Change the following singular sentences to plural. The nouns to change to plural are boldfaced.
a. Osuani no hunuu kyerεkyerεni ………………………………………………………………
b. Kofi wɔ nuabarima ………………………………………………………………
c. Yεwɔ dan mu ………………………………………………………………
d. Me nuabaa wɔ fie ………………………………………………………………
e. Apɔnkye nenam fie hɔ. ………………………………………………………………
f. Yɛfi kuro mu ………………………………………………………………
g. Yɛn kunu wɔ hɔ ………………………………………………………………
h. Wɔn papa aba ………………………………………………………………
i. Yɛwɔ nsuo wɔ fie ………………………………………………………………
j. Me maame kɔ sukuu ………………………………………………………………
8. Translate the following to English or Twi.
a. Nipa biara wɔ ani mienu, aso mienu, funuma baako ne nsa mienu. ……………………………
b. Abofra no yare ne yafunu. ………………………………………………………………………
c. Nnora yEsuaa nnoɔma pii faa nipa ti(ri) ho. ……………………………………………………
d. Anofafa, se ne tɛkrɛma yɛ ano akwaa …………………………………………………………..
e. Yɛde yɛn nsa didi, yɛn ano kasa na yɛ nan nante ……………………………………………….
f. The parts of the leg are the thigh, knee, calf, ankle, heel and the foot. …………………………
g. I have intestine, liver, bile and kidney in the middle part of my body. …………………………
h. Every human being has blood in his body. ……………………………………………………..
i. Yesterday, we saw a man who has no hand, has one eye and one ear. ………………………….
j. Humans have two types of blood; red and white blood cells. …………………………………..