Learn Dangme

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T01:49:00.000-08:00

Jeha ya ne e ba na wo! (dangme)
Hyvää Joulua! (finnish)

Mind mapping: Bed room

2010-03-02T13:07:00.000-08:00

song

2010-03-02T07:02:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDAChEsevK0

Video of Krobo kids singing.

Mind mapping: directions

2010-03-01T00:49:00.000-08:00

I tryed the mind mapping method on language. Quite interesting. This might help me a bit as I have to actively think the connections and so on. Works better with words than with sentences I gues.

Correcting

2010-01-07T13:15:00.000-08:00

Mo na tsui. -- Be patient.
Koo pee basabasa. -- Don't misbehave yourself.
Mo ko pia mi. -- Don't blame me.

Feelings

2010-01-07T13:14:00.001-08:00

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.

Coming and going

2010-01-07T13:13:00.004-08:00

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.

opinnions

2010-01-07T13:13:00.003-08:00

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.

Sea creatures

2010-01-07T13:11:00.002-08:00

kaawi -- crab

ma -- herring

osa -- shrimp

gbolue -- shark

Bugs

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tatu -- ant
sa ngmo -- bed bug
hwo -- bee
aga -- crasshopper
anunu -- house fly
gbesle -- red ant
baba -- termite
adondongmatsi -- wasp

Birds

2010-01-07T13:10:00.000-08:00

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

animals

2010-01-07T13:09:00.000-08:00

na ku -- bull

adadee -- cat

na yo -- cow

gbe -- dog

teji -- donkey

apletsi -- goat

kpotoo -- pig

nya ka -- crocodile

jata -- lion

kua -- monkey

aya -- python

okpoe -- rat

ahua -- snail

solue -- squirrel

hlami -- turtle
kolue -- tortoise

ogbetee -- wolf

Colors

2010-01-07T13:08:00.000-08:00

yumu -- black
bluu -- blue
asla su -- grey
ba mumu -- green
tsutsu -- red
futa -- white

huatahuata -- spotted

Greetings

2010-01-07T13:07:00.000-08:00

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.

Weather

2010-01-07T13:06:00.000-08:00

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.

Time expressions

2010-01-07T13:05:00.000-08:00

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.

Hundred

2010-01-07T13:03:00.000-08:00

si lafa -- hundred times
sidi lafa -- hundred cedis

John 3:16

2009-11-11T03:11:00.000-08:00

This is John 3:16 in Dangme.

John 3:16 in Dangme

(My husband laughs at my pronounsiation...)

And I made a mistake again. I forgot to write the last word: "... wami."

Dangme Books

2009-11-11T02:14:00.000-08:00

This is my small Dangme library:

Dangme Language Guide, Bureau of Ghana Languages (contains Vocabularies from English to Dangme)

Two Dangme literacy programme workbooks (Teaches one to write , no real benefit for me)

Bible in Dangme (!) and a guide that came with the Bible. (The Bible is an excellent learning tool. I can read Dangme and English together and try to memorize some of my favorite verses in Dangme.)

Anounsement! Wikiversity

2009-09-17T02:46:00.000-07:00

I started new dangme lessons in Wikiversity. I hope all of you who know some dangme, can contribute to the material.

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Dangme

Pronouns Video

2009-08-21T06:37:00.000-07:00

Look Unto Jesus -song

2009-08-18T02:32:00.000-07:00

The song simply sais: Christian, look unto Jesus. I will add the definite translation later.

Sorry, I don't have the right alphabet in the word blo. The o is a special one and I don't have the Ghanian alphabets in my computer.

Also the pronounsiation might sound super funny to a native speaker, but atleast you make people around you happy when you sing this way... :D

Names according to birth order

2009-07-09T13:00:00.000-07:00

Your Name in Dangme

2009-07-03T13:20:00.000-07:00

Every child is given a name by the weekday they are born (they can get Christian name in addition).

Monday born girl: Adjo
Monday born boy: Kojo

Tuesday born girl: Abla
Tuesday born boy: Kwabla

Wednesday born girl: Aku
Wednesday born boy: Kwaku

Thorsday born girl: Awo
Thorsday born boy: Yaw

Friday born girl: Afi
Friday born boy: Kofi

Saturday born girl: Ame, Hor-yo (the or replaces the special o here)
Saturday born boy: Kwame,

Sunday born girl: Awisi, Horgba-yo (the or replaces the special o here)
Sunday born boy: Kwesi

Religion

2009-07-03T12:55:00.000-07:00

Gossip -Dangme Comic

2009-06-03T08:07:00.002-07:00

Pronouns

2009-06-03T08:07:00.001-07:00

Pronouns - Object

2009-06-03T08:05:00.001-07:00

I love you -Comic in Dangme

2009-06-03T06:54:00.000-07:00

Smaller version

Bigger version

Animals

2009-05-30T07:53:00.000-07:00

Narrated slides of animals.

(My computer dosn't support the special characters, or I just donno how, so i used this ô instead of the o that looks like c upside down :P)

Anansi and The Pot of Wisdon -animation in Dangme

2009-05-29T07:24:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately there seems to be a problem with uploading an avi video. Where is the sound? I have to export a nother form of file I see. Hakuna matata. ;)

Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom

2009-05-27T23:33:00.000-07:00

This is the story of Anansi and the pot of wisdom, red in english and dangme.
You can watch this video also in YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC__ddlKlFA

Lets eat! (You are invited.)

2009-05-27T10:45:00.000-07:00

You hear this invitation very often. The person dosn't nessessarely mean you should eat with him. It is just a polite phrase. So knowing how to thank and say no is a good idea. (unless you are really hungry...)

Simple christian song in dangme

2009-05-21T01:47:00.000-07:00

verbs

2009-03-17T01:15:00.001-07:00

The word ansver has a mistake, it should be "heto".

Trouble In Hearing

2009-03-02T02:38:00.000-08:00

Polite Phrases Video

2009-03-02T02:16:00.000-08:00

I am shy to publish this. I am not a native speaker and I am quite in the biginning of my studies. I try to convinse my husband, who is a native speaker, to do some audio later.

Polite Phrases

2009-02-28T03:44:00.000-08:00

Questions

2009-02-28T03:18:00.000-08:00

Directions

2009-02-27T02:11:00.000-08:00

Family

2009-02-27T01:58:00.000-08:00

Colors

2009-02-27T01:44:00.001-08:00

Numbers

2009-02-26T07:21:00.000-08:00

Klick the image to see the animation

Random Items

2009-01-06T12:49:00.000-08:00

Food

2009-01-06T12:48:00.000-08:00

Body Parts

2009-01-06T11:22:00.001-08:00

Animals

2009-01-06T11:10:00.000-08:00