| Twi | “Yemfa sekantia nnwa osono nwie na yede adwa nanka”. – Ghanaian proverb |
| English | “We don’t use the short cutlass to skin an elephant and when we are done use it to skin a puff adder.” – Ghanaian proverb |
Sekantia
Author: adinkra_scoeep
Three letter words in Twi episode 1
NASA Orion wiemhyen a yefre no Artemis II
Come – Akan, Ewe, Ga, Dagbani
| Language | English |
| Akan (Twi) | Bra |
| Ewe | Va |
| Ga | Ba |
| Dagbani | Kam na |
Water – Akan, Ewe, Ga, Dagbani
| Language | English |
| Akan (Twi) | Nsuo |
| Ewe | Tsi |
| Ga | Nu |
| Dagbani | Kom |
Food – Akan, Ewe, Ga, Dagbani
| Language | English |
| Akan (Twi) | Aduane |
| Ewe | Nududu |
| Ga | Niyenii |
| Dagbani | Bindirigu |
Ahunubipen
| Akan (Twi) | Ahunubipen nti na aserewa regyegye ne ba agoro a na wayi n’ani ato nkyen. |
| English | It is because of “I have seen some before” that when the aserewa is entertaining its young it looks away. |
Anoberebere
| Akan (Twi) | Anoberebere ma abaa to. |
| English | A soft mouth suffices to calm down the whip. |
Nyansafuo
| Akan | Oba nyansafuo yebu no be na yenka no asem |
| English | A word to the wise is enough |
Serve
| Akan (Twi) | Yebesi wo so a anka yehyee wo ma. |
| English | If they had intended to serve you a second time you would have got a calabashful the first time. |
