Hello Twi learners, welcome back to the mini Twi blog series. In this post we shall learn Twi numbers from 0 to 10 and simple tips to help you to count further. Let’s get started.

ASANTE TWI NUMBERS FROM 0 TO 19
Below is a list of Twi numbers from zero to ten.

ohunu        zero
baako         one
mienu         two
miɛnsa       three
ɛnan           four
enum          five
nsia             six
nson            seven
nwɔtwe      eight
nkron          nine
edu              ten

 

From eleven to nineteen, the numbers are a concatenation of du (ten) and another number e.g. baako to become dubaako (eleven). Note that for numbers with vowel prefixes, such are enum and ɛnan, the vowels are removed.

dubaako       eleven
dumienu       twelve
dunan            fourteen
dunum          fifteen

 

COUNTING IN TENS IN ASANTE TWI
Counting in tens in Twi is quite simple. Ten is edu, so twenty, two tens, becomes edu nu written and pronounced as aduonu. Thirty, three tens, becomes edu sa written and pronounced aduasa. Below is a list of Twi tens from ten to hundred. Please take not of the spelling of each number.

edu                       ten
aduonu               twenty
aduasa                thirty
aduanan             forty
aduonum            fifty
aduosia               sixty
aduoson              seventy
aduɔwɔtwe        eighty
aduɔkron            ninety
ɔha                       one hundred

 

This will be about all for now. Our next blog post will be about telling the time in Twi. Stay tuned.

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