Twi Lessons

This is a summary of what I learned about the Twi language while I was in Ghana and in the Twi lessons run by Emmanuel.

First off, the alphabet (letter symbols, followed by phonetic English pronunciation):
a - ah
b - boh
d - duh
e - aa (higher pitched)

∑ - ay (lower pitched)

f - fey (short/chopped)

g - gey (short/chopped)

h - heh

i - ee

k - key (short/chopped)

l - ullllll

m - mmmmmm

n - nnnnnn

o - oh

backward C (I can't figure out how to make it, I'll use ) for this symbol in here) - aw

p - pey (short/chopped)

r - rolled 'errr'

s - sey (short/chopped)

t - tey (short/chopped)

u - oo

w - wey (short/chopped)

y - yay (short/chopped)

You'll notice a lot of the letters have short, choppy sounds.  The language itself is nasally, but short.  

Digraphs:
dw - jw (like Jew, without the e sound)
hy - sh
gy - juh
hw - whew (with the first part 'wh' being a sort of whistle through your cheeks)
kw - qui (like the first sound in 'quick')
ny - yneh
tw - tchu

Greetings:

Maakye - Good morning, pronounced mah-chay
Maaha - Good afternoon, pronounced mah-ha (the ha is nasally)
Maadwo - good evening, pronounced mah-jo

These are written differently than they are spoken:
Mema wo akye --> maakye
Mema wo aha --> maaha
Mema wo adwo --> maadwo

Akwaaba - welcome, pronounced ah-qua-bah

Responses (depends on the ages of the two parties involved):

Yaa agya - response to someone older and male (yah ah-ge-ya)
Yaa ∑na - response to someone older and female (yah ay-nah)
Yaa )ba - response to someone younger than you (yah aoh-bah)
Yaa nya - response to someone roughly your age (yah yn-eh)

Farewells:

Da yia - good night/sleep well, pronounced dah yee-ah
Nante yia - journey well/safe journey, pronounced nahn-tay yee-ah

Questions:

Wo ho te s∑n? - How are you? (woh hoh teh sehn)
Wo din de s∑n? - What is your name? (woh deen deh sehn)
Worek) he? - Where are you going? (wohkaw heh)
Woaki mfie s∑n? - How old are you? (wahdee mfey sehn)

Courtesy:

Mepaakyew - please/I beg you (meh- pah-cho)
Medaase - thank you, literally, I sleep under you (meh-dah-sey)

Numbers:
baako - one
mmienu - two
mmi∑nsa - three
∑nan - four
∑num - five
ensia -six
∑nson - seven
nnw)twe - eight
∑nkron - nine
edu - ten
aduonu - twenty
aduasa - thirty
aduanan - fourty
aduenom - fifty
aduosia - sixty
adu)son - seventy
adu)w)twe - eighty
adu)kron - ninty
)ha - one hundred
ahaanu - two hundred
ahaasa - three hundred
ahaanan - four hundred

to combine:
ex, 17 is ∑dunson (∑nson is 7, edu is 10, so the e --> ∑ and it becomes ∑dunson or ten seven).

Body parts:
eti - head
ti nwi - hair
aso - ear
ani - eye
hwene - nose
anim - face
ano - mouth
afono - cheek
∑se - teeth
t∑kr∑ma - tongue
∑k)n - neck
yafunu - stomach
akyi - back
sisi - waist
nsa - hand/arm
nan - leg
nsateaa - finger
m∑wer - nail
dompe - bone
ho - body

Pronouns:
me - I
wo - you
∑no - he/she/it
y∑n - we
no - you
w))nom - they

Various Vocabulary:

din - name
te - to feel/hear/smell
y - to be good
s∑n - how
awurra - lady
da - sleep
rek) - to go
w - to be
fie - house/home
aane - yes
daabi - no
gyaade - kitchen
bra - to come
ma - to give
Onyame - God
dwene - to think
tenaase - to sit (and shut up)
gai - stop 
gye - to take/receive
dwane - to run
maado - I love you

And that's basically what I learned about the Twi language.