Cooking & Markets

1. Kyerɛkyerɛ me sɛnea wonoa aduane

   Teach me how you cook food

   Usage

   Ask a local to teach you how they cook

   Grammar Note

   sɛnea means "how / the way that" and is frequent in the Bible. noa is listed as the verb "to cook / boil". The whole sentence is a combination of these words.

2. Hohoro aduane no yie

   Wash the food well

   Usage

   Ask that vegetables or fruit be washed well before eating

   Grammar Note

   hohoro is the verb "to wash / rinse" (in the Bible, washing feet). yie means "well".

3. Aduane no yɛ dɛ

   The food is tasty

   Usage

   Praise a dish, including to the person who cooked it

   Grammar Note

   Add paa to strengthen it, as in Aduane no yɛ dɛ paa ("very tasty").

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