Photography

1. Mepa wo kyɛw, twa me mfoni

   Please take my picture

   Usage

   Ask a passer-by for a photo at a sight. Mepa wo kyɛw makes it polite

   Grammar Note

   twa mfoni is "to take a photo", the same combination as in Metumi atwa mfoni? (may I take a photo?); the dictionary sense of twa is "to cut".

2. Mempɛ sɛ wotwa me mfoni

   I do not want you to take my photo

   Usage

   Decline firmly when you do not want to be photographed

   Grammar Note

   Mempɛ is the negative of pɛ "want". As in Mepɛ sɛ me ne wo kasa, "sɛ + subject + verb" follows.

3. Mepɛ mfoni yi

   I want this photo

   Usage

   Say this when you like a photo that was taken or is on display

   Grammar Note

   yi follows the noun and means "this".

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