http://www.nkyea.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/nkyea-twi-essentials-ipad/ http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/nkyea-twi-essentials-ipad/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:20:35 +0000 Nana Sarpong http://www.nkyea.com/?p=907 NKYEA TWI PRIMER As we are in the forefront of the Twi language learning software market, we have always tried very hard to make the beautiful Akan language easy to learn through modern technology. Nkyea Learning Systems was the first developer to publish a Twi audio phrase book app called Nkyea Twi Phrasebook on the Apple iPhone mobile device. We are following this up by bringing Read more ...]]> http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/nkyea-twi-essentials-ipad/feed/ 0 http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/how-to-count-numbers-from-zero-to-ten-in-twi/ http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/how-to-count-numbers-from-zero-to-ten-in-twi/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:55:54 +0000 Isaac Ameyaw http://www.nkyea.com/?p=883 LEARNING TWI LANGUAGE In Ghana you hardly hear people counting numbers in Twi, except when they are doing transactions where the range is 0 to 10. With numbers greater than 10, most people switch to English. It is only during Twi programmes on the radio or when you visit places like Kumasi and Sunyani that you hear people saying huge numbers in Twi. Read more ...]]> http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/how-to-count-numbers-from-zero-to-ten-in-twi/feed/ 0 http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/how-to-pronounce-letters-in-the-twi-alphabet/ http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/how-to-pronounce-letters-in-the-twi-alphabet/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:34:51 +0000 Isaac Ameyaw http://www.nkyea.com/?p=843 LEARNING TWI LANGUAGE Do you know how to properly pronounce all the Twi words you come across? If you don’t, don’t worry at all. There are a lot of extremely fluent Twi speakers who can’t read or write any Twi. This is because Twi is more of a spoken language than a written one. Twi is written with a script developed by the Bureau of Ghana Languages. In order to be able to read in any language, you much know its alphabet and digraphs before you even start learning the basic grammatical rules. Read more ...]]> http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/how-to-pronounce-letters-in-the-twi-alphabet/feed/ 1 http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/how-to-say-eyes-nose-ears-and-other-facial-features-in-twi-2/ http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/how-to-say-eyes-nose-ears-and-other-facial-features-in-twi-2/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:35:01 +0000 Nana Sarpong http://www.nkyea.com/?p=811 LEARNING TWI LANGUAGE If you have been on our Facebook page or our Twitter account lately, you would have come across posts that begin like "5 dress accessories you should know in Twi" or 5 animals you should know in Twi". This is proving to be very helpful for beginners because it is educative and fun to learn all these things. Read more ...]]> http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/how-to-say-eyes-nose-ears-and-other-facial-features-in-twi-2/feed/ 1 http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/free-copies-of-nkyea-twi-phrasebook/ http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/free-copies-of-nkyea-twi-phrasebook/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:30:16 +0000 Nana Sarpong http://www.nkyea.com/?p=793 MISCELLANEOUS As you may know, Nkyea Learning Systems develops and sells an iPhone app for learning to speak the Asante Twi language, called Nkyea Twi Phrasebook – you can read about how we make it here, or see it on the App Store here. From user feedback it seems that a lot of people find our app very useful and a lot of fun in learning to speak Twi and have given it raving reviews on the App Store. Read more ...]]> http://www.nkyea.com/2010/08/free-copies-of-nkyea-twi-phrasebook/feed/ 1 http://www.nkyea.com/2010/07/10-essential-twi-phrases-to-know-when-exchanging-money-in-ghana/ http://www.nkyea.com/2010/07/10-essential-twi-phrases-to-know-when-exchanging-money-in-ghana/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:41:42 +0000 Isaac Ameyaw http://www.nkyea.com/?p=700 MISCELLANEOUS Ghana's currency is known as the cedi (¢). US$1 is approximately equivalent to ¢1.45. When you are in Ghana you can exchange all the major world currencies for cedi coins and notes from a lot of banks and forex bureaus. So how do you ask a Twi speaker to show you the bank? How about the current exchange rates? What would you say when you want to exchange large bills for small ones? Read more ...]]> http://www.nkyea.com/2010/07/10-essential-twi-phrases-to-know-when-exchanging-money-in-ghana/feed/ 0 http://www.nkyea.com/2010/07/9-simple-twi-phrases-that-can-be-very-helpful-in-a-social-situation/ http://www.nkyea.com/2010/07/9-simple-twi-phrases-that-can-be-very-helpful-in-a-social-situation/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:52:04 +0000 Nana Sarpong http://www.nkyea.com/?p=643 LEARNING TWI LANGUAGE It can be very embarrassing and frustrating when you find yourself face to face with a Twi speaker and can't speak a single word, let alone start a simple social conversation. Wouldn't it be great to know just a few Twi icebreaking phrases to help you out? Read more ...]]> http://www.nkyea.com/2010/07/9-simple-twi-phrases-that-can-be-very-helpful-in-a-social-situation/feed/ 0 http://www.nkyea.com/2010/07/10-basic-twi-phrases-you-need-to-know-when-you-get-lost-finding-a-place-in-ghana/ http://www.nkyea.com/2010/07/10-basic-twi-phrases-you-need-to-know-when-you-get-lost-finding-a-place-in-ghana/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:26:46 +0000 Nana Sarpong http://www.nkyea.com/?p=533 LEARNING TWI LANGUAGE Have you ever been lost finding a place in Ghana before? It can be a very unpleasant situation if you can't speak a shred of Twi. In Ghana, you always bump into people who speak very little or no English at all except their native Twi language. When you meet such people, how are you going to ask them to give you directions? Read more ...]]> http://www.nkyea.com/2010/07/10-basic-twi-phrases-you-need-to-know-when-you-get-lost-finding-a-place-in-ghana/feed/ 1 http://www.nkyea.com/2010/06/do-you-want-to-learn-twi-on-facebook-or-twitter/ http://www.nkyea.com/2010/06/do-you-want-to-learn-twi-on-facebook-or-twitter/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:26:41 +0000 Isaac Ameyaw http://www.nkyea.com/?p=504 MISCELLANEOUS First of all, Happy Social Media Day to every body. We read a lot of blog comments, Facebook post and Tweets that go like "I want to learn Twi" and "I need to learn Twi quickly" these are very good for our business as we teach and sell Twi language products. Read more ...]]> http://www.nkyea.com/2010/06/do-you-want-to-learn-twi-on-facebook-or-twitter/feed/ 0 http://www.nkyea.com/2010/06/10-twi-phrases-you-should-know-for-the-world-cup/ http://www.nkyea.com/2010/06/10-twi-phrases-you-should-know-for-the-world-cup/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:28:20 +0000 Isaac Ameyaw http://www.nkyea.com/?p=464 MISCELLANEOUS The World Cup is currently ongoing in South Africa, but for those of us who could not make the trip we are going to be glued to our TV sets. Okay, so what has a Twi article got to do with soccer, which is not even being played in Ghana? Have you thought of the fact that you might watch some matches in a Twi person's house or maybe at a pub or bar in Accra or Kumasi? Read more ...]]> http://www.nkyea.com/2010/06/10-twi-phrases-you-should-know-for-the-world-cup/feed/ 1