Activities are teaching adaptations. Source transcriptions remain pending expert review; each card states its source and status.
Select a morning or evening greeting and read it as a complete phrase. Add the source name question or thank-you expression as a separate turn in a short practice exchange.
Source reference · awaiting expert review
Ŋlɩ̀wá lɛ́?
EN Good morning
FR Bonjour (le matin)
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
A morning greeting. The workbook gives its use as 6 a.m.–11 a.m.
Transcription and translation notes
The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.
The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.
An afternoon greeting. The workbook gives its use as 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Transcription and translation notes
The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.
The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.
The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.
The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.
The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.
What is your name?. Ask someone’s name when introducing yourselves.
Transcription and translation notes
English follows the workbook’s meaning. French glosses and explanatory definitions are editorial. This attested example still awaits project expert review.
Thank you. Thank someone after a purchase or assistance.
Transcription and translation notes
English follows the workbook’s meaning. French glosses and explanatory definitions are editorial. This attested example still awaits project expert review.
Legacy PDF font codes have been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, preserving printed tones and the original extracted text. This does not modernize the source orthography.
In the greeting examples, the final particle na marks a yes-or-no question. The workbook uses lɛ with lɩwʋ “to come out”. Learn these complete examples and their situations; question words and particles should not be added mechanically to every sentence.
Ask a yes-or-no question
Person
Aspect / context
Kabɩyɛ
Meaning / note
na
Ŋɖówá cámɩ̀yɛ̀ na?
Did you sleep well?
lɛ
Ŋlɩ̀wá lɛ́?
Did you come out from the room well? Used as a morning greeting.
Transcription and translation notes
Forms were compared with the PDF. Legacy font characters are represented with the corresponding Latin Kabɩyɛ letters (ɩ, ɛ, ʋ, ɖ, ŋ), retaining printed tone marks.
Editorial exercises · awaiting review
Which particle ends the question about sleeping well?
The Academy’s report of its July 2024 session, published in December, recommends marking high tone only; an unmarked syllable is read with low tone. Our examples retain each publication’s notation. Always compare the form with its cited page.
