| Group A: i, e, ð, u, o |
| Group B: ò, ñ, a, ö, õ |
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2. Listen to audio-text. 3. Check phonetic form (transcript). |
| Orthographic form | Phonetic form | Meaning | |||
| (1) Ïpñ sika. | [ope | si | ka] | "He likes money." | |
| (2) Mñkõ Kumasi. | [me | ko | Kumasò] | "I'll go to Kumase." | |
| (3) Frñ Kofi. | [fre | Ko | fi] | "Call Kofi!" | |
| (4) Bra mu! | [brð | mu] | "Come in!" | ||
| (5) Kofi kõ. | [Kofi | kõ] | "Kofi leaves." | ||
| (6) Mñdi paanoo. | [me | di | paanoo] | "I'll eat bread." | |
| (7) Mñbu bñ. | [me | bu | bñ] | "I'll tell a proverb." | |
| (8) Ïte Kumasò. | [õ | tò | Kumasò] | "He lives in Kumase." | |
| (9) Wõto tuo. | [wõ | tö | tuo] | "They shoot (throw the gun)." | |
| (10) Kõtõ bñdi! | [kõ | tõ | be | di] | "Go-buy and-come-eat!" |
| (11) Sõre kõtwa! | [sõrò | ko | tw | a] | "Get up and go-cut!" |
| (12) Bra ha! | [bra | ha] | "Come here!" | ||
| (13) Bra mu! | [brð | mu] | "Come in!" | ||
| (14) Bra dan mu! | [bra | daó | mu] | "Come into the house!" | |
| (15) Bra dan m(u)! | [bra | daóm] | "Come into the house!" | ||
| (16) Ïbñtõe. | [õ | bñ | tõ | ò] | "He came and bought (it)." |
| (17) Ïbñtoe. | [õ | bñ | tö | ò] | "He came and threw (it)." |
| (18) Ïbñtui. | [o | be | tu | i] | "He came and dug." |
| Verb stem | 1s PROG Andative | Meaning |
| 1. tu 'dig' | murukotu | "I am going to dig" |
| 2. dzi 'eat' | mirikedzi | "I am going to eat" |
| 3. tö 'throw' | mörökõtö | "I am going to throw" |
| 4. tsò 'pick' | mòròkñtsò | "I am going to pick" |
(Dolphyne, 1988: 18)