Akan Teleteaching Course


Unit 3.5: Notes on pronunciation 3 - Exercise on vowel harmony

Group A: i, e, ð, u, o
Group B: ò, ñ, a, ö, õ

A. 1. Pronounce the following phrases (orthographic form on the left).
2. Listen to audio-text.
3. Check phonetic form (transcript).
Orthographic form Phonetic form Meaning
(1) Ï sika. [ope si ka]   "He likes money."
(2) 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)di paanoo. [me di paanoo]   "I'll eat bread."
(7)bu bñ. [me bu bñ]   "I'll tell a proverb."
(8) Ïte Kumasò. Kumasò]   "He lives in Kumase."
(9)to tuo. [wõ tuo]   "They shoot (throw the gun)."
(10) di! [kõ 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) Ïbñe. ò] "He came and bought (it)."
(17) Ïbñtoe. ò] "He came and threw (it)."
(18) Ïbñtui. [o be tu i] "He came and dug."

Rounding harmony in Fante

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)

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