Akan Teleteaching Course


Unit 5.1: Asking the price

General
Uncountables
Small amounts
A: Neá 'boáõ yñ sñán?
Ñyñ sñán?
Sñánsñn?*
Woábñgye sñán?/Moábñgye sñán?
B: Neá 'boáõ yñ ¢…
Ñyñ ¢...
¢...
Mñágye ¢.../ Yñábñgye ¢...
Continuation
A: Neá 'boáõ yñ deán (doádo). Te soá!
B: Mñáte soá/Yñábñte soá
Meánteà soá/ Yñánteà soá
   
*Reduplicated price indication: "How much each?" The answer might be, for instance, sädì apeám apeám "¢1000 each".
Note that bargaining is very common. A Ghanaian trader expects his/her customers to discuss the price. If you do not, s/he might think you are filthy rich and deserve therefore to be taken advantage of. However, one does not bargain bus fares, as they are fixed by trade unions, small items for everyday life, and purchases in supermarkets, of course.

Translation

Unit-5 Next