Akan Teleteaching Course
Unit 7.1: Agree and disagree
Participants in conversation often feel the need to empathise with what is being said, or to the contrary, to underline their disagreement. The following are some current expressions which are being used for this purpose.
Agree with somebody
Ñyñ nokoárñ
(Ñyñ) ampaá
Saaá na ñteáñ
It's true
It's true
That's how it is
Disagree with somebody
Ñnyñá nokoárñ
Ñnteá saaá
Woáboàaá
It's not true
It's not like this
You are mistaken/you're lying
Natural occurrences of these expressions in Dialog 7.2:
-> agreement
,
-> disagreement
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