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yesterday at a flee market in hamburg:
I met a ghanaian elders, spoke my greeting in twi and got into some conversation.
When the woman realised that I don’t speak twi fluently she started to nearly curse at me for not speaking the language. I concentrated on taking the conversation back to twi and told her that I am learning twi.
After a bit of conversation (who my parents are/where they are from in Ghana/where I live), that nearly went by the book I came up with ‘Mesrɛ kwan’ and they broke up in laughter and acknowledgements (ƐY!! W’aya deɛ! Kɔso sua!) and as we parted I had gained the womans respect.‘Mesrɛ kwan’ always shakes up the people, when I talk to elders. I’ts alway such a surprise that I get acknowledgements and joyful laughter. Speaking twi is really changing my interaction with my people!
Meda ase papaapa http://www.abibitumi.com, sɛ wo kyerɛkyerɛ me TWI!
…and yet I feel more and more like I want to be able to talk to ALL of my people, not just the ghanaians ;)
