Twi Translation of “please”
please adverb
- mepa wo kyɛw; mepaakyɛw
- mepaakyɛw fa kyɛ me
please forgive me - mepa wo kyɛw, wo din de sɛn?
please, what is your name? - mepaakyɛw woadidi?
please have you eaten? - mepaakyɛw aane
yes please - mepa wo kyɛw, merentumi mma
please, I cannot come
- mesrɛ; mesrɛ wo (literally: I beg you)
- mesrɛ wo, frɛ no ma me
please (I beg you) call him/her for me - mesrɛ wo, merentumi nyɛ
please (I beg you), I cannot do it - mesrɛ wo, bisa no ma me
please (I beg you), ask him/her for me
please verb
- yɛ … anigyeɛ (to bring … happiness)
- ɛyɛ me anigyeɛ sɛ yɛahyia
pleased to meet you - ɛyɛ me anigyeɛ sɛ wotumi baeɛ
pleased that you could come
- …ani gye; ma …ani gye (to be happy; to make … happy)
- m’ani agye
I’m pleased - m’ani agye sɛ yɛhyiaeɛ
I’m pleased that we met - aberanteɛ no bɔ mmɔden sɛ ɔbɛma n’adwumam panin ani agye
the young man tries to please his boss
- deɛ wopɛ (as you please; what you like)
- yɛ deɛ wopɛ
do as you please