I tested my daughter's Twi after 4 years in Ghana

My daughter was born in the UK and spent six years between the UK and Belize before moving to Ghana four years ago. In this video, I put her Twi speaking skills to the test to see just how fluent she is in her mother tongue. For those unfamiliar with tree, it's one of the major languages of the Akan language family spoken by millions of people mainly in southern and central part of Ghana so let's find out how well she speaks Twi will she pass the tests let's get into it what is the english name for um so before we get into the video can you introduce yourself to my viewers my name is Michaela i was i'm mickey's daughter yes and i was born in the uk so i've stayed here for nearly four years okay so Michaela is my daughter she said she was born in Middlesbrough in the uk and you lived in uk for like three years you spend most of your time too in belize and now you've come to ghana and in march you will be four years in ghana so i'm making this video to test your Twi right you've been in ghana for some time your accent has even changed so i want to see if your Twi has improved as well but before we get into the test i've got some tests for you right some words in english that you translate into Twi for me and then some Twi words that you translate into english but before that there was a story you told me i want you to share it with my viewers right about the shito mama situation so tell me yeah so i was new in my class so that time i was in class too then my tooth fell out and i told my classmates yes and then i told him that then i told him that i will put it under my pillow and then he said and then i said that the tooth fairy will come and take it and give me money so he said ah there's no tooth fairy in ghana there's only she told my mother so there's no tooth fairy in ghana only she told my mother okay let's get let's get into the test okay wait can i ask a question okay what if i don't know the like the answer how should i if you don't know tell me you don't know okay yeah nothing happens this is not for you to show that show off i just want to test your chi so it's not it's not it's not a pass or a fail we are here to have fun okay all right so i'm going to say some four words right okay i've got some something written down here so you don't have to see i've got something written down here so i'll have a look all right i can't even see your hand you Oh my god, I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or not, but I'm joking. Yeah, my handwriting is horrible. It's like doctor's handwriting. No, it's not horrible. It's just nice. It's just like my handwriting, I can't like see. Yeah. Okay. No worries. I used to think that the same way that my dad used to write. Okay, so turn these words into chi. What is the chi name for banana? Banana. Kweru. Kweru. well done okay so you've got one plantain plantain okay body body good good good good okay door door d-o-l-d-o-o-r door okay door oh yeah yeah yeah well done okay so didipono what is didipono didipono is table table yeah i just mixed them up Okay, what is the tree named for? Forehead. Forehead. Forehead. Mama. Well done. So you've got five out of five. Well done. You're doing good. Okay. So on the second segment, now you've got five out of five, right? Yes. So the second segment is going to be phrases. So I'm going to tell you something in English and then you tell me in Twi Twi Okay. Okay. So I am going to bath. Okay. I am going to bath, translated in Twi, is mikojali Well done. Okay. I am going to visit my friend. Okay. I'm going to visit my friend. Translation in Twi is mikojali Well done. Okay, so now you've got seven correct out of seven. Okay. I am going to help my mother cook. Okay. In three. Okay, I am going to help my mother cook translated in Twi is You are killing this. Okay, I want to be a good child. Okay, I want to be a good child in Twi is Okay, I'm feeling sleepy. okay i'm feeling sleepy translated in Twi is okay so you've got 10 out of 10 you've got 10 out of 10 i thought it was 9 no you got you got it all oh wow so 10 out of 10 okay now i'm going to say something so five words in Twi and then you tell me in english okay what is kanea in english kanea kanea in english is electricity ah good good good yeah we say that electricity kanea but okay what is another one kanea all i can say is electricity electricity power something to to make a c power light yeah so kanea power bulb so kanea actually is light oh okay yeah but i know in ghana we say light electricity we still say light so i know where the confusion so i'm going to give you that. Okay. What is the English name for a thing? The English name for a thing is comb. Well done. Okay. What is the English name for mpabwa? Mpabwa. Easy. Shoes. Shoes. Well done. Okay. What is the English name for a tool? A tool. Okay. The English name for a tool is gun well done well done well done okay what is this one if you get this one i'll be surprised because i intentionally put this one in just to trick you okay okay boloba what is the english name for boloba football player i don't think there are even some ogs who's lived in ghana for a long time who know this so boloba boloba right is towel so that's the true name boloba towel am i correct viewers let me know boloba is that in the comment section so i've given you 25 no no 15 and you've got 14 correct so you've only got one okay so now now it's going to be a phrase in chi then you will say it in english okay This one will be difficult. Meho ke kame. Meho ke kame. Meho ke kame. Like. Meho ke kame. I'm so irritated. No. Meho ke kama. It's meho ke kama. What is happening to you? I want to scratch myself. But why do you want to scratch yourself? Because. So meho ke kame. That's why I want to scratch myself. So what is happening to you that you want to scratch? I'm just going to say this thing again. I'm feeling irritated. So I think that would be wrong. It would be, I'm feeling itchy. Oh, okay. Have you heard itchy? Yeah. When you feel itchy. Okay, so now you've got two wrong. Two. Okay. How do we say this in English? I'm feeling irritated. Don't play with the line. Well done. Good, good, good. Okay. How do we say this in English? i am beautiful or handsome well done okay so last two to go okay go and close the door well done okay for the final one i hope i get this one correct go and throw the food away well done i think i gave you how many let me see I think it's 30 or something, no it was 20 and you got 18 right so that's that's that's not bad okay okay I'm here for fame and also for show-off, in my view, is for addition. All these views that I have, I am not ashamed of. I am not ashamed of it. You are not ashamed of it? Yes, I am not ashamed of it. Thank you very much. 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