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The person who is inviting another person says "Me insa aka" and the invitined says" Me insa wom" . It is polite to refuse.
Me insa aka means " I got some" literally "my hand has touched it" and the reply menas "My hands are inside" These derive from the fact that traditionally fingers were used for eating.
There isn’t a direct translation for this. There’s many phrases people use but the most common are :
1. Ma yɛn didi - Lets eat!
2. Me nsa aka - you’re invited [direct translation: my hands have received/touched food]
Any variation of these two and the other suggestions here will do
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Ma y3n didi Edziban ah, dzi dzi
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This right here😂, why are you inviting me to your Malt and pie🥲
Mannnn in boarding school, hearing that made my evening 😮💨
The person who is inviting another person says "Me insa aka" and the invitined says" Me insa wom" . It is polite to refuse. Me insa aka means " I got some" literally "my hand has touched it" and the reply menas "My hands are inside" These derive from the fact that traditionally fingers were used for eating.
Thank you very much!
Ma y3n di yie , Charley ... (Let's eat well, Charley )
the person who says bon appetit is the one serving the food so does "ma yɛn didi" still work?
No. In french one of the diners says bon appetit to the others. It would be uncouth for the server to say bon appetit.
Naa. Where is this coming from? The 19th century, the server has to keep quiet?
Bon appetit = didi ye (yay), let’s eat = yɛn didi
Lets eat is actually translatd as "yen nnidi"
There isn’t a direct translation for this. There’s many phrases people use but the most common are : 1. Ma yɛn didi - Lets eat! 2. Me nsa aka - you’re invited [direct translation: my hands have received/touched food] Any variation of these two and the other suggestions here will do
Thank you, guys, you helped me a lot. I will go with yen didi
Yen Didi is not correct. The correct one is "ma yɛnnidi"
Y3n didi
'me nsa aka.' Or 'Yɛn didi.'
just as “da yie” = sleep well / good night ‘didi yie’ = eat well
What if you bump into someone who’s eating and you want to say “bon appetit” or “enjoy your food”? Without him inviting you first
In Ghana most ppl say “you are invited”
Ma yɛnnidi