The main language spoken in Ghana is Twi. Some of the common greeting phrases are: Me din de ("My name is...") or Mefri California ("I'm from California"). Nailah and I are both learning the Twi language, in addition, Nailah is learning French and Chinese at her school. This week, we learned about how to say food names in Twi. The teacher brought all of his favorite vegetables to show us how to pronounce certain names of food. For example, yam is called bayere.
The type of money used in Ghana is called cedis or GHC, and coins are called pesewas. The value of the dollar is less compared to the United States, which means that things are cheaper. But be careful, it still goes fast!
One bottle of water costs one cedi and fifty pesewas.
The best meal this week was groundnut soup with goat meat and fufu. It has become our go-to meal when we go out to eat. Nailah loves it and I enjoy watching her make a beautiful mess while eating with her hands!
