foforɔ

New, Another: Foforɔ

Level 2

Foforɔ comes after the noun and means new or another: nwoma foforɔ (a new book, another book).

How It Works

1. After the noun
Like other describing words, foforɔ follows the noun (see Adjectives After the Noun):

  • nwoma foforɔ (a new book, another book)
  • fie foforɔ (a new house)
  • adwuma foforɔ (a new job, another job)

2. New or another?
Twi uses one word for both ideas. Metɔɔ nwoma foforɔ can mean I bought a new book or I bought another book. The situation decides. If you need to stress brand new, the word mono (fresh, new) also exists.

3. Another one
With no noun, foforɔ stands for the thing itself: Ma me foforɔ (Give me another one).

4. Something else, someone else
After obi, biribi and baabi, foforɔ means else: obi foforɔ (someone else), biribi foforɔ (something else), baabi foforɔ (somewhere else).

5. In a longer noun phrase
Foforɔ comes before numbers and before no: nwoma foforɔ mmienu no (the two new books). See Order in the Noun Phrase.

6. Other people: afoforɔ
For people, the plural form afoforɔ means others or other people: nnipa afoforɔ (other people), and on its own Afoforɔ nso bɛba (Others will come too). See Plural Adjectives. Akuapem spells the word foforo and afoforo.

Examples (6)

  1. Metɔɔ nwoma foforɔ.

    I bought a new book. / I bought another book.

    Word by Word: I-bought book new

    The same sentence can mean a new book or another book; the situation decides.

  2. Ma me foforɔ.

    Give me another one.

    Word by Word: give me new/another

    With no noun, foforɔ means another one.

  3. Yɛwɔ fie foforɔ.

    We have a new house.

    Word by Word: we-have house new

  4. Mepɛ biribi foforɔ.

    I want something else.

    Word by Word: I-want something new/other

    After biribi (something), foforɔ means else.

  5. Ntoma foforɔ no yɛ fɛ.

    The new cloth is beautiful.

    Word by Word: cloth new the is beautiful

    Foforɔ comes before no (the).

  6. Afoforɔ nso bɛba.

    Others will come too.

    Word by Word: others also will-come

    Afoforɔ is the plural form used for people: others.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting foforɔ before the noun, as in English.

    Metɔɔ foforɔ nwoma.
    Metɔɔ nwoma foforɔ.

    Describing words follow the noun in Twi: nwoma foforɔ, a new book.

  • Putting foforɔ after no (the).

    Mepɛ nwoma no foforɔ.
    Mepɛ nwoma foforɔ no.

    No closes the noun phrase, so describing words go before it: nwoma foforɔ no, the new book.

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Foforɔ takes the adjective slot.

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