koro

One, Same: Koro

Level 4

Koro = one, single, the same: Yɛyɛ abusua koro (We are one family), kuro koro (the same town).

How It Works

1. One, united
Koro says that people or things form one whole: Yɛyɛ abusua koro (We are one family). On its own after yɛ, it means united: Yɛyɛ koro (We are one).

2. The same
Koro also means the same one: Yɛfiri kuro koro mu (We come from the same town), Wɔn nyinaa te fie koro mu (They all live in the same house).

3. Just one
With pɛ it stresses a single one: Metenaa hɔ da koro pɛ (I stayed there only one day).

4. Koro or baako?
To count, say baako: nwoma baako (one book), Ma me baako (Give me one). Koro is for unity and sameness, and it appears in fixed phrases and proverbs. Akuapem also uses biako as the counting word.

5. In proverbs
A well-known proverb is Tikoro nkɔ agyina (One head does not go into council), meaning that two heads are better than one. Here ti (head) and koro are written as one word. See Proverbs: ɛbɛ.

Examples (6)

  1. Yɛyɛ abusua koro.

    We are one family.

    Koro follows the noun abusua.

  2. Yɛyɛ koro.

    We are one. / We are united.

    Koro alone after yɛ means united.

  3. Yɛfiri kuro koro mu.

    We come from the same town.

    Word by Word: we come-from town one in

    Here koro means the same.

  4. Wɔn nyinaa te fie koro mu.

    They all live in the same house.

    Nyinaa (all) and koro (the same) work together.

  5. Metenaa hɔ da koro pɛ.

    I stayed there only one day.

    Pɛ after koro means only.

  6. Tikoro nkɔ agyina.

    One head does not go into council.

    A proverb meaning that two heads are better than one.

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Koro is a second word for one.

Words in This Pattern

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