dodo (Too Much)

Too Much: Dodo

Level 4

Ɛyɛ den dodo means It is too hard. Dodo says there is more than is good.

How It Works

1. After a quality

  • Ɛyɛ den dodo. (It is too hard.)
  • Ne boɔ yɛ den dodo. (It is too expensive.)
  • Adaka no yɛ duru dodo. (The box is too heavy.)

2. After an action
Dodo follows the verb and anything after it: Wokasa dodo (You talk too much), Wodidi dodo (You eat too much).

3. Too much for someone
Add ma to say who it is too much for: Ɛyɛ den dodo ma me (It is too hard for me). The result often follows: Adaka no yɛ duru dodo; mentumi mpagya (The box is too heavy; I cannot lift it).

4. Too many
With dɔɔso (be many), dodo means too many: Nnipa no dɔɔso dodo (There are too many people).

5. Dodo or paa?
Paa means very and is usually good or neutral: Kofi ware paa (Kofi is very tall). Kofi ware dodo says he is too tall. Do not confuse dodo with dodoɔ (number, amount), as in wɔn dodoɔ (their number).

Examples (6)

  1. Ɛyɛ den dodo.

    It is too hard.

    Word by Word: it-is hard too-much

  2. Wokasa dodo.

    You talk too much.

    Word by Word: you-speak too-much

  3. Ne boɔ yɛ den dodo.

    It is too expensive.

    Word by Word: its price is hard too-much

    Ne boɔ yɛ den (its price is hard) is the usual way to say something is expensive; dodo makes it too expensive.

  4. Ɛyɛ den dodo ma me.

    It is too hard for me.

    Word by Word: it-is hard too-much for me

  5. Adaka no yɛ duru dodo; mentumi mpagya.

    The box is too heavy; I cannot lift it.

    Word by Word: box the is heavy too-much; I-cannot lift

  6. Nnipa no dɔɔso dodo.

    There are too many people.

    Word by Word: people the are-many too-much

Common Mistakes

  • Using dodo for a plain very.

    Kofi ware dodo. (meaning Kofi is very tall)
    Kofi ware paa.

    Dodo means more than is good, so Kofi ware dodo says he is too tall. For a plain very, use paa.

  • Putting dodo before the quality.

    Ɛyɛ dodo den.
    Ɛyɛ den dodo.

    Dodo comes after the quality it measures, not before it.

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Too much strengthens a description.

Words in This Pattern

dodopaa