ahodoɔ

Various Kinds: Ahodoɔ

Level 4

Put ahodoɔ after a noun for various kinds of: nnuaba ahodoɔ (different fruits), aduane ahodoɔ (all kinds of food).

How It Works

1. Position
Ahodoɔ comes right after the noun, like other describing words (see Adjectives After the Noun). If the noun has a plural form, it is usually plural: nnuaba (fruits), nkrataa (papers, letters).

  • nnuaba ahodoɔ (different fruits)
  • aduane ahodoɔ (all kinds of food)
  • kasa ahodoɔ (various languages)

2. Variety versus amount
Pii counts how many. Ahodoɔ says the kinds differ. The two can be combined, with ahodoɔ first: nwoma ahodoɔ pii (many different books).

3. All sorts of
Doubling it strengthens the idea: ntoma ahodoɔ ahodoɔ (all sorts of cloth).

4. In titles and headings
Ahodoɔ is common in written Twi to introduce types: Nkabomdeɛ Ahodoɔ (Types of Conjunctions).

5. Spelling
Asante writes ahodoɔ; Akuapem writes ahorow. You may also see ahodoo in informal writing (see Informal Spelling Without Ɛ and Ɔ).

Examples (5)

  1. Yɛtɔn nnuaba ahodoɔ.

    We sell different kinds of fruit.

    Nnuaba is the plural of aduaba (fruit).

  2. Aduane ahodoɔ wɔ dwam hɔ.

    There are all kinds of food at the market.

    Aduane (food) stays singular here, though it also has a plural, nnuane.

  3. Onim kasa ahodoɔ.

    She knows various languages.

    Kasa means language or speech.

  4. Nwoma ahodoɔ pii wɔ ha.

    There are many different books here.

    Ahodoɔ comes before pii.

  5. Wɔtɔn ntoma ahodoɔ ahodoɔ.

    They sell all sorts of cloth.

    Doubling ahodoɔ stresses the wide variety.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting ahodoɔ before the noun.

    Yɛtɔn ahodoɔ nnuaba.
    Yɛtɔn nnuaba ahodoɔ.

    Ahodoɔ describes the noun, so it follows it, as describing words do in Twi.

How It Connects

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ahodoɔLevel 4Various Kinds: Ahodoɔ

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Ahodoɔ follows a noun.

Words in This Pattern

ahorowhorow