
| Akan | |
| sentence | Response |
| mEC ma woC aqaaba | yaa |
| Me ma wo akwaaba | Yaa |
| Ewe | |
| Sentence | Response |
| efoCa? | mEC fo. |
| Efoa? | Me fo. |
| Language | Adinkra | English |
| Akan | mECdaasEC | Medaase |
| Ewe | aPE na woC | Akpe |
| Ga | oyiwala dcTT | oyiwala donn |
| Dagbani | m paJiya | M payiya |

| Adinkra |
| rain bEats a lEopard’s skin, but it doEs not wash out thE spots. |
| English |
| Rain beats a leopard’s skin, but it does not wash out the spots. |

| Adinkra |
| howEvEr long a log stays in thE watEr it will nEvEr bEComE a CroCodilE. |
| English |
| However long a log stays in the water it will never become a crocodile. |
