Remainder and reminder are two totally different English words that look almost the same, and depending on your English accent, may even sound alike. The interesting thing is that when both nouns are translated into Twi they are all spelt nkae, with just a tonal difference in pronunciation.
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This is how to say reminder in Twi.
This is how to say remainder in Twi.
Did you notice the tonal difference in their pronunciations? Listen to them again. In Twi, two words can look the same but mean totally different things depending on the pitch of the voice on which each one is said.
Below are two examples of simple phrases using reminder and remainder.
|Twi adesua ho nkae||Twi lessons reminder|
|fa nkea no gu mu||put the remainder in it|
Reminder comes from the verb remind, which is kae in Twi and remainder comes from remain, which is ka in Twi.
If your pronunciations don’t quite sound like the native speaker’s, go over the words again until you get them right. I hope you enjoyed this short article. See you later for some more.
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