English→Ghanaian English

Translate English to Ghanaian English like a local.

It sounds like itself through British spelling, Ghanaian turns of phrase such as “trotro”, “chop”, and “I’m coming” for a brief wait, and courteous everyday speech.

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What locals actually say

Please wait here for a moment.

I’m coming.

“I’m coming” is used to ask someone to wait briefly, even when the speaker is not moving towards them.

Excuse me, where can I catch a minibus to Osu?

Please, where will I get a trotro to Osu?

“Trotro” is Ghana’s everyday word for a shared minibus, while “where will I get” is a common local way to ask where transport can be found.

Where shall we eat tonight?

Where will we chop this evening?

“Chop” means eat in Ghanaian English, and “this evening” is a natural courteous alternative to “tonight” in everyday speech.

Please, can you break this note for me?

Please, can you change this note for me?

“Change this note” means exchange a banknote for smaller denominations, a common Ghanaian English money construction.

My older brother will come tomorrow.

My senior brother will come tomorrow.

“Senior brother” means an older brother in Ghanaian English and signals age within the family.

I leave work at five.

I close from work at five.

“Close from work” means finish the workday, a common Ghanaian English construction.

It looks like it will rain.

The rain is threatening.

“The rain is threatening” signals that rain appears imminent, a common Ghanaian English weather expression.

I feel a bit strange today.

I am feeling somehow today.

“Feeling somehow” signals a vague or hard-to-describe uneasiness in Ghanaian English.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Ghanaian English differs

Ghanaian English. British spelling; Ghanaian expressions (chop bar, trotro, I'm coming meaning wait briefly); courteous register.

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