Browse African Slang

Y3 b3 di agye (We will rejoice) - We'll celebrate

We dey/We be guys/We tight (We're cool/We're friends)

Embarrassment or failure.

Trouble has escalated (Problem has intensified)

Expression for “what a shame” or “how embarrassing.”

Fine or okay.

Year of return - 2019 diaspora return initiative

Yellow card warning - First warning

Light-skinned person (Fair complexioned)

Two hundred cedi note

We won't listen to anyone.

Flexibility training/Zen session (Yoga session)

Okay/Alright (Okay)

You're boring/dull (Not interesting)

Do you understand? (Do you get it?)

High praise meaning “you did great” or “kudos, you nailed it.”

Your father/Sarcastic retort (Your father - insult)

Young people's group (Youth organization)

Young people's minister (Youth clergy)

Youth unemployment crisis - Young people joblessness

We'll do something (We'll manage)

Yɛbɛyɛ yie (We'll be fine) - Hope for better

(Twi phrase, 'let's go sleep') Culturally used by couples to mean 'let's go to bed (together).' Often a gentle suggestio...

“Let’s go.”

Yɛnkɔ (Let's go) - Let's move/proceed