Time & Dates

1. Kwasiɖa ɖeka

   One week

   Usage

   Use it to state a duration such as the length of a stay

   Grammar Note

   kwasiɖa is “week” and ɖeka is “one”; a number follows its noun. The spelling kwasiɖa is the one used in scripture and magazines, not the dictionary form kɔsiɖa.

2. Ɣleti ɖeka

   One month

   Usage

   Use it to state a duration

   Grammar Note

   ɣleti is “month” (and “moon”). A number follows its noun.

3. Ƒe ɖeka

   One year

   Usage

   Use it to state a duration

   Grammar Note

   ƒe is “year” and is the same form as the linking “of” between nouns. The letter ƒ differs from f.

4. Dzoɖagbe

   Monday

   Usage

   Use it to name the day Monday. Day names start with a capital letter

   Grammar Note

   Dzoɖagbe is “Monday”.

5. Braɖagbe

   Tuesday

   Usage

   Use it to name the day Tuesday

   Grammar Note

   Braɖagbe is “Tuesday”. A dictionary also gives the spelling Brãɖagbe.

6. Kuɖagbe

   Wednesday

   Usage

   Use it to name the day Wednesday

   Grammar Note

   Kuɖagbe is “Wednesday”. Its ku is not the verb “die”.

7. Yawoɖagbe

   Thursday

   Usage

   Use it to name the day Thursday

   Grammar Note

   Yawoɖagbe is “Thursday”.

8. Fiɖagbe

   Friday

   Usage

   Use it to name the day Friday

   Grammar Note

   Fiɖagbe is “Friday”.

9. Memleɖagbe

   Saturday

   Usage

   Use it to name the day Saturday

   Grammar Note

   Memleɖagbe is “Saturday”.

10. Kwasiɖagbe

    Sunday

    Usage

    Use it to name the day Sunday. It is also the usual church day

    Grammar Note

    Kwasiɖagbe is “Sunday”: kwasiɖa “week” plus gbe “day”. The dictionary spelling Kɔsiɖagbe is not the one used in print.

11. Egbe

    Today

    Usage

    Use it to refer to today

    Grammar Note

    egbe is “today”.

12. Etsɔ si gbɔna

    Tomorrow

    Usage

    Use it to refer to tomorrow. The same words appear in scripture in “do not worry about tomorrow”

    Grammar Note

    etsɔ alone can mean both “tomorrow” and “yesterday”, so always add “which is coming”. si is a relative marker and gbɔna means “coming”.

13. Etsɔ si va yi

    Yesterday

    Usage

    Use it to refer to yesterday. In texts it can also mean “the other day”

    Grammar Note

    etsɔ alone does not tell tomorrow from yesterday, so va yi “has come and gone” marks it as past.

14. Fifia

    Now

    Usage

    Use it to refer to the present moment

    Grammar Note

    fifia is “now”.

15. Gaƒoƒo ɖeka

    One hour

    Usage

    Use it to state a duration

    Grammar Note

    gaƒoƒo is “hour” (and “bell”). The letter ƒ differs from f, and a number follows its noun.

16. Gaƒoƒo eve

    Two hours

    Usage

    Use it to state a duration

    Grammar Note

    gaƒoƒo is “hour” and eve is “two”; a number follows its noun.

17. Ŋdi

    Morning

    Usage

    Use it to refer to the morning. The same word is also used as a morning greeting

    Grammar Note

    ŋdi is “morning”. The ŋ is a single letter.

18. Ŋdɔ

    Midday

    Usage

    Use it to refer to midday

    Grammar Note

    ŋdɔ is “midday” or “noon”.

19. Fiẽ

    Evening

    Usage

    Use it to refer to the evening

    Grammar Note

    fiẽ is “evening”. Keep the nasal mark on ẽ.

20. Zã

    Night

    Usage

    Use it to refer to the night

    Grammar Note

    zã is “night”. zãtitina is “midnight”.

21. Ŋkeke sia ŋkeke

    Every day

    Usage

    Use it to say that something happens every day

    Grammar Note

    The pattern “noun sia noun” means “every ...”. It is the same phrase as scripture’s “every day”.

22. Kwasiɖa sia

    This week

    Usage

    Use it to refer to this week

    Grammar Note

    sia is “this” and follows its noun.

23. Kwasiɖa si gbɔna

    Next week

    Usage

    Use it to refer to next week

    Grammar Note

    Literally “the week which is coming”; si is a relative marker.

24. Kwasiɖa si va yi

    Last week

    Usage

    Use it to refer to last week

    Grammar Note

    Literally “the week which has come and gone”, used in the Ewe Bible and magazines for “last week”.

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