Posted by BY J E SOLOMON
I love words
I fell in love with words
From the day I started
To learn and write English
Come and Came; Begin and Began
It was fun and I loved it
I love words
Especially rhyming words
They fascinate me a lot
Like Conferred
Transferred
Chauffeured
I love words
I know a lot of words
I mean English words
And words from the Akan language
Like asore, ay3 din, somu hw3, twe bra
Which are all foreign to my mother-tongue
I love words
I wish I know Swahili
And especially Hausa
I understand it’s very euphemistic
My late dad and two paternal brothers
All spoke the original Hausa of Kano, Nigeria
I love words, foreign words
I failed to take advantage of French
While in secondary school
The part of my brain responsible for language
Must be devoid of cognitive sharpness
I had to date Akan girls to be able to speak Twi
I love words, words foreign to my mother-tongue
And if I have to do the same thing I did
To get to know and speak another language
I’m going to get a fiancé who speaks Swahili
To teach me the very basics of the language
Starting with how to say, me kon dor.
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