really!?, in reality, actually

• Ashee! O kpiya? Really! Has he died?
• N yɛliya ni o ʒi ni, ashee, o pun mi ni I said that he did not know there, in reality, he already knew the place.
• Bɛ yɛri ni bɛ nyɛla yɛmnima, ashee bɛ nyɛla jɛra. They say they are wise, but in fact they are fools.
• Ashee baa bi zaɣisi talla? Is the Pope a Catholic? Lit: Does the dog not really refuse the small heaps of goods for sale?.
• Jɛrigu baa kariti wɔbigu ashee o kum dali m-bala. The foolish man’s dog chases an elephant, not knowing that it is actually the day of its death.
• Jɛrigu yɛliya ni mana chaaya ashee di na wandimi. The fool says the okro has finished fruiting, but it is still bearing fruit.
• bɛ chaŋ, asheela ninvuɣu shɛb’ baŋ di yɛla n-chaŋ ti kurigi lala bini maa they went, but in fact some people knew about it and had already gone to dig the thing up.