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How to Say ( )
Ya Za a Ce 🙋🏽‍♀️ 📓 🏬
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[ Hello!
I want to buy a book.
Can I get it here? ]
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Collection:

• hello - sannu/ barka
• I want to - ina so na
• buy a book - sayi littafi
• can I - zan iya
• get - samu
• here - nan

Organization:

* I want to buy a book -
Ina so na sayi littafi

* can I get it here -
Zan iya samun sa a nan
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[ Sannu!
Ina so na sayi littafi.
Zan iya samun sa a nan? ]
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Alternatives:

# Sannu! Ina son sayan littafi. Zan iya samun sa a nan?

# Barka! Ina son sayan littafi. Na iya samun sa a nan?

# Barka! Ina son sayan littafi. Na iya
samu a nan?
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Notes:

• To say 'Hello' or 'Hi' , any of the following variations can be used:
barka
sannu
barka dai
sannu dai

• I need to.. - ina buƙata na..
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Question and Answer
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Have you got a question on any topic related to Hausa language? Drop it now!
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Weekly Word Drill ( )
Rawar Kalmar Mako 📨 📲 📧
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[ aika ] - to send

/ ai-ka / two syllables
/ 'aɪ kə / stress on the first

- to send someone or something/ to depute/ to supply

- sometimes [ aika da ]
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Examples:

* Ka aika saƙon?
Have you sent the message?

* Birtaniya za ta aika da tallafi Indiya.
The UK will send palliatives to India.

* Aiko da tambaya idan ka na da ita.
Send a question if you have one.
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Collocations:

• aika saƙo == to send a message
• aika manzo == to send a messenger
• aika gaisuwa == to send greetings
• aika wasiƙa == to send a letter
• aika kuɗi == to send money

• aika fayil == to send a file
• aika littafi == to send a book
• aika hoto == to send a photo
• aika murya == to send a voice
• aika bidiyo == to send a video

• aika runduna == to send a troop
• aika tallafi == to send a palliative
• aika bayani == to send an explanation
• aika wakili == to send a representative
• aika jakada == to send an ambassador

• aika gayyata == to send an invitation
• aika tambaya == to send a question
• aika amsa == to send an answer
• aika rahoto == to send a report
• aika kyauta == to send a gift
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Expressions:

• aika bawa garin su ==
to have someone stays for a very long time while on an errand

• aika lahira ==
to destroy someone or something
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Inflections:

• aike ( n ) - errand/ message
• aiki ( n ) - work/ activity
• aiko ( v ) - to send
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Related:

• tura -- to send/ push
• miƙa -- to extend/ handover
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How to Say ( )
Ya Za a Ce 🏩 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🏡
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[ There is no place like home ]
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Collection:

• there is no -- ba/ babu
• place -- wuri/ waje
• like -- kamar
• home -- gida

Organization:

* there is no place -- ba wuri
* like home -- kamar gida
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[ Ba wuri kamar gida ]
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Alternatives:

# Ba waje kamar gida
# Ba waje tamkar gida
# Babu wuri kamar gida
# Babu waje tamkar gida ...
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Notes:

• akwai -- there is/ there are
• ba[bu] -- there is no/ there are no

• place -- wuri/ waje/ mahalli/ bigire
• like -- kamar/ tamkar
• the other meaning of like 'to be fond of' is translated as -- so
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* sauti - sound

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* haske - light

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* tabbata - to confirm

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* karatu - reading
* rubutu - writing
* magana - speaking
* sauraro - listening

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* tun da - since
* kewa - to miss
* nutsuwa - tranquillity
* lambu - garden
* kore - green
* gani - view/ sight
* waƙa - song
* tsuntsaye - birds
* rediyo - radio
* zama - to be/ become
* ƙawa - friend (feminine)

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* dare - night
* taurari (plural of tauraro) - stars
* walƙi - to twinkle/ lighten
* wata - moon
* haske - light
* kwanta - to lie [down]
* baya - back

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* faɗi - to fail
* kalmomi (plural of kalma) - words
* farko - first
* gwada - to try/ test
* bureli - braille
* matsala - problem
* gyara - to improve/ repair
* sake - to do sth again
* kyauta - gift/ present
* gani - sight/ view/ look

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* haddace - to memorize
* waƙoƙi (plural of waƙa) - poems/ song
* ce - to tell/ say
* dinga - yo keep on doing sth
* karanta - to read
* a fili - out loud/ aloud
** fili - open space/ field

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* ƙankanta - smallness
* ƙashi - bone
* jikin mutum - human body
* samu - to find/ get
* kunne - ear
* santimita - centimetre
* inci - inch

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* wasu (plural of wani) - some
* filfiloli (plural of filfilo) - butterflies
* kunnuwa (plural of kunne) - ears
* fikafikai (plural of fiffike) - wings

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* ƙirƙiro - to invent/ create
* tsari - system
* karatu - reading
* taɓa - to touch
* yayin da - when
* shekara - year/ age

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* kalma - word
* ƙwaƙwalwa - brain
* fito - to appear/ come out
* sau - times
* sittin da shida - sixty six
* wasanni (plural of wasa) - plays
** Girgiza-masu - Shakespeare

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Guess the Meaning ( )
Canki Ma'anar 📖 📝🗣👂🏼
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A wacce ku ka fi ƙwarewa?
Wacce ku ke fata ku inganta?

Which are you most skilled at?
Which do you wish to improve?
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a) karatu - reading
b) rubutu - writing
c) magana - speaking
d) sauraro - listening
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Adam's Diary Line ( )
Kundin Adam 😇 🗣️ 🎼
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Aboki na, Hakim, ya na so ya haddace waƙoƙin Rumi. Na ce da shi ya dinga karanta su a fili.


My friend, Hakim, wants to memorize the poems of Rumi. I told him to be reading them out loud.
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Breakdown:

* haddace - to memorize
* waƙoƙi (plural of waƙa) - poems/ song
* ce - to tell/ say
* dinga - yo keep on doing sth
* karanta - to read
* a fili - out loud/ aloud
** fili - open space/ field
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Did You Know? ( )
Ko Kun San? 🧠 📝 🎭
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Kalmar "ƙwaƙwalwa" ta fito sau sittin da sida a wasannin William Shakespeare.


The word "brain" appears sixty six times in the plays of William Shakespeare.
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Breakdown:

* kalma - word
* ƙwaƙwalwa - brain
* fito - to appear/ come out
* sau - times
* sittin da shida - sixty six
* wasanni (plural of wasa) - plays
** Girgiza-masu - Shakespeare
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Guess the Meaning ( )
Canki Ma'anar 👶🏽 👂🏽 👴🏽
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Bincike ya tabbatar cewa kunnuwa na girma yayin da mutum ke tsufa.

A study confirmed that the ears grow larger as one ages.
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a) Guess what 'tabbata' means.

b) What do you associate with this word in English.
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