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Learning the Hausa Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Hausa language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Hausa.
Hausa adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Hausa Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | adverbs duka |
| I read a book sometimes | na karanta wani littafi zamazama |
| I will never smoke | ba zan taba |
| are you alone? | ka kaɗai? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Hausa.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Hausa placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hausa vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Hausa Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | adverbs lokacin |
| yesterday | jiya da |
| today | yau |
| tomorrow | gobe |
| now | , |
| then | sai |
| later | bayan |
| tonight | da daren nan |
| right now | yanzu |
| last night | a daren jiya |
| this morning | wannan safe |
| next week | mako mai zuwa |
| already | , na |
| recently | baya-bayan nan |
| lately | |
| soon | da kwanaki |
| immediately | nan da nan |
| still | , |
| yet | amma |
| ago | tun |
| adverbs of place | adverbs da wurin |
| here | nan |
| there | da |
| over there | can |
| everywhere | a ko'ina |
| anywhere | a ko'ina |
| nowhere | ba inda |
| home | gida |
| away | da |
| out | da |
| adverbs of manner | adverbs da kyau |
| very | da |
| quite | mutane da dama |
| pretty | da kyau |
| really | ne sosai |
| fast | |
| well | da |
| hard | sosai |
| quickly | sunkuce |
| slowly | sannu |
| carefully | a hankali |
| hardly | da wuya |
| barely | tafinsa |
| mostly | yawanci |
| almost | kusan |
| absolutely | ko |
| together | ɗaya |
| alone | kaɗai |
| adverbs of frequency | adverbs da frequency |
| always | |
| frequently | da yawa a |
| usually | kan |
| sometimes | wani lokaci |
| occasionally | bitta-bitta |
| seldom | nadari |
| rarely | kaɗan |
| never | ba zai |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Hausa. Once you're done with Hausa Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Hausa lessons here: Learn Hausa. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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