If you're trying to learn Hausa Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Hausa grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Hausa. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Hausa Feminine 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 Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Hausa.
Hausa feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Hausa Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | tamacen |
| he is happy | ya kuwa yarda |
| she is happy | ta kuma yarda |
| he is American | ya amirka |
| she is American | ta na Amurka |
| man | ya |
| woman | matar |
| father | mahaifinsa |
| mother | |
| brother | mahaifiya |
| sister | ya |
| uncle | kawu |
| aunt | gwaggon |
| bull | bijimi |
| cow | sanayan |
| boy | yaro |
| girl | yarinya |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Hausa.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Hausa? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Hausa vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Hausa Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | nufinsa |
| bathroom | gidan wanka |
| bed | kambed |
| bedroom | ɗakin |
| ceiling | silin |
| chair | kujera |
| clothes | tufafi |
| coat | kwatn |
| cup | ƙoƙon |
| desk | teburi |
| dress | rob |
| floor | hawa |
| fork | farkafarkar |
| furniture | kowane abu |
| glass | gilasin |
| hat | shafon |
| house | gidan |
| ink | taddawan |
| jacket | jakitn |
| kitchen | kican |
| knife | wuƙa |
| lamp | fatilan |
| letter | wasiƙa |
| map | taswiran |
| newspaper | jaridar |
| notebook | kaye |
| pants | wandon |
| paper | takarda |
| pen | alƙalamin |
| pencil | fensir |
| pharmacy | farmasi |
| picture | hoton |
| plate | farantin |
| refrigerator | firijan |
| restaurant | hotel |
| roof | rufin |
| room | ɗaki |
| rug | tabarmar |
| scissors | almakashin |
| shampoo | shamfun |
| shirt | kuptan |
| shoes | takalma |
| soap | sabulu |
| socks | safasar |
| spoon | kuyafa |
| table | tebur |
| toilet | makewayin |
| toothbrush | asawaki |
| toothpaste | makilin |
| towel | sarbeti |
| umbrella | uwa |
| underwear | kalison |
| wall | fenti |
| wallet | alabai |
| window | taga |
| telephone | waya |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Hausa. Once you're done with Hausa Feminine, 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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