Hausa Phrases

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Hausa Phrases

Learning the Hausa Phrases 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 Phrases is in the structure of the grammar in Hausa.

Hausa phrases are a group of words functioning as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence. Here are some examples:

English Phrases	Hausa Phrases
Phrases	phrases
hello
bye	sai sannu
congratulations
sorry	sannu barka
really	da

Notice the structure of the Phrases in Hausa.

List of Phrases in Hausa

Below is a list of the phrases and daily expressions in Hausa placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hausa vocabulary.

English Phrases	Hausa Phrases
a green tree	wani itace
a tall building	mai tsayi gini
a very old man	da mutum
the old red house	da jajata gidan
a very nice friend	da daɗaɗawa aboki

I read a book sometimes	na karanta wani littafi zamazama
I will never smoke	ba zan taba
are you alone?	ka kaɗai?

my car	matukara
green car	mota koriya fatau
three cars	uku motoci
car garage	mota gareji
outside the car	bayan mota

my book	littafana
my books	da littattafai
our daughter	ɗiyarmu
our daughters	'ya'yanmu mata
I'm cold	na sanyi
we're cold	za mu sanyi
his chickens	kajinshi
their chicken	sagararsu

he is happy	ya kuwa yarda
she is happy	ta kuma yarda
he is American	ya amirka
she is American	ta na Amurka

I can accept that	na iya dauka,
she added it	ta ƙara shi
we admit it	muke shigar da
they advised him	suka shawarta shi
I can agree with that	na iya tabbatar da cewa
she allows it	ta yarda da
we announce it	muka sanar da shi
I can apologize	na iya neman hanzari
she appears today	ta bayyana yau
they arranged that	kasa,
I can arrive tomorrow	zan kawo gobe za
she can ask him	ta iya tambaye shi
she attaches that	ta attaches da
we attack them	su
they avoid her	suka nisanci mata
I can bake it	na iya toya ta
she is like him	kamar shi
we beat it	duka,
they became happy	suka yi farin ciki
I can begin that	na iya fara da
we borrowed money	muka rance kuɗin da
they breathe air	suka sheɗa hulɗodin
I can bring it	ni ina zo maka da shi
I can build that	na iya gina
she buys food	ta sayi abincin da
we calculate it	muka lissafa shi
they carry it	ba Shi
they don't cheat	ba su coge
she chooses him	ta so shi
we close it	kusa da
he comes here	ya zo nan
I can compare that	na iya kwatanta
she competes with me	ta wasan da
we complain about it	muka yi gunaguni
they continued reading	suka ci gaba da karanta
he cried about that	ya yi kuka da da
I can decide now	na iya yanke shawara
she described it to me	ta ba ni siffa rsa
we disagree about it	mun ƙi yarda da
they disappeared quickly	su sun ɓace nan
I discovered that	na gane cewa
she dislikes that	ta kafirci
we do it	mu yi
they dream about it	akan mafarkin da shi da
I earned	na sana'anta
he eats a lot	ya ci da yawa
we enjoyed that	muka ji daɗin da
they entered here	suka shigo nan
he escaped that	ya tsere da
I can explain that	na iya bayyana mini cewa,
she feels that too	ta ganin ikon
we fled from there	mun gudu daga nan
they will fly tomorrow	tsandon gobe
I can follow you	zan bi ka
she forgot me	ta amsa mini
we forgive him	Muka gafarta masa
I can give her that	na iya ba da ita,
she goes there	sai ta yi a
we greeted them	gaishe su
I hate that	ina ƙin da
I can hear it	na iya ji
she imagine that	Ta ce zata da
we invited them	muke kira su,
I know him	na san shi
she learned it	ta ya
we leave now	muka tashi yanzu
they lied about him	sun yi ƙarya,
I can listen to that	in ji
she lost that	ta salwance da
we made it yesterday	muka yi jiya
they met him	sun yi masa
I misspell that	misspell da
I always pray	ni da addu'a
she prefers that	ta fi son da
we protected them	muka tsare su
they will punish her	su hukunta mata
I can put it there	na iya sa shi a can
she will read it	za ta karanta
we received that	muka samu,
they refuse to talk	sun ƙi su yi magana
I remember that	zan tuna da
she repeats that	ta gabatad da
we see it	mu ke gani shi
they sell it	suka sayar da shi
I sent that yesterday	na aika da jiya
he shaved his beard	ya aske gemunshi
it shrunk quickly	ta shrunk nan
we will sing it	za mu raira waƙa,
they sat there	suka zauna a can
I can speak it	, sai ku yi
she spends money	yakan kashe ta da
we suffered from that	muka yi da
they suggest that	suka shawartawa da
I surprised him	na yi mamaki shi
she took that	ta dauka,
we teach it	mu sanar da shi
they told us	Sun fada mana
she thanked him	ta gode masa
I can think about it	da ita
she threw it	ta yar da
we understand that	muka fahimta da
they want that	ake so,
I can wear it	zan sa ta
she writes that	ta rubuta,
we talk about it	mu yi magana a kan abin
they have it	da
I watched it	na yi
I will talk about it	Zan fade shi
he bought that yesterday	ya sayi jiya da
we finished it	muka gama shi

inside the house	ciki
outside the car	a waje motar
with me	da ni
without him	ba shi
under the table	ƙarƙashin tebur
after tomorrow	bayan gobe
before sunset	gabanin ɓacewarta
but I'm busy	amma ina hada-hada

he is not here	ba ya nan
that is not my book	ba ya littafana
do not enter	ba sukan shiga

where is he?	Ina ya ke?
what is this?	Mene ne wannan?
why are you sad?	Me ya sa zuciyarki ta ɓaci?
how do you want to pay?	Ta yaya ka so ka biya?

can I come?	Zan zo?
is he sleeping?	Yana barci?
do you know me?	Ka san ni?
do you have my book?	Kana da littafi?
how big is it?	Yaya tayar ne?
can I help you?	Me kake bukata ne?
can you help me?	Ko za ka taimake ni?
do you speak English?	Kana/kina jin Ingilishi?
how far is this?	A wannan?
what time is it?	Nawa ne?
how much is this?	Nawa ne?
what is your name?	Yaya sunanka?
where do you live?	Ina ka rayu?

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