Hausa Adjectives
Welcome to the second Hausa lesson about adjectives. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in Hausa to help you practice your daily phrases.
black baƙi |
grey tokatoka |
white fari |
blue shuɗi |
green tsanwa |
yellow rawayu |
red jajata |
brown ruwan-ƙasa |
Adjectives Grammar Rules
In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is [beautiful] because it describes the noun [flower]. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar Rules - Hausa |
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| my house is white [noun + adjective] gidana fari ne |
| your country is big [noun + adjective] kasarka babba ce |
| new books are expensive [plural + adjective] sabbabin littafai suna da tsada |
| we are happy here [pronoun + verb + adjective] muna farin ciki a nan |
| she has three small dogs [adjective + plural] tana da karnuka uku |
| this language is very easy [adverb + adjective] wannan harshen yana da sauki ainun |
| I have a small green house [adjective + adjective] ina da tsanwan gida karami |
We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. I think it would be wise to memorize them.
cold sanyi |
hot zafi |
cloudy lumshi |
rainy alamar ruwa |
snowy dusar kankara |
sunny hasken rana |
windy iska |
warm ɗumi |
Conversation in Hausa
Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure.
| English - Hausa |
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| hi barka! |
| how are you? ka/ki/kuna lafiya? |
| I'm good, thank you ina lafiya kalau, na gode |
| and you? kai fa?/ke fa?/ku fa? |
| what is your name? yaya sunanka/ki/ku? |
| my name is Maya sunnana maya |
| nice to meet you naji dadin haduwarmu! |
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