| the letter | wasika |
| I usually write a letter to grandmother in the village. | Ni kan rubuta wasika ga kaka a ƙauye. |
| The letter that I wrote yesterday made her happy. | Wasikar da na rubuta jiya ta kawo mata farin ciki. |
| the invitation | gayyata |
| Tomorrow I will send an invitation by phone to my friends. | Gobe zan aika gayyata ta waya ga abokaina. |
| The invitation says they should come home so we eat together. | Gayyatar tana cewa su zo gida mu ci abinci tare. |
| the pot | tukunya |
| the tuwo | tuwo |
| Mother uses a big pot when she is cooking tuwo. | Uwa tana amfani da tukunya babba idan tana dafa tuwo. |
| the lid | murfi |
| She put a lid on the pot of water in the kitchen. | Ta sa murfi a kan tukunyar ruwa a ɗakin girki. |
| the knife | wuƙa |
| to cut | yanka |
| I will cut yam in the kitchen. | Ni zan yanka doya a ɗakin girki. |
| raw | danye |
| My sister uses a knife to cut raw tomatoes. | ’Yar uwata tana amfani da wuƙa ta yanka danyen tumatir. |
| to fry | soya |
| the groundnut | gyada |
| Today we will fry groundnuts in a small pot. | A yau za mu soya gyada a cikin ƙaramin tukunya. |
| the honey | zuma |
| The children like tea with honey. | Yara suna son shayi da zuma. |
| I like to put honey in tea instead of sugar. | Ni ina son in sa zuma a cikin shayi maimakon sukari. |
| the honey water | ruwan zuma |
| The children want to drink honey water in the morning. | Yara suna so su sha ruwan zuma da safe. |
| Honey water and groundnuts give children a lot of strength. | Ruwan zuma da gyada suna ba yara ƙarfi sosai. |
| full | koshi |
| for a long time | na dogon lokaci |
| I don’t like to sit for a long time without exercising. | Ni bana son in zauna na dogon lokaci ba tare da motsa jiki ba. |
| If I eat tuwo with soup, my stomach feels full for a long time. | Idan na ci tuwo da miya, cikina yana jin koshi na dogon lokaci. |
| When I feel full, I don’t like to see oily food. | Lokacin da nake jin koshi, bana son in ga abinci mai mai. |
| frustrated | takaici |
| Today I feel frustrated because yesterday’s work was very hard for me. | Yau ina jin takaici saboda aikin jiya ya yi min wahala sosai. |
| Yesterday after the exam some students felt frustrated. | Jiya bayan jarabawa wasu dalibai sun ji takaici. |
| the frustration | takaici |
| to continue | ci gaba da |
| Continue studying in the room. | Ka ci gaba da karatu a ɗaki. |
| The female teacher said frustration should not stop us from continuing to learn. | Malama ta ce kada takaici ya hana mu ci gaba da koyo. |
| the ambition | buri |
| My goal is very important. | Buri na yana da muhimmanci sosai. |
| the engineer | injiniya |
| the lawyer | lauya |
| I have an ambition to become an engineer or a lawyer. | Ni ina da buri in zama injiniya ko lauya. |
| In order to achieve my goal, I made a resolution to study every day. | Domin in cim ma burina, na ɗauki ƙuduri in yi karatu kullum. |
| the field | fanni |
| the impact | tasiri |
| Truth has a good influence in the community. | Gaskiya tana da tasiri mai kyau a cikin al'umma. |
| An engineer works in the field of building houses and has an impact in our town. | Injiniya tana aiki a fannin gina gidaje, tana da tasiri a garinmu. |
| the influence | tasiri |
| A song has a good effect on the heart. | Waƙa tana da tasiri mai kyau ga zuciya. |
| the court | kotu |
| the government | gwamnati |
| The government works for security in our town. | Gwamnati tana aiki don tsaro a gari namu. |
| An honest lawyer has influence in court and helps the government. | Lauya mai gaskiya yana da tasiri a kotu kuma yana taimaka wa gwamnati. |
| the field of health | fannin lafiya |
| I have an ambition to work in the health field. | Ni ina da buri in yi aiki a fannin lafiya. |
| the field of government | fannin gwamnati |
| I do not like the field of government. | Ni bana son fannin gwamnati. |
| My sister likes the field of health, not the field of government. | ’Yar uwata tana son fannin lafiya, ba fannin gwamnati ba. |
| Father receives a salary at the end of the month, but he does not waste it. | Baba yana samun albashi ƙarshen wata, amma ba ya ɓata shi. |
| the resolution | ƙuduri |
| I have made a resolution to help poor people. | Na ɗauki ƙuduri in taimaka wa talakawa. |
| the salary | albashi |
| Salary is very important for the family. | Albashi yana da muhimmanci sosai ga iyali. |
| He made a resolution to keep half of his salary in the bank. | Ya yi ƙuduri ya ajiye rabin albashinsa a banki. |
| to boil | tafasa |
| Mother usually puts a lid on the pot when the water is boiling a lot. | Uwa kan saka murfi a kan tukunya idan ruwa yana tafasa sosai. |
| We usually use only one knife in the kitchen for safety. | Mu kan yi amfani da wuƙa ɗaya kawai a ɗakin girki domin tsaro. |
| everything | komai |
| Everything has its time. | Komai yana da lokaci. |
| well | sosai |
| I feel very happy inside the house. | Ni ina jin daɗi sosai a cikin gida. |
| Father does not usually eat raw food; he wants everything to be well cooked. | Baba ba ya kan ci abinci danye, yana so a dafa komai sosai. |
| the potato | dankali |
| My sister usually fries potatoes in the morning, but I usually eat only bread. | ’Yar uwata kan soya dankali da safe, amma ni kan ci burodi kawai. |
| to fill up | cika |
| My suitcase is full of clothes. | Akwati na ya cika da tufafi. |
| If we fry groundnuts and potatoes together, the house fills with a nice smell. | Idan muka soya gyada da dankali tare, gidan yana cika da ƙamshi mai daɗi. |
| the goal | buri |
| I usually write my goals on paper before the new year starts. | Ni kan rubuta buri na a takarda kafin sabuwar shekara ta fara. |
| An engineer usually gets invitations to school so that she can give students advice about fields of work. | Injiniya kan samu gayyata zuwa makaranta domin ta ba dalibai shawara kan fannonin aiki. |
| for free | kyauta |
| The doctor gave me medicine for free. | Likita ya ba ni magani kyauta. |
| the effect | tasiri |
| Today’s lesson has a good influence on the students. | Darasi na yau yana da tasiri mai kyau ga dalibai. |
| A lawyer usually helps poor people for free, and this has a good effect. | Lauya kan taimaka wa talakawa kyauta, kuma wannan yana da tasiri mai kyau. |
| to reach | cimma |
| If we make an effort every day, we will achieve success. | Idan muka yi ƙoƙari kullum, za mu cimma nasara. |
| Mother said if we make an effort every day, we will reach our goals, even if we feel frustrated sometimes. | Uwa ta ce idan muka yi ƙoƙari kullum, za mu cim ma burinmu, ko da muka ji takaici wani lokaci. |
| already | riga |
| My shirt is in the suitcase now. | Riga ta tana a cikin akwati yanzu. |
| the fire | wuta |
| I am afraid of fire in the kitchen. | Ni ina jin tsoron wuta a ɗakin girki. |
| The water has already boiled in the pot, so mother took it off the fire. | Ruwan ya riga ya tafasa a tukunyar, don haka uwa ta cire shi daga wuta. |
| in silence | cikin shiru |
| The students are studying in silence. | Dalibai suna karatu cikin shiru. |
| In court people usually listen to the lawyers in silence. | A kotu mutane kan saurari lauyoyi cikin shiru. |