| hello | sannu |
| Hello Musa, how are you? | Sannu Musa, yaya kake? |
| the hunger | yunwa |
| Hello, are you (feminine) feeling hungry? | Sannu, kina jin yunwa? |
| the thirst | ƙishirwa |
| I am feeling hungry but I am not feeling thirsty. | Ni ina jin yunwa amma ban jin ƙishirwa ba. |
| to drink | sha |
| the tea | shayi |
| after | bayan |
| I want to drink tea after I eat food. | Ina so in sha shayi bayan na ci abinci. |
| often | sau da yawa |
| I often drink tea in the morning when it is cold. | Sau da yawa ina shan shayi da safiya idan sanyi ya yi. |
| the soup | miya |
| The soup is very tasty today. | Miya tana daɗi sosai yau. |
| the meat | nama |
| the fish | kifi |
| At home today we will cook soup with meat and fish. | A gida yau za mu dafa miya da nama da kifi. |
| that | wanda |
| The fish that mother cooked is very tasty. | Kifi wanda uwa ta dafa yana daɗi sosai. |
| who | wadda |
| My sister who ate meat now is feeling good. | ’Yar uwata wadda ta ci nama yanzu tana jin daɗi. |
| the soup ingredients | kayan miya |
| that | waɗanda |
| The meat, fish and soup ingredients that I bought yesterday are in the kitchen. | Nama, kifi da kayan miya waɗanda na saya jiya suna cikin ɗakin girki. |
| the next day | kashegari |
| more | ƙari |
| The next day I will go to the market to buy more meat. | Kashegari zan tafi kasuwa in saya ƙarin nama. |
| The next day I will not buy fish; I will buy more soup ingredients. | Kashegari ba zan saya kifi ba, zan saya ƙarin kayan miya. |
| On Monday and Tuesday I do not go to the market. | A Litinin da Talata bana zuwa kasuwa. |
| Every week I go to the market twice. | A kowace sati ina zuwa kasuwa sau biyu. |
| the year | shekara |
| last | da ta gabata |
| Last year I did not go to town. | Shekara da ta gabata ban tafi gari ba. |
| much | da yawa |
| The children are playing a lot outside. | Yara suna wasa da yawa a waje. |
| next | mai zuwa |
| Last year I did not work much, but next year I will work more in town. | Shekara da ta gabata ban yi aiki da yawa ba, amma shekara mai zuwa zan fi yin aiki a gari. |
| this | wannan |
| to learn | koyi |
| Hausa | Hausa |
| We like Hausa very much. | Muna son Hausa sosai. |
| This year I want to learn Hausa very well. | A wannan shekara ina so in koyi Hausa sosai. |
| the student | ɗalibi |
| The teacher has many students at school. | Malami yana da ɗalibai da yawa a makaranta. |
| who | waɗanda |
| hard | da ƙoƙari |
| I am working hard today. | Ni ina aiki da ƙoƙari yau. |
| the result | sakamako |
| Students who work hard get good results. | ɗalibai waɗanda suke aiki da ƙoƙari suna samun sakamako mai kyau. |
| the effort | ƙoƙari |
| I make an effort every day. | Ni ina yi ƙoƙari kullum. |
| I also want to make an effort so that I get a good result. | Ni ma ina son in yi ƙoƙari don in sami sakamako mai kyau. |
| to finish | gama |
| before | kafin |
| the sun | rana |
| to set | faɗi |
| I want to finish work before the sun sets. | Ina son in gama aiki kafin rana ta faɗi. |
| to change | canza |
| the clothes | kaya |
| Before we go to the market, we will take a bath and change clothes. | Kafin mu tafi kasuwa, za mu yi wanka mu canza kaya. |
| the play | wasa |
| Children like playing outside. | Yara suna son wasa a waje. |
| After we finish eating, the children will play outside. | Bayan mun gama cin abinci, yara za su yi wasa a waje. |
| the mosque | masallaci |
| the church | coci |
| In our town there is a mosque near a church. | A gari namu akwai masallaci kusa da coci. |
| the person | mutum |
| to greet one another | gaisawa |
| People who go to the mosque or church greet one another in the morning. | Mutane waɗanda ke zuwa masallaci ko coci suna gaisawa da safiya. |
| the man | namiji |
| who | wanda |
| Musa who is studying at school is reading a good book. | Musa wanda yake karatu a makaranta yana karanta littafi mai kyau. |
| to love | so |
| the woman | mace |
| This man who works in an office loves a woman who works at the hospital. | Wannan namiji wanda yake aiki a ofis yana son mace wadda take aiki a asibiti. |
| the marriage | aure |
| They want to get married next year. | Suna so su yi aure a shekara mai zuwa. |
| the week | sati |
| last | da ya gabata |
| Last night, I felt very cold. | Dare da ya gabata, ni na ji sanyi sosai. |
| Last week a certain man and a certain woman got married in our town. | A satin da ya gabata, wani namiji da wata mace sun yi aure a gari namu. |
| Many people came and greeted them in the morning. | Mutane da yawa sun zo suna gaisawa da su da safiya. |
| the wedding | aure |
| I want to see a wedding in our town. | Ni ina so in ga aure a gari namu. |
| After the wedding, I felt very thirsty and drank water and tea. | Bayan aure ɗin, na ji ƙishirwa sosai na sha ruwa da shayi. |
| the cleanliness | tsabta |
| the dirt | datti |
| Cleanliness is important in the kitchen; dirt is not good. | Tsabta tana da muhimmanci a ɗakin girki, datti ba ya da kyau. |
| The children are learning cleanliness; they do not like dirt inside the house. | Yara suna koyon tsabta, ba sa son datti a cikin gida. |
| I often change two sets of clothes before I go to work. | Sau da yawa ina canza kaya biyu kafin in tafi aiki. |
| If the sun sets early, we come back home before it becomes night. | Idan rana ta faɗi da wuri, muna dawowa gida kafin dare ya yi. |
| every | kowane |
| Monday | Litinin |
| On Monday I will go to school. | A Litinin zan tafi makaranta. |
| Tuesday | Talata |
| On Tuesday I will go to the market. | A Talata zan tafi kasuwa. |
| Every week, on Monday and Tuesday, I do extra studying at home. | A kowace sati, Litinin da Talata ina yin ƙarin karatu a gida. |
| welcome | sannu da zuwa |
| Welcome, Musa. | Sannu da zuwa, Musa. |
| Welcome home, Aisha. (Literally: “Well done for coming home.”) | Sannu da zuwa gida, Aisha. |
| the student | dalibi |
| The student is studying in the room. | Dalibi yana karatu a ɗaki. |
| Every student has a book. | Kowane dalibi yana da littafi. |