Ɗauki mataki na gaba.

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Breakdown of Ɗauki mataki na gaba.

• gaba: next
• ɗauka: to take
• mataki: the step; stage

Questions & Answers about Ɗauki mataki na gaba.

How do you pronounce Ɗauki mataki na gaba?

A rough pronunciation is:

• Ɗauki → DAU-kee
• mataki → ma-TA-kee
• na → na
• gaba → GA-ba

A few important notes:

• Ɗ/ɗ is not the same as ordinary D/d. It represents an implosive d sound, which does not exist in normal English pronunciation.
• au in ɗauki sounds roughly like ow in cow.
• Hausa spelling usually does not show tone in everyday writing, so learners normally just learn the pronunciation along with the word.

What does ɗauki mean by itself, and what verb does it come from?

ɗauki is the command form meaning take!

It comes from the verb ɗauka, which can mean things like:

• to take
• to pick up
• to carry
• sometimes more abstractly, to take/adopt

So in this sentence, ɗauki is telling someone to take something.

Why is it ɗauki here, not ɗauka?