kan

Usages of kan

Ke kan sha ruwa kaɗan, shi ya sa kike jin ƙishirwa da rana.
You (feminine) usually drink little water; that is why you feel thirsty in the daytime.
Mu mukan yi addua tare kafin mu fara aiki da safe.
We usually say a prayer together before we start work in the morning.
Ni kan rubuta wasika ga kaka a ƙauye.
I usually write a letter to grandmother in the village.
Uwa kan saka murfi a kan tukunya idan ruwa yana tafasa sosai.
Mother usually puts a lid on the pot when the water is boiling a lot.
Mu kan yi amfani da wuƙa ɗaya kawai a ɗakin girki domin tsaro.
We usually use only one knife in the kitchen for safety.
Baba ba ya kan ci abinci danye, yana so a dafa komai sosai.
Father does not usually eat raw food; he wants everything to be well cooked.
’Yar uwata kan soya dankali da safe, amma ni kan ci burodi kawai.
My sister usually fries potatoes in the morning, but I usually eat only bread.
Ni kan rubuta buri na a takarda kafin sabuwar shekara ta fara.
I usually write my goals on paper before the new year starts.
Injiniya kan samu gayyata zuwa makaranta domin ta ba dalibai shawara kan fannonin aiki.
An engineer usually gets invitations to school so that she can give students advice about fields of work.
Lauya kan taimaka wa talakawa kyauta, kuma wannan yana da tasiri mai kyau.
A lawyer usually helps poor people for free, and this has a good effect.
A kotu mutane kan saurari lauyoyi cikin shiru.
In court people usually listen to the lawyers in silence.

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