How to use adjectives in Hausa

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Hausa adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Hausa, however, has only a handful of true adjectives. In Hausa, in the place of adjectives, nouns are generally used, together with the word 'da' or the word 'mai'.

Examples

babbar kofa

the big door

tsohuwar kofa

the old door

korer kofa

the green door

sabuwar kofa

the new door

karamar kofa

the small door

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Basic words and phrases in Hausa

Learn to get by in Hausa with these useful words and phrases. These essential phrases cover everything from Hausa greetings to business and workplace communications to love and dating.

wannan tebur

this table

wannan mutumin

this man

wannan tuffa

this apple

wannan yarinyar

this girl

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Step 7 : Adjectives in Hausa

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Hausa adjectives babba, karama and tsoho (big, small, old). Using the nouns littafi, kujera and kofa (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Hausa adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives babba, karama and tsoho with the nouns littafi, kujera and kofa you can move on to Step 8 (Hausa Verbs).

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