How to use demonstrative pronouns in Hausa

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Hausa demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' is 'wannan' in Hausa.

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wannan yaron

this boy

wannan doki

this horse

wannan matar

this woman

wannan gida

this house

wannan tuffa

this apple

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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 gida

this house

wannan tuffa

this apple

teburnan

this table

mutuminnan

this man

Barka da yamma!

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Step 6 : Hausa demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns littafi, kujera and kofa (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Hausa demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Hausa demonstrative pronouns with the nouns littafi, kujera and kofa and the plural nouns littattafa, kujerun and kofofin you can move on to Step 7 (Hausa adjectives).

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