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Hausa Grammar
The Hausa grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Hausa and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
| And: da | Under: a ?ar?ashin |
| Before: kafin | After: bayan |
| Inside: ciki | Outside: waje |
| With: da | But: amma |
| For: don | From: daga |
| To: ga | In: ciki |
Questions and Adverbs
To ask questions, use the following:
| What?: me? | Who?: wa? |
| How?: yaya? | Why?: me ya sa? |
| Where?: ina? |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
| Never: har abada | Rarely: ba saban ba |
| Sometimes: wani lokaci | Usually: bisa al'ada |
| Always: koda yaushe | Very: kwarai |
Most commonly used pronouns in Hausa:
| I: ni | You: kai, ke, ku |
| He: shi | She: ita |
| We: mu | They: su |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
| My: nawa | Your: naka/naki/naku |
| His: nashi | Her: nata |
| Our: namu | Their: nasu |
Grammar in a sentence
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
| I speak English: ina jin turanci |
| You speak French: ka iya faransanci |
| He speaks German: yana jin jamusanci |
| She speaks Italian: tana jin italiyanci |
| I visited France: na ba?unci faransa |
| I will drink milk: zan sha madara |
Some extra grammatical structures:
| I understand you: na fahimce ka/ki/ku |
| I don't understand you: ban fahimce ka/ki/ku ba |
| I don't speak French: ba na jin faransanci |
| This is my house: wannan shi ne gidana |
| That restaurant is far: gidan abincin nan yana da nisa |
| No problem: ba illa |
The above Hausa grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Hausa vocabulary to obtain some popular Hausa phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |