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How to say “banana” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
banana
Hausa translation
Ayaba

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Ayaba bashi da ƙwallo a ciki

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Examples

Ina cin ayaba.

I am eating a banana.

Jean ya ci ayaba.

Jean eats a banana.

Yaron yana bawa birin ayaba.

The child was feeding the monkey with the banana.

These are sentences where the word appears, matched automatically rather than hand-picked usage.

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