Hausa · Common Words · Level 1

How to say “boy” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
boy
Hausa translation
Yaro

Hear it in a sentence

Yaro shi ne namiji ƙarami.

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Examples

Yaro ne kawai.

He is but a child.

Na ga yaro.

I see a boy.

Yana kama da yaro.

He looks young.

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

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