Hausa · Common Words · Level 3

How to say “cushion” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
cushion
Hausa translation
Matashi

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Matashi don tallafin kai.

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Examples

Na kasance matashi mai kwazo kamar kai.

I used to be young and ambitious, just like you.

Yayi zunubai da yawa da yake matashi.

He committed many sins in his youth.

Ban iya rawa ba lokacin da nake matashi.

I wasn't very good at dancing when I was a teenager.

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