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How to say “down” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
down
Hausa translation
Ƙasa

Hear it in a sentence

Talle yana son wasa da ƙasa.

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Examples

Wata irin baƙuwar ƙasa!

What a strange country!

Na lashe hannaye ƙasa.

I won hands down.

Kun kai ni ƙasa.

You wore me down.

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

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