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How to say “dusk” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
dusk
Hausa translation
Yamma

Hear it in a sentence

Wata yana fara bayyana da yamma.

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Examples

Barka da yamma.

Good evening.

Yanzu na ci abincin yamma.

I've just had dinner.

Iskar yamma tana buso filayen.

A west wind blows over the fields.

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

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