Hausa · Verbs · Level 3

How to say “Feed” in Hausa

VerbsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
Feed
Hausa translation
Ciyar

Hear it in a sentence

Sana'a kan ciyar da iyali.

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Examples

Kada ku ciyar da kare!

Don't feed the dog!

Ta ƙagu ta ciyar da tsuntsayen.

She was eager to feed the birds.

Galibi takan zauna a wurin tana ciyar da tsuntsaye.

She will often sit there feeding birds.

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

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