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How to say “how” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
how
Hausa translation
Yaya

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Gwanda yana da yaya masu yawa.

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Examples

Yaya zan koma?

How do I get back?

Yaya yanayin yau?

How is the weather today?

Yaya zaman lafiya!

How peaceful!

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

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