Hausa · Verbs · Level 2

How to say “Lie” in Hausa

(verb)

VerbsLevel 2 · Elementary
English
Lie(verb)
Hausa translation
Ƙarya

Hear it in a sentence

ƙarya ba ta da amfani

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Examples

Sun yi muku ƙarya.

They lied to you.

Sun yi mana ƙarya.

They lied to us.

Ban san cewa ƙarya yake ba.

I had no idea he was lying.

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

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