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How to say “man” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
man
Hausa translation
Namiji

Hear it in a sentence

Yaro shi ne namiji ƙarami.

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Examples

Ta haifi ɗa namiji.

She gave birth to a son.

Na gan siffar namiji.

I saw the figure of a man.

Ta sa kaya kamar namiji.

She dressed like a boy.

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

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