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How to say “mirror” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
mirror
Hausa translation
Madubi

Hear it in a sentence

Mota na da madubi a gefe.

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Examples

Tsaftace datti daga madubi.

Clean the dirt off the mirror.

Fuskokin ta sun yi kama da madubi.

Its surface was as flat as a mirror.

Julia ta ɗauki madubi ta riƙe a gaban idanunta.

Julia takes the mirror and holds it in front of her eyes.

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

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