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How to say “one” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
one
Hausa translation
Ɗaya

Hear it in a sentence

Ya ce fim ɗin awa ɗaya ne.

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Examples

Bismillah ɗauki ɗaya.

Go ahead and take one.

Ɗan tsaya minti ɗaya.

Just wait a minute.

Na sauke ɗaya ƙasa.

I took one down.

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

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