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How to say “pen” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
pen
Hausa translation
Alkalami

Hear it in a sentence

Da alkalami mu ke rubutu

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Examples

Aladu ba su cikin alkalami.

The pigs aren't in the pen.

Kash, tawadar alkalami na ta ƙare.

Oops, my pen has run out of ink.

Ina so in zama maka pal alkalami.

I would like to be your pen pal.

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

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