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How to say “sand” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
sand
Hausa translation
Yashi

Hear it in a sentence

Za a ajiye yashi a nan

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Examples

Kada kabari kanka a cikin yashi.

Don't bury your head in the sand.

Motar ta zubar da yashi a kasa.

The truck dumped the sand on the ground.

Na ji yashi tsakanin yatsun kafa ta.

I could feel the sand between my toes.

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

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