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How to say “school” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
school
Hausa translation
Makaranta

Hear it in a sentence

Yara sun koma makaranta.

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Examples

Wannan ce makaranta.

That is a school.

Yana yawan zuwa makaranta.

He often walks to school.

Yanzu na kaita Makaranta.

I just got her off to school.

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

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