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How to say “sit” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
sit
Hausa translation
Zauna

Hear it in a sentence

Yau na zauna a kujera mai lamba ɗaya

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Examples

Ya tilastata ta zauna.

He forced her to sit down.

A ina zaka zauna?

Where will you stay?

Mu zauna a nan.

Let's all settle down here.

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

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