Hausa · Verbs · Level 5

How to say “Survive” in Hausa

VerbsLevel 5 · Expert
English
Survive
Hausa translation
Tsira

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A'a ya tsira jiya

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Examples

Akwai wadanda suka tsira.

There were survivors.

Ba wanda ya tsira.

There wasn't a single survivor.

Na tsira da mutunci na.

I got through with my dignity intact.

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

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