Suna ɓata lokaci.
They're wasting time.
Hausa · Verbs · Level 3
How to say “Waste” in Hausa
VerbsLevel 3 · Intermediate
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Nan da shekaru kaɗan tatsuniya zai ɓata
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Examples
Gilashin Tracy ya ɓata.
Tracy lost her glasses.
Ba wahala a ɓata.
It's easy to get lost.
These are sentences where the word appears, matched automatically rather than hand-picked usage.