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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Hausa
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. Play the ten Hausa words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Hausa phrases in this lesson
- Yaya lafiya?YAH-yah lah-FEE-yah
- How are you?
- Lafiya lau, na godelah-FEE-yah LOW, nah GOH-deh
- I'm fine, thanks
- Kai fa?kai fah
- And you?
- Yaya sunanka?YAH-yah soo-NAN-kah
- What's your name?
- Sunana...soo-NAH-nah
- My name is...
- Daga ina ka fito?DAH-gah EE-nah kah FEE-toh
- Where are you from?
- Daga ... na fitoDAH-gah ... nah FEE-toh
- I'm from...
- Ina son shiEE-nah son shee
- I like it
- Yana da kyauYAH-nah dah KYOW
- It's beautiful
- Barka da zuwaBAR-kah dah ZOO-wah
- Welcome
Literally "how is health?". Hausa greetings go back and forth, asking after family, work and tiredness.
Literally "health, fine, thank you".
To a man. To a woman: "ke fa?" (keh fah).
To a man. To a woman: "sunanki".
To a man. To a woman: "kika".
"Daga Kanada na fito".
Literally "blessings on arriving".