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Lesson 5 of 10
Shops and hotels in Hausa
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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
- Akwai...?AH-kwai
- Do you have...?
- Ina...?EE-nah
- Where is...?
- A buɗeah boo-DEH
- Open
- A rufeah roo-FEH
- Closed
- Leda?LEH-dah
- A bag?
- Ya yi tsadayah yee TSAH-dah
- Too expensive
- Na yi ajiyar ɗakinah yee ah-jee-YAR DAH-kee
- I have a reservation
- Da karin kumallo?dah KAH-reen koo-MAL-loh
- Is breakfast included?
- Mene ne lambar sirrin wifi?MEH-neh neh lam-BAR sir-REEN WAI-fai
- What's the wifi password?
- Zan iya...?zan EE-yah
- Can I...?
Literally "is there ...?". The answer is "akwai" (there is) or "babu" (BAH-boo), there isn't.
"Ina kasuwa?", where is the market?
Many shops close for Friday prayers.
The word for a plastic bag.
Literally "it has done expensive". Bargaining is expected.
Literally "I reserved a room".
Literally "with breakfast?".
Literally "what is the secret number of the wifi?".
"Zan iya zama?", can I sit?