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Learning the Hausa Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Hausa language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Hausa.
Hausa Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Hausa Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | adjectives |
| a green tree | wani itace |
| a tall building | mai tsayi gini |
| a very old man | da mutum |
| the old red house | da jajata gidan |
| a very nice friend | da daɗaɗawa aboki |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Hausa.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Hausa placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hausa vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Hausa Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | launoni |
| black | baƙi |
| blue | shuɗi |
| brown | ruwan-ƙasa |
| gray | tokatoka |
| green | |
| orange | oranji kore |
| purple | shunayya |
| red | jajata |
| white | fari |
| yellow | rawayu |
| sizes | sizes |
| big | babbar |
| deep | teku |
| long | mai |
| narrow | tsallake rijiya da baya |
| short | kaɗan |
| small | kaɗan |
| tall | sankam |
| thick | guzuguzun |
| thin | kanjame |
| wide | suna fuskantar |
| shapes | sigogi |
| circular | Dakin hayi |
| straight | miƙaƙƙen |
| square | murabbaar |
| triangular | triangular |
| tastes | mashayan |
| bitter | |
| fresh | sabon |
| salty | gishiri-gishiri |
| sour | gumasa |
| spicy | mai yaji |
| sweet | kunun |
| qualities | sashe |
| bad | mugu |
| clean | tande |
| dark | duhu |
| difficult | taazzara |
| dirty | ƙazantar da |
| dry | bushesher |
| easy | mai sauki |
| empty | zubar da |
| expensive | tsada |
| fast | azume |
| foreign | harkokin |
| full | cike |
| good | da |
| hard | wuya |
| heavy | jimbirjimbirn |
| inexpensive | mai sauƙi |
| light | haske |
| local | ƙaramar |
| new | sabon |
| noisy | rica |
| old | da |
| powerful | masu |
| quiet | yi shiru |
| correct | daidai |
| slow | silon |
| soft | lugub |
| very | da |
| weak | lamɓane |
| wet | damuna |
| wrong | laifi |
| young | 'yan |
| quantities | kuɗinta |
| few | 'yan |
| little | yara |
| many | da yawa |
| much | sun |
| part | rabu |
| some | da |
| a few | dama |
| whole |
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