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Learning the Hausa Negation 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 Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Hausa.
Hausa negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). Here are some examples:
| English Negation | Hausa Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | negation |
| he is not here | ba ya nan |
| that is not my book | ba ya littafana |
| do not enter | ba sukan shiga |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Hausa.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Hausa placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hausa vocabulary.
| English Negation | Hausa Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | ba na magana |
| I don't write | ba na rubuta |
| I don't drive | ba na tuƙa |
| I don't love | ba na so |
| I don't give | ba na ba da |
| I don't smile | ba na murmushin |
| I don't take | ba na ɗauki |
| he doesn't speak | ba shi magana |
| he doesn't write | ba ya rubuta |
| he doesn't drive | ba ya tuƙa |
| he doesn't love | ba ya son |
| he doesn't give | ba shi da |
| he doesn't smile | ba shi yake |
| he doesn't take | ba shi amsa |
| we don't speak | ba mu yi magana |
| we don't write | ba Mu rubuta |
| we don't drive | ba Mu kora |
| we don't love | ba mu so |
| we don't give | mu ba mu ba |
| we don't smile | mu ba su yaƙe |
| we don't take | mu ba su amsa |
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