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Asking directions in Hausa

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In today’s lesson we are going to study the following topic: ”ASKING DIRECTIONS” in Hausa

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Asking directions in Hausa

ENGLISH	HAUSA	ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION	PORTUGUESE
How do I arrive to ...?	Taya zan isa ...?	tah yah zahn ih sah	como chego a ... ?
... downtown?	... cikin gari?	chih kihn gah rih	centro da cidade ?
left side	gefen hagu	geh fehn hag gou	lado esquerdo
right side	gefen dama	geh fehn dah mah	lado direito
straight ahead	kai tsaye	kah  ih tsah yeh	siga em frente !
towards the forest	zuwa ga gandun daji	zoo ah gah gahn doon dah jih	até a floresta
before the ...	kafin ...	kah fihn	antes de ...
watch for the ...	lura da ...	loo rah dah	procure pelo ... procure pela ...
The north	Arewa	ah reh ou ah	o norte
The south	Kudancin	kou dahn chihn	o sul
The east	Gabas	gah bahs	o leste
The west	Yamma	yahm mah	o oeste
on the mountains	a kan duwatsu	ah kahn doo ah tsou	nas montanhas
besides of the hotel	banda otal din	bahn dah oh tahl deen	ao lado do hotel

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