Hausa — top 204 words

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#	Hausa	English
1		hello
2		hello (gentle, take care)
3		good morning (how was the night?)
4		good afternoon
5		how are you? (to m.)
6		how are you? (to f.)
7		fine / in good health
8		thank you
9		thank you very much
10		please (for God's sake)
11		yes
12		no
13		sorry / be patient
14		goodbye (see you later)
15		your name? (m./f.)
16		my name is …
17		person / man
18		people
19		woman
20		man / male
21		boy / girl
22		children
23		father
24		mother
25		friend (m./f.)
26		house / home
27		water
28		food
29		meat
30		bread
31		milk
32		money
33		work / job
34		school
35		book
36		car
37		day / sun
38		night
39		today
40		tomorrow
41		yesterday
42		to eat
43		to drink
44		to go
45		to come
46		to want / love
47		to know
48		to speak
49		to see
50		to hear / feel
51		what?
52		who?
53		where?
54		when?
55		why?
56		how much / how many?
57		good / nice
58		bad / ugly
59		big
60		small
61		I love you (to m./f.)
62		I don't understand
63		do you speak English? (to m.)
64		woman
65		boy, child
66		friend
67		teacher
68		student (at the level of secondary school or higher)
69		emir, king, chief
70		queen, wife of an emir
71		mother
72		father
73		son
74		daughter
75		husband
76		grandfather, grandmother
77		family
78		you (2nd person singular subject pronoun)
79		one
80		two
81		three
82		four
83		five
84		six
85		seven
86		eight
87		nine
88		ten
89		thirty
90		hundred
91		thousand
92		eye
93		ear
94		nose
95		mouth, beak
96		tooth
97		tongue
98		neck
99		arm
100		finger
101		knee
102		bone
103		blood
104		heart
105		liver
106		milk
107		bread (flatbread)
108		fish
109		egg
110		sugar
111		oil, fat, grease
112		rice
113		maize
114		cassava, Manihot esculenta
115		banana
116		coffee
117		beer
118		animal
119		dog
120		cat
121		cow
122		bull, ox, cattle
123		sheep, ewe
124		pig
125		horse
126		donkey
127		chicken, hen
128		bird
129		hare
130		lion
131		leopard
132		elephant
133		hippopotamus
134		rhinoceros
135		crocodile
136		hyena
137		baboon
138		snake, serpent
139		frog, toad
140		lizard
141		spider (long-legged)
142		worm
143		owl
144		moon
145		star
146		sky, heavens
147		wind, breeze
148		thunder
149		fire
150		mountain, hill
151		hill
152		river
153		ocean, sea
154		island
155		ice, snow, hail
156		tree
157		forest, jungle
158		grass
159		leaf
160		flower, blossom
161		wood
162		desert
163		window
164		bed
165		spoon
166		knife
167		bag
168		blanket
169		sandal, shoe
170		bicycle
171		bus
172		airplane
173		spear
174		arrow
175		key
176		needle
177		mirror
178		village
179		town, city
180		church
181		hospital
182		farm
183		time
184		week
185		year
186		hour
187		red
188		green
189		long, tall
190		short
191		new
192		old (of a person or a thing)
193		to ask, to inquire
194		to read
195		to write
196		name
197		word
198		song
199		life
200		death
201		war
202		news, information
203		health
204		medicine, cure