✅ BASICS
- 👍 Yes: I (ee)
- 👎 No: A’a (ah-ah)
- 🙏 Please: Don Allah (don ah-LAH)
- 😊 Thank you: Na gode (nah GOH-deh)
- 🤗 You’re welcome: Babu laifi (BAH-boo LIE-fee)
- 😬 Sorry: Yi hakuri (yee ha-KOO-ree)
- 🙋 Excuse me: A gafara (ah gah-FAH-rah)
👋 GREETINGS
- 👋 Hi / Hello: Sannu (SAHN-noo)
- 👋 Bye: Sai an jima (sigh an JEE-mah)
- 🌞 Good morning: Ina kwana (EE-nah KWAH-nah)
- 🌙 Good night: Sai da safe (sigh dah SAH-feh)
❓ QUESTIONS
- ❓ What is it?: Menene wannan? (meh-NEH-neh WAH-nan?)
- 👤 Who?: Wanda? (WAHN-dah?)
- 🕒 When?: Yaushe? (yow-SHEH?)
- 📍 Where?: Ina? (EE-nah?)
- 🛠️ How?: Yaya? (YAH-yah?)
- 🤔 Why?: Me ya sa? (meh yah sah?)
- 🤷 I don’t know: Ban sani ba (bahn SAH-nee bah)
- 😕 I don’t understand: Ban gane ba (bahn GAH-neh bah)
- 🔁 Again: Sake (SAH-keh)
- 🙋♂️ Can I…?: Zan iya…? (zahn EE-yah…?)
🍎 WHAT?
- 🌟 Good: Mai kyau (MY KYAH-oo)
- 👎 Bad: Mummuna (moom-MOO-nah)
- 😋 Yummy: Daɗi! (DAH-dee!)
- 🤢 Yucky: Ƙyama! (KYAH-mah!)
- 🧸 I like it: Ina son shi (EE-nah son shee)
- 💔 I don’t like it: Ban ƙauna ba (bahn KAH-oo-nah bah)
- 💧 Water: Ruwa (ROO-wah)
- 🍝 Food: Abinci (ah-BEEN-chee)
- 👉 This: Wannan (WAH-nan)
- 👉 That: Wancan (WAHN-can)
🧍♂️ WHO?
- 🧒 My name is: Sunana… (soo-NAH-nah…)
- 🗣️ What’s your name?: Menene sunanka? (meh-NEH-neh soo-NAHN-kah?)
- 🙋 I am: Ni ne… (nee neh…)
- 👉 You are: Kai ne / Ke ce… (kai neh / keh cheh…)
😀 FEELINGS
- 😃 I’m happy: Ina farin ciki (EE-nah FAH-rin chee-KEE)
- 😢 I’m sad: Ina baƙin ciki (EE-nah BAH-keen chee-KEE)
- 😴 I’m tired: Ina gajiya (EE-nah gah-JEE-yah)
- 😡 I’m mad: Na fusata (nah foo-SAH-tah)
- 🤕 I’m hurt: Na ji ciwo (nah jee CHEE-wo)
- 🫤 I don’t feel good: Ban ji daɗi ba (bahn jee DAH-dee bah)
- 🥰 I love you: Ina son ku (EE-nah son koo)
- 🍽️ I’m hungry: Ina jin yunwa (EE-nah jeen YUN-wah)
- 🥤 I’m thirsty: Ina jin ƙishirwa (EE-nah jeen KEE-shee-rwah)
⏰ WHEN?
- 📅 Today: Yau (yow)
- 📆 Tomorrow: Gobe (GO-beh)
- 🕰️ Yesterday: Jiya (JEE-yah)
- 🌅 Morning: Safe (SAH-feh)
- 🌌 Night: Dare (DAH-reh)
- ⏳ Now: Yanzu (YAHN-zoo)
- 🔜 Later: Daga baya (DAH-gah BYAH-yah)
📍 WHERE?
- 🔜 Right: Dama (DAH-mah)
- 🔙 Left: Hagu (HAH-goo)
- ⬆️ Straight: Kai tsaye (kai TSAH-yeh)
- ⬅️ Front: Gaba (GAH-bah)
- ➡️ Behind: Bayan (BYAH-n)
- ⬆️ Top / above: Sama (SAH-mah)
- ⬇️ Bottom / below: Kasa (KAH-sah)
- 🏠 Inside: Ciki (CHEE-kee)
- 🌳 Outside: Waje (WAH-jeh)
- 🚪 Entrance / in: Shiga (SHEE-gah)
- 🏃♀️ Exit / out: Fita (FEE-tah)
🔢 HOW MUCH?
- 💵 How much?: Nawa? (NAH-wah?)
- 😮 Too much: Yawace! (YAH-wah-cheh!)
- 👌 A little: Kaɗan (KAH-dahn)
- 1️⃣ One: Daya (DAH-yah)
- 2️⃣ Two: Biyu (BEE-yoo)
- 3️⃣ Three: Uku (OO-koo)
- 4️⃣ Four: Hudu (HOO-doo)
- 5️⃣ Five: Biyar (BEE-yar)
- 6️⃣ Six: Shida (SHEE-dah)
- 7️⃣ Seven: Bakwai (BAHK-wahy)
- 8️⃣ Eight: Takwas (TAHK-wahs)
- 9️⃣ Nine: Tara (TAH-rah)
- 🔟 Ten: Goma (GOH-mah)
- 💯 One hundred: Dari (DAH-ree)
🧠 WHY?
- 🤔 Because: Saboda (sah-BOH-dah)
- 🧩 So…: Don haka… (don HAH-kah…)
- 👀 If…: Idan… (EE-dahn…)
- 🆚 But: Amma… (AH-mah…)
- 🔄 Or: Ko… (koh…)
- ➕ And: Da (dah)
💬 ACTIONS
- 🤲 I need: Ina bukata (EE-nah boo-KAH-tah)
- 🙋♀️ I want: Ina so (EE-nah soh)
- 🙌 I give: Ina ba (EE-nah bah)
- 🤝 I help: Ina taimako (EE-nah TY-mah-koh)
- 🙋 I ask: Ina tambaya (EE-nah tahm-BAH-yah)
- 🗣️ I say: Ina faɗa (EE-nah FAH-dah)
- 👂 I listen: Ina saurare (EE-nah sah-oo-RAH-reh)
- 👀 I see: Ina gani (EE-nah GAH-nee)
- 🦶 I go: Ina tafiya (EE-nah TAH-fee-yah)
- 🍽️ I eat: Ina ci (EE-nah chee)
- 🥤 I drink: Ina sha (EE-nah shah)
- 🛌 I sleep: Ina bacci (EE-nah BAH-chee)
🔊 IMPORTANT WORDS
- 🆘 Help!: A taimake ni! (ah TY-mah-keh nee!)
- 🔇 Quiet!: Yi shiru! (yee SHEE-roo!)
- 🛑 Stop!: Tsaya! (TSAH-yah!)
- 👀 Look!: Kalli! (KAH-lee!)
- 🥱 Calm down: Yi natsu! (yee NAH-tsu!)
- 👏 Come here: Zo nan! (zo nahn!)
- ⏳ Wait: Jira! (JEE-rah!)
- 🌟 Good job!: Kyakkyawan aiki! (KYAH-kyah-YAH-wahn AH-ee-kee!)
- 🤝 Let’s go!: Mu tafi! (moo tah-FEE!)