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Hausa Future

This is a list of verbs in the future tense in Hausa. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the future form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.

To see: gani
To write: rubutawa
To love: so / soyayya / ƙauna
To give: bayarwa
To play: wasa
To read: karantawa
To understand: fahimta or ganewa
To have: mallaka or samu
To know: sani
To learn: koyo
To think: tunani
To work: aiki
To speak: magana
To drive: tuƙawa
To smile: yin murmushi
To find: ganowa / samowa

These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the future tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).

I will see you: Zan ganka
I will write with a pen: Zan yi rubutu da alƙalami
You will love apples: Za ka / ki so tuffa
You will give money: Za ka / ki bayarda kuɗi
You will play tennis: Za ka / ki / ku yi wasan tenis
He will read a book: Zai karanta littafi
He will understand me: zai fahimce ni
She will have a cat: za ta mallaki mage
She will know you: za ta sanka
We will want to see you: za mu so ganinka / ki / ku
We will think about you: Za mu yi tunaninka / ki / ku
You (plural) will work here: Za ku yi aiki nan
You (plural) will speak French: Za ku yi magana da Faransanci
They will drive a car: Za su tuƙa mota
They will smile: Za su yi murmushi

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