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This is a list of verbs in the present tense in Hausa. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the present 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 present tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I see you: Ina ganinka |
| I write with a pen: Ina rubutu da alƙalami |
| You love apples: Kana son tuffa |
| You give money: Kana bayarda kuɗi |
| You play tennis: kana wasan tenis |
| He reads a book: Yana karanta littafi |
| He understands me: Yana fahimta ta |
| She has a cat: Tana da mage |
| She knows my friend: Ta san abokina / ƙawata |
| We want to learn: Muna son mu koyo |
| We think Spanish is easy: Muna tunanin cewa Spaniyanci yana da sauƙi |
| You (plural) work here: Kuna aiki a nan |
| You (plural) speak French: Kun iya Faransanci |
| They drive a car: Su na tuƙa mota |
| They smile: Su na murmushi |
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