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Time in Hausa

This is a list of time related words in Hausa. This includes days, months, seasons. Very helpful basic vocabulary for anyone. Let's start with days!

Days: Kwanaki
Monday: Litinin
Tuesday: Talata
Wednesday: Laraba
Thursday: Alhamis
Friday: Juma'a
Saturday: Asabar
Sunday: Lahadi

Now we move on to the 12 months of the year. What fun!

January: Janairu
February: Fabrairu
March: Maris
April: Afrilu
May: Mayu
June: Yuni
July: Yuli
August: Agusta
September: Satumba
October: Oktoba
November: Nuwamba
December: Disamba

Now let's learn about the seasons, hour, minutes and second...

Autumn: Damuna
Winter: hunturu
Spring: kaka
Summer: Bazara
Seasons: Yanayi
Months: Wattani
Time: lokaci
Hour: awa
Minute: minti
Second: daƙiƙa

Finally we get to the senences section. This is where you will see some of the above time related words used in a common phrase.

Yesterday was Sunday: Jiya Lahadi ce
Today is Monday: yau Litinin
See you tomorrow!: Sai mun sadu gobe!
I will visit you in August: Zan kawo maka ziyara a watan Agusta
Winter is very cold here: Ana sanyi a nan mai tsanani
I was born in July: A watan Yuli aka haife ni

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