Hausa Adjectives
Learning the Hausa Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Hausa language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Hausa.
Hausa Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Hausa Adjectives |
| adjectives | adjectives |
| a green tree | wani itace |
| a tall building | mai tsayi gini |
| a very old man | da mutum |
| the old red house | da jajata gidan |
| a very nice friend | da daɗaɗawa aboki |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Hausa has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Hausa.
List of Adjectives in Hausa
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Hausa placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hausa vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Hausa Adjectives |
| colors | launoni |
| black | baƙi |
| blue | shuɗi |
| brown | ruwan-ƙasa |
| gray | tokatoka |
| green | |
| orange | oranji kore |
| purple | shunayya |
| red | jajata |
| white | fari |
| yellow | rawayu |
| |
| sizes | sizes |
| big | babbar |
| deep | teku |
| long | mai |
| narrow | tsallake rijiya da baya |
| short | kaɗan |
| small | kaɗan |
| tall | sankam |
| thick | guzuguzun |
| thin | kanjame |
| wide | suna fuskantar |
| |
| shapes | sigogi |
| circular | Dakin hayi |
| straight | miƙaƙƙen |
| square | murabbaar |
| triangular | triangular |
| |
| tastes | mashayan |
| bitter | |
| fresh | sabon |
| salty | gishiri-gishiri |
| sour | gumasa |
| spicy | mai yaji |
| sweet | kunun |
| |
| qualities | sashe |
| bad | mugu |
| clean | tande |
| dark | duhu |
| difficult | taazzara |
| dirty | ƙazantar da |
| dry | bushesher |
| easy | mai sauki |
| empty | zubar da |
| expensive | tsada |
| fast | azume |
| foreign | harkokin |
| full | cike |
| good | da |
| hard | wuya |
| heavy | jimbirjimbirn |
| inexpensive | mai sauƙi |
| light | haske |
| local | ƙaramar |
| new | sabon |
| noisy | rica |
| old | da |
| powerful | masu |
| quiet | yi shiru |
| correct | daidai |
| slow | silon |
| soft | lugub |
| very | da |
| weak | lamɓane |
| wet | damuna |
| wrong | laifi |
| young | 'yan |
| |
| quantities | kuɗinta |
| few | 'yan |
| little | yara |
| many | da yawa |
| much | sun |
| part | rabu |
| some | da |
| a few | dama |
| whole | |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Hausa, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Hausa Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Hausa lessons here: Learn Hausa. Don't forget to bookmark this page.