Hausa Nouns
Learning the Hausa Nouns 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 Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Hausa.
Hausa nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Hausa Nouns |
| nouns | nouns |
| my car | matukara |
| green car | mota koriya fatau |
| three cars | uku motoci |
| car garage | mota gareji |
| outside the car | bayan mota |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Hausa has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Hausa.
List of Nouns in Hausa
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Hausa placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hausa vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Hausa Nouns |
| arm | hannu |
| back | da |
| cheeks | kumatuin |
| chest | kirjin |
| chin | haɓa |
| ear | kunne |
| elbow | tsufakayar |
| eye | ido |
| face | fuska |
| finger | yatsar |
| fingers | yatsun |
| foot | ƙafa |
| hair | taza |
| hand | hannu |
| head | kan |
| heart | zuciya |
| knee | gwiwar |
| leg | ƙafa |
| lip | leɓen |
| mouth | baki |
| neck | wuyansa |
| nose | baki |
| shoulder | kafadar |
| stomach | ciki |
| teeth | yake |
| thigh | cinyan |
| throat | makogwaron |
| thumb | manuninsa |
| toe | yatsa |
| tongue | harshe |
| tooth | hakorin |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Hausa, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Hausa Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Hausa lessons here: Learn Hausa. Don't forget to bookmark this page.