Hausa

Counting

Counting in Hausa follows a pattern that makes it quite easy to learn. Once you learn 1-9 and base numbers, you can essentially count to infinity!

Counting 1-10:      

 One  Daya
 Two  Biyu
 Three  Uku
 Four  Hudu
 Five  Biyar
 Six  Shidda
 Seven  Bakwai
 Eight  Takwas
 Nine  Tara
 Ten  Goma

 

Counting 10-20

 Ten  Goma
 Eleven  Goma Sha Daya
 Twelve  Goma Sha Biyu
 Thirteen  Goma Sha Uku
 Fourteen  Goma Sha Hudu
 Fifteen  Goma Sha Biyar
 Sixteen  Goma Sha Shidda
 Seventeen  Goma Sha Bakwai
 Eighteen  Goma Sha Takwas
 Nineteen  Goma Sha Tara
 Twenty  Ashirin

 

Counting 20-30

 Twenty  Ashirin
 Twenty-one  Ashirin da Daya
 Twenty-two  Ashirin da Biyu
 Twenty-three  Ashirin da Uku
 Twenty-four  Ashirin da Hudu
 Twenty-five  Ashirin da Biyar
 Twenty-six  Ashirin da Shidda
 Twenty-seven  Ashirin da Bakwai
 Twenty-eight  Ashirin da Takwas
 Twenty-nine  Ashirin da Tara
 Thirty  Talatin

 

Counting 30+

For numbers in the thirties and beyond, you follow the same structure as 20-30:

Base number (30, 40, 50, etc.) + da + secondary number (1-9)

So all that is left to learn are the base numbers. Here they are for 10-100:

 Ten  Goma
 Twenty  Ashirin
 Thirty  Talatin
 Forty  Arbain
 Fifty  Hamsin
 Sixty  Sittin
 Seventy  Sabain
 Eighty  Tamanin
 Ninety  Tasani
 One-hundred  Dari

 

Now you try!

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