₦airaland Forum

Different Types Of Greetings in Hausa

ENGLISH HAUSA

Greetings
Good morning Ina kwana? Ans: Lafiya
Asking about the hang over work Ina Gajiya? Ans: Ba gajiya
Good afternoon In Yini
Good evening Sanu da Yamma Ans: Yauwa
Good night(until tomorrow) Sai gobe

Casual Greetings
Hello Barka dai (Sannu)
How is it? Ya ya dai
Hope you are well Ina fata kana lafiya {or Kina lafi ya (F)}

Greeting some one at work
Well done at work Sannu da aiki
I believe work is going on well yes. thank you Ina fata aiki Yana Chi Gaba daidai na gode

Greetings the Sick
Sorry are you Improving? Sann akwai Sauki ne?
You will soon recover Zaka or Zaki Sami Sau ki yan Zu
God will help you get alright - Amen Allah Zai tai makeka/ki ka Sami Sauki Amin
Always pray to God, He will help you Ka yi ta rokon Allah, Zai taimake ka or ki
Are you well now? Yes/No Kaji Sauki Yanzu ne? i or a'a

Salam,

Bastech, nadawo da wata Tsaraba:


Hausa is a Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 24 million people, and as a second language by about 15 million more. Native speakers of Hausa are mostly to be found in the in the north of Nigeria and in the African country of Niger (where it is an official language in the north), but the language is widely used as a lingua franca (similar to Wolof in Senegal) in a much larger swathe of West Africa.
[edit] Pronunciation guide
[edit] Vowels

a
like 'a' in "cat"

[edit] Consonants

b
like 'b' in "bat" but there is also an implosive b, a sound not in English

[edit] Phrase list
[edit] Basics

Hello.
Sannu, but the commonest polite greeting is Salama alaikum, peace be upon you. Salaam alaikum is a Muslim greeting, more commonly used by men than women

A gaishai ka (ki): Hello, or I greet you. Used as a more formal salutation, or if you find someone at hard at work

How are you?
ا نا لافييا /Kana Lahiya(addressing males) or Kina lahiya(addressing females) ?
Fine
Lafiya lau.(in health)
What is your name?
Mi sunan ka?
My name is ______ .
suna na _____

You may do best to simply respond to friendly greetings as they come at you. Lahiya or lahiya lau is nearly always a polite response.

Sannu da aiki (said to someone at work)
sannu kade (hello back)

Sannu da zuwa (welcome, greetings on your arrival)
sannu kade (hello back)

ina gajiya (how is the tiredness)
ba gajiya (fine, no tiredness)

ina dan uwa'en ka (ki) (how are your relatives, your family)
lahiya lau

Ina kwana (good morning, literally how did you sleep)
Lahiya

Ba na jin Hausa (I do not speak Hausa (literally I do not hear Hausa)

Ban gane ba (I do not understand)

Nice to meet you.
I na farin cikin haduwa da kai( an English greeting, not a Hausa one)
Please.
Don Allah
Thank you.
Na gode.
You're welcome.
Marhaba (In the sense of welcoming someone, but in response to someone thanking you, Ba kome)
Yes.
Eh
No.
A'a
Excuse me. (getting attention)
Don Allah ji mana!
Excuse me. (begging pardon)
gafara
I'm sorry.
Yi hakuri
Goodbye
Sai an jima.
I can't speak 'Swedish' [well].
Ba na jin harshen Swedish
Do you speak English?
Ka na jin harshen turanci kuwa?
Is there someone here who speaks English?
Akwai mai jin harshen turanci kusa?
Help!
Taimaka!
Look out!
A lura sosai!
Good morning.
Ina kwana?
Good evening.
Barka da yamma
Good night.
Allah ya ba mu alheri
Good night (to sleep)
Mu kwana lafiya
I don't understand.
Ban Gane ba
Where is the toilet?
I na makewayi ya ke?

[edit] Other

Sannu: Sorry

Na Gode: Thank You

Ina Jin Yunwa: I'm Hungry

Ina son ruwa: I want water

More a coming, Sai Anjima

, and about the Language,

Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 24 million people, and as a second language by about 15 million more,

Salam,

Bashtech ne, na dawo, da wata tsaraba:

Hausa is a Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 24 million people, and as a second language by about 15 million more. Native speakers of Hausa are mostly to be found in the in the north of Nigeria and in the African country of Niger (where it is an official language in the north), but the language is widely used as a lingua franca (similar to Wolof in Senegal) in a much larger swathe of West Africa.



a
like 'a' in "cat"

Consonants

b
like 'b' in "bat" but there is also an implosive b, a sound not in English


Basics

Hello.
Sannu, but the commonest polite greeting is Salama alaikum, peace be upon you. Salaam alaikum is a Muslim greeting, more commonly used by men than women

A gaishai ka (ki): Hello, or I greet you. Used as a more formal salutation, or if you find someone at hard at work

How are you?
ا نا لافييا /Kana Lafiya(addressing males) or Kina lafiya(addressing females) ?
Fine
Lafiya lau.(in health)
What is your name?
Mi sunan ka?
My name is ______ .
suna na _____

You may do best to simply respond to friendly greetings as they come at you. Lafiya or lafiya lau is nearly always a polite response.

Sannu da aiki (said to someone at work)
sannu kade (hello back)

Sannu da zuwa (welcome, greetings on your arrival)
sannu kade (hello back)

ina gajiya (how is the tiredness)
ba gajiya (fine, no tiredness)

ina dan uwa'en ka (ki) (how are your relatives, your family)
lahiya lau

Ina kwana (good morning, literally how did you sleep)
Lahiya

Ba na jin Hausa (I do not speak Hausa (literally I do not hear Hausa)

Ban gane ba (I do not understand)

Nice to meet you.
I na farin cikin haduwa da kai( an English greeting, not a Hausa one)

Please.
Don Allah

Thank you.
Na gode.

You're welcome.
Marhaba (In the sense of welcoming someone, but in response to someone thanking you, Ba kome)

Yes.
Eh
No.
A'a
Excuse me. (getting attention)
Don Allah ji mana!
Excuse me. (begging pardon)
gafara
I'm sorry.
Yi hakuri
Goodbye
Sai an jima.
I can't speak 'Swedish' [well].
Ba na jin harshen Swedish
Do you speak English?
Ka na jin harshen turanci kuwa?
Is there someone here who speaks English?
Akwai mai jin harshen turanci kusa?
Help!
Taimaka!
Look out!
A lura sosai!
Good morning.
Ina kwana?
Good evening.
Barka da yamma
Good night.
Allah ya ba mu alheri
Good night (to sleep)
Mu kwana lafiya
I don't understand.
Ban Gane ba
Where is the toilet?
I na makewayi ya ke?



Sannu: Sorry

Na Gode: Thank You

Ina Jin Yunwa: I'm Hungry

Ina son ruwa: I want water


More 'Tsaraba' are coming, I promise,

Ku huta lafiya.

HP 105 what r d specs pls.

Thanks.

@ Phola,

Hi Phola don't ever waste your time trying to configure apache, php and mysql, the simplest way to get it work is as dee02 posted earlier, you have to make use of Xampp or Wamp Server.


http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

or

www.wampserver.com/en/download.php

Hope that will solve your problem.

@ Folahann,

Nigerian own is worst, or even entirely different, but I think the only solution or remedy is for the community to prepare themselves against this people, I mean the community can setup their own Vigilant Group, so the community can donate and the collaborate to raise up some substantial amount of money to buy enough defense ammunition and guns (I really guns i.e Machine Guns), to protect their community, I believe if the entire community prepare to this level or some few 10-20 arm robbers cannot afford to attack them,

But there is only one thing, the community must show dedication and willingness to protect their community against such attacks, else , who can tell.

If they armed-robbers really mean 'business', and approach such community one day, I believe they community should teach them a lesson they will never learn somewhere else on earth.

How do u this is remedy ,

Mhmmm, Hero, Jarumi kenan, ya kamata jaruntarka tasa ka iya tsintar hirar da akeyi,

Hero , (Jarumi) am just saying, as a hero u should find out a way to learn it, to show us that you are a real Hero and u can speak d Language, Hausa Language is the most simplest language to learn on earth.

Ko ba haka ba ? 'Yan uwa ? (I am right ? my native Hausa Speakers?)

Garin Dadi Na Nesa, !

But Hero don't get offended, I will soon post a details instructions known as "Teach Yourself Hausa",

I will recommend u to b visiting this two site to get familiar with the listening:

1) www.bbchausa.com 2) www.voahausa.com

See u soon.

Sai Anjima.

Hi All,

Wonderful , I can see so many people are interested on this stuff, they deserve to see the specs by now (at least with a picture) of this so-called Laptop

And I will suggest if u really mean business, you add details first.

Meanwhile, I am only interested in seeing the specs,

Etin:
You mean you can get a New Laptop for about $80.00? would it come with any software? I would really like to see this one. What are the specs. A laptop cheaper than a Mobile phone! this is interesting.

More than interesting, Mission Impossible !, Think twice I beg

Hi Group,


10 tips for managing virtual teams

Most everyone works in a team environment. It has always been understood that the most effective teams are those located together. In fact, many managers decide to co-locate their team after reorganization, even though the constant churn of people moving from place to place is seen by others as unproductive.

Against this backdrop is a global phenomenon that is driving team staffing in the other direction. The Internet, faster and more reliable communication, and collaborative tools are allowing people to come together on teams that are no longer co-located. In fact, the whole concept of "globalization" is pushing work all over the world, with independent people and teams working anywhere and everywhere.

These groups are sometimes referred to as "virtual teams." They are real teams and they fit a classic definition of teams in terms of working together to achieve a common set of objectives. However, they are referred to as "virtual" mostly because they do not communicate and interact in a traditional face-to-face manner.

Here are some special techniques that can be used to manage these virtual teams.


Establish team objectives

The team members need to know and understand what it is that they are doing together. If they understand only their own role and their own work, they will always just be individual contributors.

Remind everyone they are a team

If the team members think they are all working independently, they will act independent. If they know they are part of a team working on common objectives and deliverables, they will tend to feel better about their work and be more active in their collaboration with other team members.

Establish ground rules

Even though the team members may be remote, they still need to exhibit a common and acceptable set of behaviors. In fact, this is probably more important for virtual teams. Ground rules include things like setting the hours during which the team members are expected to be working, establishing lunch times, determining which meetings are mandatory (in-person, Web-based, or via telephone), and defining expectations for communication turnaround times

Obtain the right technology


I suppose there have always been virtual teams. However, this trend has accelerated in the past few years. The technology is there to support virtual teams -- there is really no reason to be without it. This includes fast access to the Internet, audio conferencing, videocams, collaborative software, and shared directories.

Look for opportunities to socialize

Team members located together have opportunities to socialize throughout the day. Virtual teams don’t usually have this same opportunity to interact with each other, so it is more important for the project manager to look for ways they can bond. This might include getting everyone together one time in a face-to-face setting -- perhaps for a project kickoff meeting.


Be sensitive to cultural differences

It's possible that your virtual team all thinks and acts the same way. However, more and more virtual teams consist of people from multiple countries and cultures. If you are the project manager on this type of team, make sure you have some appreciation for the differences in how people work and how they behave.

Communicate, communicate, communicate

You need to be extra proactive in your communications to make sure everyone understands what is expected. People can start to feel isolated if they do not receive regular communications. It is hard enough to keep everyone informed on a "regular" project. The communication lines on a virtual team must be opened up especially wide. As project manager, you can provide this steady stream of communication.

Adjust and compromise on time differences

Remember that what's convenient for you may not always be convenient to the team members. I was on a project team at a large global company where the manager insisted that team meetings start at 9:00 am. That was convenient for him but resulted in hard feeling from people in other locations who needed to stay very late for these meetings.

Be extra diligent in workload management

Be precise and explicit in assigning work to the virtual team members. You also need to ensure that work is completed on time.

Give people shorter assignments

This is not the time to give people long assignments and hope that they are completed by the deadline. Instead of assigning a six-week activity, for instance, assign the work in three two-week activities. In the former case, you won't know for sure if the work was done for six weeks. In the latter case, you can tell every two weeks if the work is on track.

Reference:

By Tom Mochal

Copyright ©2007 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.
For more downloads and a free TechRepublic membership, please visit http://techrepublic.com.com/2001-6240-0.html

Hi,

I know some little things on Asterix, but I don't know exactly what you want , Programming in Asterix ? Ebooks ? Partner to develop an Asterix SIP Communication System ?

We have discussed this Technology long ago while I was in School (Informatics Academy),

The following links might help:

Official Asterix Development Zone http://www.asterisk.org/

Asterix Documentation from a Forum http://forums.digium.com/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=980c21890431300b96fdf111ba02011d

and you can register on the forum and post your installation wahala here :
http://forums.digium.com/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=980c21890431300b96fdf111ba02011d

I am registered member of Tech Republic and I believe you can get alot of info on Asterix from there, so I suggest you register there too,
Check out this on Asterix http://search.techrepublic.com.com/search/Linux+and+Networking+and+voip.html

Let me now know where you are heading to and if you still need some help, I think I have an ebook on it.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Hi Group, am bash, am Interested too, and I buy the idea of making a group, am Web Developer with experienced in Php and Msql. I am new into Vb.net

I have developed web portals for some Colleges in my area, therefore I think I have something to contribute to my beloved naija community.

I will like to recommend all the interested members having Skype id for easiest communication, I hope is not bad idea.

Thank you all for showing interest and support.

Regarding starting a software Business, I think this has to do with two things even though you didnt specify better, I mean you want to start selling 'Original' Software not 'Pirated' Software ? but I guess you may be wanted to start Developing Software.

This is very good idea, but Software Business, the way you put it, involve learning 'Powerful' Programming languages, or rather 'Marketable' Programming Languages, I mean i don't know how far you have gone in terms of Programming skills, but you MUST know at least 3 programming languages i.e Visual Basic.Net, Java Programming and C ++, these three powerful Object Oriented Programming Languages, are very common when it comes to Developing a Software for a company, individuals or government agencies.

However, you need additional tools like software that will enhance and make your Interface looks good and thinks like that for that I will recommend Macromedia Flex.

Nevertheless, you put this in mind that, knowing programming languages, along will not be sufficient, because you must also know some Database Application (even though not deeply), like Mysql, Oracle the MS Sql, these DBMS will really help in making your software looks standard and of course to meet your client requirement.

In nutshell, you also need to study this field very well and to understand the concept of designing a software, therefore there are very interesting books on the fields like: Program Design, Software Architecture, System Analysis and Design, Programming with VB.NET, Programming with C++, Object Orientied Programming with Java etc (Sorry I cannot remember the publishers, but I will find out for you).

Another thing is that, you must show interest and dedication to this field and of course you should know that this field will consume alot of your time, and your 'brain' because you must learn how to easily solve a very complex Programming Problems, when a client request for a software.

I will also recommend hooking up with Software Programming Forum, find a nice one and get registered, you know, make friends out there, exchange and share ideas, feel free to ask them questions and things like that.

All I can say is if you can make it just a like a hobby, in shorter time, you would find out that you started making it.

You can start with making small application for free, post them on web, you know, expect some commends and responds from Professionals and things like that.

I am just trying to help, I am not an expert on the field, you should know that, but I believe some these hints will really help you to start up.

In my next post, I will post a link to a website you will get free ebooks on Software Programming.

Thanks.

Thanks, I have finally gotten one.

Thanks.

@tundewoods, @broadcode ,

It is very much possible to design a portal that can be used to check neco/waec results, it is not the issue of accessing neco or weac database at all, is the issue of designing a portal with gateway concept that has ability to validate the neco/waec pins from their site, retrieve the results, displayed it in your portal, from then it can be further manipulated, I mean students can then used a second generated pin for your portal to enable them forward, view results multiple times (unlike neco/weac, which I think you can only check 5 times), send to your mobile phones etc.

webmasters, this is possible, am not saying I gonna do it, but I have seen alot of it, once you have an access code to a particular site, you can of course access database from there, bring back to your portal database and manipulate it.

The web technology to be used is very much similar with shopping cart systems, you transact in one website, payment, credit validation done via ssl behind another websites, but all taking place within your portal without the client knowing exactly what is happening at the background.

Also very much similar with PHISHING, you enter pin in one website, validation will take place from the GENUINE (Original website), then later you will be taking to a FAKE website to do wish of the hackers or the website hijackers.

Anyway, I don't know much about web design, but am learning.

Hi,

am a Network engineer, I need a pairly used Shiron Gateway RG384B or the IRG15 terminal, anybody having a good working one, can contact me.

Issue resolved.

.

Hi,

For those of u using mac , the famous software CROSS OVER FOR MAC is available [Free Trial], you can use it to run so many Windows Appz on your mac.

Google it to find more about it.

Bashtech.

You can get a copy mac os X here : http://www.phazeddl.com/search.php?q=mac+os+x

Checkout.

Hi,

You can really get macs systems around especially in Computer Village, besides that, you should know that you cannot easily install mac os x in windows systems without damn technical manovaurs.

Am using iBookG4, 512mb, 40GB, Mac os X Tiger. Also having PowerPC Desktop with Mac os X tiger installed. If u guys are interested in mac os x stuff, I will provide free stuff and help on using it.

I bet u ! Mac is more powerful than Windows ! Why simply because, you cannot be disturb with virus wahala, and difficult for hackers to penetrate, you can also use it to bypass so many things on the web.

Bashtech.

Hi,

Pls I would like to know if there is any Mac Os x users in da house so that we can share ideas, appz and build Nigerian Mac Os X users Community, Meanwhile I am using Mac for the past 2 years. Am ready to answer questions like Mac Os X and Virus Issues, Whether Mac can be hacked or not and at least so many things to share.

Hello,

This is the situation, first make sure your System is running Windows Xp, else you need to Install the DRIVER of the device that comes with the USB be it Flash memory, Printer, Digital camera or whatever (e.g in the case of Windows 98).

Secondly, if you are using Windows Xp, from the Desktop of your pc you can right-click on My Computer, Click on Properties, go to Hardware then Device Manager, try to check wether your USB port is active, if you question mark there, meaning your system cannot detect usb.

Another alternative is to use another usb port on your system, some systems having usb port at the front check it (for Desktop Users).

I hope this might solve your problem. Bye.

Passing exams means nothing if you cannot perform at work. Create virtual/physical labs and practice,

http://certready..com/

Hi Guyz,

Give this site a trial it will really help, they have PLENTY DUMBS.

Cert Ready !

Get ready and pass your exams , ! www.Certready.tk || www.Certready..com

http://certready..com/

Hi Guyz,

Give this site a trial it will really help

Cert Ready !

Get ready and pass your exams , ! www.Certready.tk || www.Certready..com

http://certready..com/

@ Wimaxer,

I find out your postings very helpful in my current study on Wimax Technology, I am just new into Wimax but now new in Wireless. I would like to know from you the cost of Wimax Equipments i.e. Alvarion's BreezeMAX 3500 system, and the rest, and please can you provide me with details on the basic requirements for setting up Wimax in a small town with expected 150 Users? What are the fee for NCC Licence on that ?.