₦airaland Forum

AfricanApple:
for those wey I senior for class, see a list here o
air--- iska
black--- baiki baki
white--- far I fari
plate---- kwanu[/b ]kwano
cup--- Kofi
spoon--- chokali
bottle--- kolba
trouser--- [b]wande wando
carton--- kwali
fire/light---- wuta
iron--- Dutse gaga dutsen guga
funnel--- bututu
field---- filing fili
grass--- chiyawa
aeroplane--- jirgin sama
horse--- doki
head--- kai
queen--- sarauniya
mind---- zuchiya
rope---- igiya
teeth--- hakori

KelvinGraphics:
Na it be say me still dey class '0'

Paretomaster:
u can at least learn to greet here, just make sure u don't leave without learning a thing.

Joslyn:
I am serving(NYSC) in Kebbi State.

KelvinGraphics:
Thanks boss.

I will surely make sure i learn atleast even if its ''Inakwana''

Paretomaster:
Corpers wee! yayi kyau, garinmu kenan amma lagos na tashi, ki tabatar ke ziyarchi wasar kamun kifi na Argungu kafin ki bar Kebbi.

TRANSLATION= CORPERS WEE! DATS GOOD, THAT'S MY STATE, BUT I GROW UP IN LAGOS, MAKE SURE U WITNESS D ARGUNGU FISHING FESTIVAL BEFORE U LEAVE.

Joslyn:
Wow! which part in Kebbi State? Would love to witness it,but ws not held this year and the river is just behind my house.I'm serving in Argungu.

KelvinGraphics:
Na it be say me still dey class '0'

Jbluv55:
Thanks a lot sire. AfricanApple take note .

snowprince07:
FIXED

Joslyn:
Mallams and Mallama. Pls,translate
1. I will flog/spank you.
2. I am not happy with you.
3. Can you read?
4. Go and put on your clothes.
5. Stop playing.
6. Why are you crying?

jacabi:
I guess you want to learn how to relate with your students. I believe this thread will serve the purpose.

jacabi:
Mallam paretomaster, help me rewrite and translate this "tafi mana yankare".

Paretomaster:
I guess u are trying to write "tafi mana, ya kare" meaning = go now, it has finish or u can go dats all.

AfricanApple:
thanks
na wa o, all this ones wey I don learn finish? I wrote dem out from my book o

KelvinGraphics:
Thanks boss.
I will surely make sure i learn atleast even if its ''Inakwana''

Paretomaster:
u can at least learn to greet here, just make sure u don't leave without learning a thing.

Joslyn:
Pls whts ya jiki? they always ask me this when responding to my greeting.

AfricanApple:
its mallam for male, mallama for female. I know dat cos i'm a Muslim.
I think anything mallami has to do with mother tongue

kellyJames5:
Kai!!
Can I ever learn this language!!!!!!

donvidar:
Yauwa babana...
Ya hutun yau?

Silkmoth33:
Mallami=Both male or female signifying plural form of mallam/mallama

Bifwoli:
Yauwa babana...almost like in Swahili but with just a little fix in this case it'd mean "it kills husbands"

AfricanApple:
ina kwanan Ku anan. ya ku ke. kun tashi lafiya?

kellyJames5:
Kai!!
Can I ever learn this language!!!!!!

neighy:
it makes you wonder... But then again its Easy