DOCUMENT RESUME ED 52 096 FL 014' 789 AUTHOR Ltben, William R.; And Others TITLE Hausar Yau Da Kullum: Intermediate and Advanced Lessons in Hausa Language air] Culture., INSTITUTION Stanford Univ., Calif. Dept. of Linguistics. SPONS AGENCY Department of Education, Washington, D.C. Div. of International Education. PUB DATE -/ Jun 84 GRANT GOO-83-1851 NOTE 152p., PUB TYPE Guide's. Ciastroom Use Guides (For Teasers) (052) LANGUAGE 'Hausa; English EDRS PRICE MFOlit/PC07.Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS African Languages; Class Activities; *Cultural '1. Education; CurriculUm Guides; *Grammar; *Hausa; instructional Materials; Second Language Instruction; *Vocabulary , ABSTRACT A teaching guide containing, 24 'lessons in - ,intermediate- and advanced-level Hausa contains materials developed /in a U.S. Department of Education sponsored Advanced. Hausa Institute. The lessons contain teacher notes,, a dialOgue, and notes on related grammar and vocabulary. (MSE) \ *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** 6o o83- /87.5- ne. scc ca5 #4f11. 01 .William R. Leben Department of ,Linguistics Stanford University Ahmadu Bello Zaria filhekarau.B. Maikafi Lamm Vanladi Yalvia Centre for. the Study of Nigerian Languages Bayero University, Kano HAUSAR. YAU. DA KULLUM INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LESSONS IN HAUSA LANGUAGE-AND-CULTURE-- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION .gENTEll (ERIC, )1111110:(111( 1:1110111 hPi been reproduced as receivedIrcrn row,on or organization originating it Minoicrwicv.1),A..bml,nEvletoalWove reprodiutiongirdlly Pointf,(Awmwormimm,irmedmIliv.dour montdorugm!ii-6.10yivrawwritrAcialNIF posiunnomPH.,1( June, 1984 African Studies 200 toot Henry HOover Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 U.. S. A. 54) F ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. This text grew out of materials produced for the Intensive Advanced Hausa Institute, hosted.by 'Bayern University, Kano, sponsored by-the U.S. tepartmerit of EduCation Group Projects Abroad, and directed, by Dr. JohnN. Paden. Supplementary funds for the present version of the text came from a grant from the U.S. Department of .Education International Research ...and Studies Program. The authors acknowledge with gratitude the efforts of many friends ,ard. colleagueswho. helped with this, project,. Contributions' ,by,-GamboHamza and Jamilu Barba constitute maj'5r portions of the chapters ABINCI, WASANNI, and SALLOCI.. The Illustrations in chapter 23 were originally done by Rabi'u Mohammad ZaruP: for .S. Maikafi's M. A.thesis. S. Maikafi did 'the illustrations for chapter 24. Joan Bresnan. and William Poser helped to design the software for producing the Hausa hooked letters, and the Department ofLinguist is provided the. hardware. We offer our speC4a1 thanks 10 Dr. Dandatti'Abdulkadir, Director of the;Centre for:the Study of Nigerian Languages, Bayero.Universiyl, for_his friendly guidance and for his Denerosity in; putting the centre's facilities at 'our A companion volume Of exercises to', accompany these lessons it being made available at about the same time as this text. The authors would sincerely appreCiate comments and sugnestiont from readers. TABLE OF CONTENTS i. .Lesson 1. KARON BUBA DA !VAN SANDA -1 2. Li.7,,s7.1.1 2. AURE WKABAR HAUSA.. 10 , .i....9',':.r" 3. ZANCETSAKAN IN SAURAYI DA BUDURWA. ,.. :, 16 \. , 1_9:,,,n i'k DORIN ASIBITI DA 'MORIN GIDA 25 5. 1_9777:on .JANAI.TZA 'i a a a 11 ......a 34 _, 1 t_c .6:- SALLOLI 40 7 '._9ton 7. AZMI , 46 5. '__Q:7-7in L. TSARIN KARATU NA SARSAJIYA 50. 9. Les-,o- 9. BUKIN SUNA. 7 10.Le.s,,n TAFIYA KASUWAR KURMI . 62 1,1.1L9F,on 11,WASANNI 65. 12, L.9,::.sor. ABINCI 77, i3. Le!'.- 17.; AIKIN RINI . 86 1 4 . LE27=% :n KI RA -90 15: LettOn 15.NOMA . 94 -AIKIN-KAFINTA 98 17. LesFon 17.FARAUTA 104 2) 18. 1Less6n 18.SAKA A08 .9. 19. JIMA.. .. .. .. .... .. r .. ....... e_ .113 2n. Leis-:::4n 20. YANKA 117 21. Lesson 21.MORE 120 29.Les! inn KAYAN KIDA 127 LesAson 23.;KAYAN SAWA 131 24. Lesson 24.GININ TUKWANE 140 BE KARON BUDA DA "(AN SANDA Lesson LESSON 4 'KARON,BUBA DA 9yAN SANDA Wata rana wani mutum mai suna Buba ya kama hanyarsa to zuwa Zaria don ya'ziyarpi gida. Yana gi)rara, visit. cikin tafiya amotarsa 'sai ya gamu .da 'yan sanda. Sai 'yan , sandansuka tsayar da shi sabOda tsayar, stop su duba lasinsa d,a kuma takardun l4sin, license mota. Can sai wani d'an sanda ya nufo Buba. riufa, head toward. '.Tan 5anda: Malam s_barkadai! . Biauwa,,sanni.1 da aiki. e .,, , 14 na zuwa ne, Malam? 17. Bt Zan .tafi takardun rnota? 8: Ga V: Inalasin'" B: Aibat' ni da If: 'BA ka dalasin? B: I, ba ni-da shi. T: Me ya(sa-kake tuki-kai-kadai, ba tare da wani direba mai lasin kusada kai ba? kadai, aldne B:,Na yi kokari in sami wani .direba, amma ban same ba. Ni kuma, ina so lallai in zo in ,duba gida. T: Ba shakka, ka.san ka yi laifi -babba. Spoda haka, yi fakin wuri d'aya. .fakin, parking Bt-Ya kama a yi man afuwa, ba zankara-bA. afuwa, forgiveness 'D: A'a! Yanzu ma zan bar ka ka tafi, amma zamkwace takardun motarka. Kuma,ka zo Cameo., confiscate .caji ofis na Saban GarinZaria, ka same caji oVits,', police station ni. 1 Lesson 1 KARON BUBA DA "(AN SANDA B: To, ba'laifi. Aroma idan was suka sake "tsayar dani fa? D:Ai ga wata takarda da zan ba ka, sai ka nuna mUsu. Za su bar ka ka tafi. B: To, yaushe zan same ka a cajiof is d'in? T: Rana ita wato ranarLitinin ke rana ita yau, one week nan. Kuma sunana Saja Audu. from today .saga, sergeant, \ B: Allah ya kai mu. A. tashi lafiya. BUBA A CAJI OFIS Da rana ta kewayo, sai Bubi.ya kewaya, go around kama hanya, ya nufi. ofishin 'Yan sands, wato caji ofis na Sabon Garin Zaria. Buba: Don Allah, ina nemanSaja Audu ne. Kofur:.Ga shi can tsaye, kusa dakanta. itanta,counter Bs Shi ne kuwa! Na gode. Dan Sanda: Yauwal, Malam, har anzo! \ B: Allah ya kawo mu. 'D: To, sai mu tafi wurin Sufeto.Yana nan a sufgto, inspector ciki. To," bisii D: Ranka ya dacfe,.ga mutumin da muka kama nan, ba shi da lasin sailana, kuma yana tuki, shi kacrai. Kuma, mun kama shi ne ya,baro Kano, zai taho Zaria satin da ya Sufeto: Yanzu Malam, me ya sa kuke irin wannan abu?. Kun san doka, aromaku rika rika, keep on karya ta.. karya, break B.: A gaskiya, na. san na yi kusk,ure, kuskure, mistake yallabai (polite address yalla6ai. , to siperior) S: Kai Saja,, sai' a kai- shi wrin Tudun Wada don ya yi rnasa hukunci. hukunci, sentence - 2 - Lesson 1 KARON BUPA DA 'YAN SANDA' .1): An gama, ranka ya dacre! Ai sai mu tafi, fa B: To, biSimilla. BUSA DA ALKELI Sayan kamar, rabin awa, tai Buda da Saja sutra isa wurin ilkalkinTudun Wada. Saja ya ba da .wasutakardui sannan ya. .fito wage, ya tsaya 'tare, 4a Buda:- Sayan mint* arba'in da biyar, sai, alkalin ya'sa aka.kirawo'Suba. Alkali: Kai ne aka kama ka. rananr Litinin da to shige, ba ka da lasin? .9: I, Allah,yalaafarta Malam. san,wannan ba daidai ba. n ko? S: I, Allah ya gafarta Malam. A: To, .kana da abin da za ka ce? B: Abin da zn ce kurum, shi ne na yi kurum, only kokari in sami direba,.amma ban dace dace, be successful Kuma ni, ya kaMe ni tilas in taho ya kama ni,I was gida. obliged A: Kai mutumin ina ne? B: Ai,ni cfan cikin birin Zaria ne. A: A wace un.g.uwa? unguwa, neighborhood S: A unguwar Albarkawa. A: p wane gida? B: Ai ni d'an gidan Malam Sule ne. A: Kai kane ne ga Bala da Musa da Binta? B: Haka ne, Allah ya gafarta Malam. Sai Alkali -ya juya wurin juya, turn magatakardarsa, ya ce: magatakarda, court 3 3 ...esSon 1 -KARON BUBA DA 'YAM $riNme recorder Ai An ta6a kama Buba da wani ta6a, have done previously... Magatakarda,ya dubs littafinsa, ya ce:. M: Ail.ba a ta6a kawo shi nan ba, Allah gafarta Malam. Alkali ya dubi Buba, ya ce: A: To, saboda 141imeliman ehi .ne laifinka na na farkq, first farko, zan \yi maka tarar Naira sittin. tara, fine .<1 Idan ka biya, za a' ba ka takardunka. Amma daga'yau, kada ka <ara. kara, do again B: Ai ba zan Para ba. Na gcide P:warai. Ai To, shi ke nan. Lesson 1 KARON BUBA OA 9YAN-SANDA a GRAMMAR 1. 'While'. The meaning 'while' can be rendered in Hausa by: Progressive + sai + Relative Completive E.g.: 'Yana cikin tafiya a motarsa, sai ya gamu da 'yan sanda While he was traveling in his car, he met up with the police Suna wasai sai suka ga maciji While they were playing, they saw a snake Tana cikin d'inkin ke nan, sai allurar ta karye She was in the midst of her sewing when the needle broke referring-to-time-' (i) Before sai, can can.be used to mean something like bayan an juma kadan. E. g. Can sai wani fan sandagya nufo Buba After-a while, a policeman came up to Buba Can saki ga Fati ta taho After some time, Fati came (ii) Before other time expressions, can is used to refer to passage of a relatively longer period of time. E.g.: Can. tsakar dare Buba ya taho' It was as late as midnight that Buba arrived Can shekarun baya aka kasha wani jarumi It was many years_ago.that a. certain hero was Zan zo.can cikin damina I will come much later, during the rainy season 3.