Hausa Novels & Stories

That’s my dad. ************************************************************************************************************ “…Ke ihe ino neme?”- What were you doing? “…ke ihe i neme ebea”- what are you here? They are Igbo words. Igbo is a tribe in eastern Nigeria What is your country and local language readers? Tell me in the comments

She finished her breakfast on time, she sauntered out of the house after bidding them adieu. "Mallam Audu, I'm ready." she called standing next to the car that's taking her to school. "Ina yini Mallam Audu," she greet him in Hausa, squatting down a little when he came out of his room dressed in his usual Jallabiya. "Lafiya lau Meheruu," he teased knowing how she despised the name. "Mallam Audu!" she whined stomping her feet on the ground. "Muje kafin muyi latti (let's go before you get late) and we don't want that." he said laughing whilst shaking his head.

"Whispers are for the young. In this house, we only listen to the stones. But stones are expensive these days, daughter of the market. very expensive!" *Egba is the dialect of first settlers of Abeokuta

"Lagos. I'm Yoruba, hence the name Louis Bayo." "Cool. I'm quite familiar with the name Louis. Bayou is the Yoruba one, I guess?” “Yes.” “You speak the language?" "Not really. I understand, but I can't speak it fluently." "Karo," Mother says. "Did Mother just speak Yoruba?" I ask, laughing out loud. "Yes," he says, smiling. "What did she say?" "Good morning." Mother responds. "Ok. Ok. Someone is learning fast." Louis says.

As a corpers posted to the far north, far away from my Ekiti state, it was not easy at all. I could not speak Hausa, the few words I learned in the camp, I use to buy things in the market. Words like: Ina kwana- Good morning. Na wan? - How much? It was quite difficult living in a new environment. The people though friendly find it difficult to communicate with me. They will say: Ba a Hausa meaning Cannot speak Hausa. Sometimes they will ask you: Akwai Hausa? meaning Can you speak Hausa? I will always reply Ba bu meaning No or Kadan

Tanna said. "She obviously doesn't." Anita said facepalming. "Okay then explain" I said. "This is Gorontula. It's an Hausa kayanmata. Come to think of it. It's perfect since you're marrying an Hausa man isn't it" Tiara explained. "What does it do then?" I asked. The all looked at each other in silence. I didn't understand what the looks were for. "You're kidding right?" Tiara said glaring softly at me.

I asked as he shrugged, then counted with his fingers. He ran out of fingers. I was shocked, “Wait, you can speak more than ten?” “I can speak twelve, to be exact. Two from one country.” “Care to tell me which ones you speak?” “I can speak Russian, Mandarin… I should have started with Mandarin because I started with English and then Mandarin. Then I speak English and I speak Spanish. I also speak hausa and Igbo. Then I speak…” “Okay, fine,” I cut him off. “You speak a lot of languages. But the hausa and Igbo are both from Nigeria, right?”

added Adoukè. - Shola: Don't even go there, and give me a break. Has Dad eaten yet ? - Adoukè: Yes, don't worry, he's had rice. And anyway, if he didn't want my rice, I'd just give him his wine to drink and he'd go to bed. Me, I don’t like nonsense.

"Hey buddy what are you doing.." "Daddy!!" Nabeel jumped up and hugged his dad, Irfan caught an agile Nabeel swiftly. "Daddy ina kwana." "Lafiya qalau, son, an tashi lafiya?" "Lafiya qalau." He spoke his hausa as if he was speaking english. "Let's go and see how mummy is doing are you not supposed to be helping her in the kitchen?" "I was, she sent me away.." "You were being naughty on purpose, so she would send you away ko?" "How did you know daddy?" They both laughed and joined their fists together. What a father and son.

my mom calls me by my Igbo name — an unbreakable habit that I only find annoying when we're outside the house because my mates tend to make fun of it. When I look straight at her, expecting a recap of all dad has said, she shocks me with a five-word sentence: “Remember whose daughter you are.” ... Words/phrases and their meaning: * Shebi: I thought * Dashiki: a loose brightly coloured shirt or tunic, originally from West Africa. * Abi: right * Oyinbo oshi: Oyinbo means a white person. The Yoruba phrase is a kind of insult for people trying to behave differently, mostly in a sophisticated manner.