Learn Hausa: Numbers, Greetings & Conversation

Numbers

Count to ten, then build bigger numbers.

Lesson 1 of 2

One to ten

One to ten

Tap each number to count!

Match the numbers

Tap two cards that belong together.

  • ɗaya = 1
  • uku = 3
  • biyar = 5
  • bakwai = 7
  • goma = 10

Lesson 2 of 2

Bigger numbers

Tens and hundreds

NumberHausa
11goma sha ɗaya
17goma sha bakwai
20ashirin
30talatin
40arba’in
50hamsin
100ɗari
1,000dubu

Did you know?

Numbers from eleven to nineteen are built with goma sha, roughly “ten and”, followed by the unit: goma sha ɗaya is 11. Seven, bakwai, also gives its name to Hausa Bakwai, “the seven Hausa states”.

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