sai dai

except, but then, instead, rather, however.
Sai dai wanna <> Except this one.

Sai dai akan iya cewa yana faruwa kaɗan <> Rather, one can say that it seldom happens.

E haka ne, sai dai ba kodayaushe su ke zuwa ba. <> Yes it's true but then it's not all the time that they visit.