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Before vowel sounds<br>'''[[an]]''' | Before vowel sounds<br>'''[[an]]''' | ||
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{{determiner|wani <KALMA> ɗaya}} | |||
# '''A''' is used when the following word could be [[any]] of a certain type. <> {{cx|Hausa equivalent}} Galibi ba a amfani da '''a''' a Hausa sai dai a kan iya cewa ko fassara '''a''' da [[wani]] (not often used in Hausa, however [[wani]] is a close [[equivalent]]). | |||
{{synonyms|one|any|each}} | |||
#: ''Compare "'''A''' book I saw on the shelf" and "'''The''' book I gave you yesterday".'' | |||
# {{cx|English grammar}} '''a''' is called the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indefinite indefinite] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#article article] in [[English]]. | # {{cx|English grammar}} '''a''' is called the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indefinite indefinite] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#article article] in [[English]]. | ||
===Note=== | ===Note=== | ||
* If the following word starts with a [[vowel]] sound, then we use [[an]] instead. | * If the following word starts with a [[vowel]] sound, then we use [[an]] instead. | ||
==Hausa Preposition== | ==Hausa Preposition== | ||
{{preposition|at, in}} | {{preposition|at, in, on, during}} | ||
#: '''''A''' ranar nan. <> '''On''' that day.'' | |||
==Noun== | ==Noun== | ||
{{letter|A}} | {{letter|A}} | ||
<html><img title="The letter A" align=right src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Latin_A.png/220px-Latin_A.png"/></html> | |||
# '''A''' is the [[first]] [[letter]] of the [[alphabet]]. | # '''A''' is the [[first]] [[letter]] of the [[alphabet]]. | ||
#: ''The letter '''"a"''' comes before "b".'' | #: ''The letter '''"a"''' comes before "b".'' | ||
{{alphabet}} | {{alphabet}} | ||
[[Category:English lemmas]] | |||