command

Noun

Singular command

Plural commands

1. (order) umarni / umurni m
2. (control) shugabanci, shugaba

   Who is in command here? <> Wa ke shugabancin wurin nan? = Wane ne shugaba a nan?

3. iya yi, samun iko

   So nake na samu cikakken iya sarrafa harsunan Hausa da Turanci. <> I would like to gain a full command of the Hausa and English languages.

Related words

• commanding
• commander
• commandment
• commando

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) command

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) commands

Past tense (ya wuce) commanded

Past participle (ya wuce) commanded

Present participle (ana cikin yi) commanding

1. (transitive) If you command someone to do something, you tell them to do it because you have power over them.

   Idan kun yi biyayya da maganar Ubangiji Allahnku, kuna aikata dukan umarnansa waɗanda nake umartarku da su yau. [1] <> if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today. [2]

2. (transitive) If you command attention, respect, etc., you get it because you should get it.

   The amazing power of weather commands respect and fear.

   Her fire-red hair commanded attention.

   The wines from 1989 from that area today command high prices.