while

Preposition

Preposition while

1. a cikin lokacin da... alhali
2. da ina, da ya na, ko da su na...

   Da ina Kano = While I was in Kano...

3. amma sai, amma dai, ko da ya ke

   Shi biyu aka ba shi, amma ni kuma aka ban ɗaya kawai <> He got two while I only got one

Noun

Singular while

Plural none

1. A while is a short or long time. <> lokaci da yawa ko kaɗan.

   It took a while. <> Abun ya ɗauki ɗan lokaci da yawa.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) while

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) whiles

Past tense (ya wuce) whiled

Past participle (ya wuce) whiled

Present participle (ana cikin yi) whiling

1. To pass time. <> kashe lokaci.

   On Sundays, I like to while away the time by reading.

Google translation of while

Yayin da.

1. (conjunction) matuƙar <> while; lokacin da <> when, while;
2. (noun) lokaci <> while, time, term, phase; wa'adi <> while, term;