- a cikin lokacin da... alhali
- da ina, da ya na, ko da su na...
- Da ina Kano = While I was in Kano...
- 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
- lokaci da yawa. <> a long time.
- It took a while. <> Abun ya ɗauki ɗan lokaci da yawa.