try

gwada, gwaji

Pronunciation

• enPR: trī
• IPA: /traɪ/
• SAMPA: /traI/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) try

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) tries

Past tense (ya wuce) tried

Past participle (ya wuce) tried

Present participle (ana cikin yi) trying

1. gwada, yi ƙoƙarin yin wani abu.
   • Synonym: attempt
   1. If a male chicken foraging for food finds a particularly tasty morsel, he will often try to impress nearby females by performing a dance [1] <> Idan zakara ya samu abinci mai dadin dandano, ya yi ta kokarin burge kaji ta hanyar taka rawa. [2]
   2. …that We may try them <> don (kuma) Mu jarraba su --Quran/18/7

Noun

Singular try

Plural tries

Tilo gwaji

Jam'i gwaje-gwaje

1. (countable) A try is when you attempt to do something. <> gwajin aikata abu.

   I gave juggling a try, but I just could not do it.

2. (countable) A try is when you taste, do, or use it to see if it's good. <> ɗanɗana.

Google translation of try

Gwada, kokarin.

1. (noun) gwadawa <> try, comparison, dimension, test, trial; ƙoƙari <> attempt, effort, try, endeavour; jarrabawa <> trial, examination, try, fascination, quiz;
2. (verb) yi ƙoƙari <> try, strive, attempt; yi shari'a <> try, judge;