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Here are examples for the imperative in Hausa. This includes expressions of making requests, giving orders or simply asking someone to do something.
| Go!: Tafi! |
| Stop!: Dakata! |
| Don't Go!: Kada ka / ki tafi! |
| Stay!: Tsaya! |
| Leave!: Bar nan1 |
| Come here!: Zo nan! |
| Go there!: Tafi can! |
| Enter (the room)!: Shiga! / shigo |
| Speak!: Yi magana! |
| Be quiet!: Yi shiru! |
| Turn right: Juya dama |
| Turn left: Juya hagu |
| Go straight: Tafi sosai |
| Wait!: Tsaya! |
| Let's go!: Mu tafi! |
| Be careful!: Yi hankali! |
| Sit down!: Zauna! |
| Let me show you!: Bari in nuna maka / ki! |
| Listen!: Saurara! |
| Write it down!: Rubuta shi! |
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