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Hausa Proverbs

73 Kai kazami'n mutum ne. You are a dirty beast. 74 Kaia'n sariki ba kamma'n naka ba ne, bale ka seyer da shi. Uniform is not the sort of thing you can sell. 75 Ka tsak-ye tasshi. Get up again. Ka tasshi kuma is rather a clumsy way of speaking, what the native calls " Hausa'n turawa." 76 Turawa suna Hausa berkatai. The white men are all over Hausa. 77 Ya doora minny batchi. He abuses me. Doora, pronounced like English door. 78 Anadinga magana. There is a lot of talking going on. 79 Chi dununka (da hannu). Put your arms akimbo. Kamashi a dunu. Seize him by the waist. 80 Kadda woni ya goata woni. Don't let any one project beyond his fellows. Useful in explaining the idea of dressing to a soldier, or a line of them. 81 Anyi minny lalle na bashi. I was obliged to give it him.