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Hausa Proverbs

92 Yi magana da karifi. Speak up. 93 Ya ji dadi, yana tunna giddansa. He is happy, thinking of his home. 94 Magana'n mi ku ke yi ? What are you talking about ? 95 Kai tari da junansu? Were you with them ? 96 Ya yi kua har muria ta diisshe. He kept on shouting till he became hoarse. 97 Yana orunnaao^imni. He is grumbling. 98 Zuchiata ta niffeni da riga wonan. I want this coat. 99 Na kari aiki. I finish work. Na kare bugu. I ward off a blow. (Note the difference of termina- tion, in one case hari in the other 'kare,) 100 Rigata ya taakurra. My coat has shrunk. 101 Chirri cliiawa duk da soyanta (sowuya soiya). Pull up the grass, root and all. 102 Ka gamma kanka da ni ? Do you set yourself against me ? Do you wish to compete with me ?