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# {{pluralonly}} '''Folk''' are people. <> [[mutane]], [[ƙungiyar]] wata [[jama'a]].
# {{pluralonly}} '''Folk''' are people. <> [[mutane]], [[ƙungiyar]] wata [[jama'a]].
#: ''And (remember) when We did deliver you from '''[[Pharaoh]]'s [[folk]]''', who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaying your sons and sparing your women: that was a tremendous trial from your Lord.'' <> Kuma ku tuna lokacin da muka cece ku daga '''[[mutanen]] [[Fir'auna]]''' <small>--[[Quran/2/49#Quran.2F2.2F49_.283.29|Qur'an 2:49]]</small>
#: ''And (remember) when We did deliver you from '''[[Pharaoh]]'s [[folk]]''', who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaying your sons and sparing your women: that was a tremendous trial from your Lord.'' <> Kuma ku tuna lokacin da muka cece ku daga '''[[mutanen]] [[Fir'auna]]''' <small>--[[Quran/2/49#Quran.2F2.2F49_.283.29|Qur'an 2:49]]</small>
#: ''Often, doctors have difficulty explaining things to ordinary '''folk''' like me.''
#: ''Lots of '''folks''' are worried about their jobs.''
# {{pluralonly}} Your '''folks''' are your [[parent]]s. <> dangi, musmamman ma [[iyaye]].
# {{pluralonly}} Your '''folks''' are your [[parent]]s. <> dangi, musmamman ma [[iyaye]].
#: ''I'm not sure if I can get the car. I'll have to ask my '''folks'''.''
#: ''I'm not sure if I can get the car. I'll have to ask my '''folks'''.'' <> Ban da tabbacin zan iya samun motar. Na tambayi '''[[iyaye]]na'''.
# {{context|usually before another noun}} '''Folk''' music, dance, art, etc., is [[traditional]] and belongs to the [[ordinary]] people. <> ababen nishaɗi na [[gargajiya]].
# {{context|usually before another noun}} '''Folk''' music, dance, art, etc., is [[traditional]] and belongs to the [[ordinary]] people. <> ababen nishaɗi na [[gargajiya]].
#: ''I remember reading about him in a collection of '''folk''' tales.''
#: ''I remember reading about him in a collection of '''folk''' tales.''
#: ''The children are learning Russian '''folk''' songs in school.''
#: ''The children are learning Russian '''folk''' songs in school.''

Latest revision as of 05:34, 3 April 2021

mutane, jama'a, dangi, na gargajiya

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular
folk

Plural
folk or folks

  1. (plural only; not used in singular form) Folk are people. <> mutane, ƙungiyar wata jama'a.
    And (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk, who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaying your sons and sparing your women: that was a tremendous trial from your Lord. <> Kuma ku tuna lokacin da muka cece ku daga mutanen Fir'auna --Qur'an 2:49
  2. (plural only; not used in singular form) Your folks are your parents. <> dangi, musmamman ma iyaye.
    I'm not sure if I can get the car. I'll have to ask my folks. <> Ban da tabbacin zan iya samun motar. Na tambayi iyayena.
  3. (usually before another noun) Folk music, dance, art, etc., is traditional and belongs to the ordinary people. <> ababen nishaɗi na gargajiya.
    I remember reading about him in a collection of folk tales.
    The children are learning Russian folk songs in school.