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UMD NFLC Advanced Hausa-English Lessons

Learn the Hausa Language from University of Maryland's National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) developed materials.

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1. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B7N4A4ygdguicW9HM0dQTkpsSk0
2. http://portal.nflc.umd.edu/lessons/language/hausa?field_material_type=1&items_per_page=60&offset=0

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• UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/67_Desertification_and_Northern_Nigeria#Glossary
• UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/105_Political_Unrest_in_Madagascar#Glossary

1. Ruwan sama: "(lit: water of the sky/heavens) rainfall; In this text, a drought, or shortage of rainfall, is referred to." --UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/67_Desertification_and_Northern_Nigeria#Glossary
2. yashin hamada: sand, sand dunes formation --UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/67_Desertification_and_Northern_Nigeria#Glossary --UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/67_Desertification_and_Northern_Nigeria#Glossary
3. ƙuru-ƙuru: "can be seen, obvious; ƙuru-ƙuru is usually used to describe a stare, or a wide-eyed look." --UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/67_Desertification_and_Northern_Nigeria#Glossary
4. ba nan Gizo ke saƙar ba: (lit: that is not where the spider builds its web) let’s not lay the blame in one direction only --UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/67_Desertification_and_Northern_Nigeria#Glossary
5. Sare dazuka: (lit: cutting forests) cutting down of shrub lands --UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/67_Desertification_and_Northern_Nigeria#Glossary
6. makamashin girki: a source of cooking fuel --UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/67_Desertification_and_Northern_Nigeria#Glossary
7. Shakka babu (also babu shakka): certainly, without a doubt --UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/67_Desertification_and_Northern_Nigeria#Glossary
8. shawo kan: (lit: drinking the head) solve, overcome --UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/67_Desertification_and_Northern_Nigeria#Glossary
9. ta da zaune tsaye: (lit: causing sitting and getting up) unrest
10. yan adawa: (lit: children of opposition) opposition party
11. fadi-tashi: (lit: rise up, fall down) political instability
12. yar gaban goshinsa: (lit: the one who is on the front of his forehead) favored associates
13. tada bore: "rose up in rebellion; Bore is spelled properly as bori."
14. magajin birni: (lit: brother of the city) mayor
15. sabanin ra'ayi: had confrontations with
16. wutar lantarki: electricity
17. yan kasuwa: (lit: children of the market) merchants