fly

Pronunciation

• enPR: flī
• IPA: /flaɪ/
• SAMPA: /flaI/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) fly

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) flies

Past tense (ya wuce) flew

Past participle (ya wuce) flown

Present participle (ana cikin yi) flying

1. (transitive & intransitive) To move through the air without touching the ground <> tashi sama, tafiya a sararin sama.

   The bird will fly away in the winter.<> Tsuntsun zai tashi sama a lokacin hunturu.

   The airplane flies very high in the air. <> Jirgin na tashi can sama.

   He was the first person to fly a plane around the world. <> Shi ne mutumin farko da ya yi tashi da jirgin sama a duniya.

Noun

Singular fly

Plural flies

Tilo ƙuda

Jam'i ƙudaje

A fly on a leaf

1. (countable) A fly is a type of small insect with wings

   I won't eat my soup because there's a fly in it. <> Ba zan sha miya ta ba saboda akwai ƙuda a ciki.

   There are many flies near the garbage. <> Akwai ƙudaje da yawa a kusa da bola.

2. In baseball a ball that goes high in the air.
3. The piece of cloth hiding the zipper, buttons at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, or underpants.