instruct

koya wa, umarta, gargaɗi

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɪnˈstrʌkt/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) instruct

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) instructs

Past tense (ya wuce) instructed

Past participle (ya wuce) instructed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) instructing

1. (transitive) If you instruct someone, you tell or teach them what to do or how to do something. <> koya wa, umarta, gargaɗi [1], hora.

   That is instructed to whoever of you believes in Allah and the Last Day. <> wancan ɗinku ana yin wa'azi da shi ga wanda ya kasance yana yin imani da allah da ranar lahira. = wannan don a fadakar da wadanda suke yin imani ne da allah da ranar lahira. --Qur'an 65:2

   We were stopped on the road and instructed by the police to turn around and go back.

Related words

• instruction, order (umarni, koyarwa)
• instructor (malami, mai bada umarni)