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Pronoun
whose

Whose is used to ask what person something belongs to. <> na wa? su wa? na wanene?
Whose is this? There's no name on it. <> Wannan na wanene? Bai da suna.

Whose coat did you take? <> Kwat ɗin wa ka ɗauka?
Whose is used to join a relative clause about a person or thing. <> wanda, na, da, wadda
- Synonym: who
Children whose parents smoke are more likely to smoke themselves. <> Yaran da iyayensu ke shan taba suna mafi yawancin shan tabar da kansu.

This is a country whose language is dying. <> Wannan ƙasa ce wanda yaren ta na ɓacewa.

The man whose gown is town. <> Mutumin da rigarsa ta yage.

A word whose meaning he knew. <> Wata kalma wadda ya san ma'anarta.

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-[[na]] [[wa]]? [[su]] [[wa]]?
+=== Pronunciation (Yadda ake faɗi) ===
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+[[Category:Terms with audio]]
+====Homophones====
+*[[who's]]
+==Pronoun==
+{{pronoun}}
+# '''Whose''' is used to ask what person something belongs to. <> [[na]] [[wa]]? [[su]] [[wa]]? na wanene?
+#: '''''Whose''' is this? There's no name on it. <> Wannan na wanene? Bai da suna.''
+#: '''''Whose''' coat did you take? <> Kwat ɗin '''wa''' ka ɗauka?''
+# '''Whose''' is used to join a [[relative clause]] about a person or thing. <> [[wanda]], [[na]], [[da]], [[wadda]] {{syn|who}}
+#: ''Children '''whose''' parents smoke are more likely to smoke themselves. <> Yaran '''da''' iyayensu ke shan taba suna mafi yawancin shan tabar da kansu.''
+#: ''This is a country '''whose''' language is dying. <> Wannan ƙasa ce '''wanda''' yaren ta na ɓacewa.''
+#: ''The man '''whose''' gown is town. <> Mutumin '''da''' rigarsa ta yage.''
+#: '' A word '''whose''' meaning he knew. <> Wata kalma '''wadda''' ya san ma'anarta.''
+[[Category:Interrogative pronouns]]
+[[Category:Relative pronouns]]