Kaduna – 11/20/2002 | Nijeriya tana ɗaukar bakuncin gasar zaɓen Sarauniyar Kyau ta Duniya ta bana wadda za a yi cikin watan Disamba a Abuja. Wata ƙungiyar Musulumi mai suna Ƙungiyar Ulama ta roƙi shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo da ya hana gudanar da wannan gasa.
- ɗaukar bakunci -- to host
- gasa -- competition, contest
- sarauniyar kyau -- beauty queen
- roƙi -- to ask for, to request
- gudanar da -- to conduct, to hold (an event)
- What event is taking place? Suggested Answer: The Miss World pageant is set to be held in Abuja, Nigeria. This is discussed in the first sentence of the report: Nijeriya tana ɗaukar bakuncin gasar zaɓen Sarauniyar Kyau ta Duniya ta bana wadda za a yi cikin watan Disamba a Abuja. (Nigeria is hosting this year’s Miss World pageant, which will be held in December in Abuja.) The term ɗaukar bakunci means to host. Also, one can say karɓar bakunci. The word gasa is a generic word meaning competition. The term gasar zaɓen sarauniyar kyau means pageant.
- What has been the response? Suggested Answer: An Islamic group in Nigeria has called upon the President to stop the pageant from being held in Nigeria. This is explained in the second sentence of the report: Wata ƙungiyar Musulumi mai suna Ƙungiyar Ulama ta roƙi shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo da ya hana gudanar da wannan gasa. (A Muslim organization named The Ulama Organization has called on President Olesegun Obasanjo to prevent the pageant from being held in this country.) The verb roƙa means to ask or beg for something. The compound verb yi tambaya also means to ask, but not to ask for something. In other words, roƙa is generally used to mean ask in the sense of requesting that something be done, whereas yi tambaya is usually refers to requesting an answer to a question. gudanar da -- to conduct, to hold (an event) This is a grade 5 verb formed from the same root as gudana (to flow, to happen). The auxiliary verb hana means to prevent and follows the verb from happening. At the time of this article, Olusegun Obasanjo was the president of Nigeria.