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Is 'na' An Hausa Word Or A Yoruba Word? by POPeter: 7:01pm On Feb 08, 2013
Is 'na' an hausa word or a yoruba word?

Na you be dat

Is 'na' an hausa word or a yoruba word?
Re: Is 'na' An Hausa Word Or A Yoruba Word? by aljharem(m): 8:02pm On Feb 08, 2013
It is actually an Igbo word, a short form a "nna"
Re: Is 'na' An Hausa Word Or A Yoruba Word? by OkikiOluwa1(m): 8:05pm On Feb 08, 2013
Don't know wether it exist in Hausa language. But 'na' is an original Yoruba word & not even a slang. Atimes, it can be spelt naa instead of na.
* Òrò na, (the word).
* Omo na, (the child)
* Emi na re, (this is me)
* Iwo na wa nibe (you are also there).

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Re: Is 'na' An Hausa Word Or A Yoruba Word? by POPeter: 8:09pm On Feb 08, 2013
Okiki_Oluwa: Don't know wether it exist in Hausa language. But 'na' is an original Yoruba word & not even a slang. Atimes, it can be spelt naa instead of na.
* Òrò na, (the word).
* Omo na, (the child)
* Emi na re, (this is me)
* Iwo na wa nibe (you are also there).

Thanks

I'm refering to the word 'na' as in it/there
na you=it is you
Re: Is 'na' An Hausa Word Or A Yoruba Word? by OkikiOluwa1(m): 11:29pm On Feb 08, 2013
POPeter:

Thanks

I'm refering to the word 'na' as in it/there
na you=it is you
ohun na ni mo n so (that's what I m saying).
Re: Is 'na' An Hausa Word Or A Yoruba Word? by POPeter: 7:22pm On Feb 11, 2013
any other suggestions?
Re: Is 'na' An Hausa Word Or A Yoruba Word? by zpakln(f): 10:07pm On Feb 12, 2013
shocked
Re: Is 'na' An Hausa Word Or A Yoruba Word? by TAO11(f): 1:37am On Nov 06, 2018
POPeter:


Thanks

I'm refering to the word 'na' as in it/there
na you=it is you


That's obviously pidgin English now, abi?

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