Introductory Hausa

Charles H. Kraft, Marguerite G. Kraft

Univ of California Press, Jun 12, 2024 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 426 pages

Hausa is the first language of over twenty-five million ethnic Hausa people and an important trade language throughout West Africa. This title is an introduction to Hausa and was created to provide instruction to expatriates both in Nigeria and in the United States. Dialogues, conversations, and drills are among the tools used to teach pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Each lesson centers on a situation—such as a visit to the market, home, or doctor—typical of life in northern Nigeria and southern Niger in the early 1970s. Fireside tales and proverbs provide additional insights into the cultural world and social reality of the Hausa people. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

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Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Guide: 13
• Hausa Pronunciation: 23
• Lesson IHow Do You Do?: 49
• Lesson IIGood MorningAfternoon: 62
• Lesson IIIMay I Come In?: 79
• Lesson IVWhats This?: 92
• Lesson VIn the Classroom: 103
• Lesson VIAt Hellos House: 114
• Lesson VIIHow Many Live in Umarus Compound?: 129
• Lesson VIIRTestingLessons IVII: 145
• Lesson VIIIOn the Way to Market: 148
• Lesson IXWhat Can Be Bought at Market?: 164
• Lesson XBuying a Bicycle Seat: 178
• Lesson XIFood Supplies: 193
• Lesson XIIBuying Food: 205
• Lesson XIIIShopping in a Store: 219
• Lesson XIVLeaving the Market: 233
• Lesson XIVRTestingLessons VIIIXIV: 245
• Lesson XVVisiting a Tailor: 249
• Lesson XVIWhat Time Do You Go To Work?: 264
• Lesson XVIIThe Value of Fables: 279
• Lesson XVIIIAround the Fire: 293
• Lesson XIXVisiting the Doctor: 311
• Lesson XXArent You Well?: 325
• Lesson XXRTestingLessons XVXX: 341
• Synopsis of Hausa Grammar: 344
• Glossary of Technical Terminology: 365
• HausaEnglish Vocabulary: 370
• EnglishHausa Vocabulary: 385
• Index of Hausa Names: 402
• Index of Grammar: 404

About the author

Charles H. Kraft is Professor Emeritus at Fuller Theological Seminary. Marguerite G. Kraft is Professor Emerita of Intercultural Studies at Biola University

Bibliographic information

• Title: Introductory Hausa
• Authors: Charles H. Kraft, Marguerite G. Kraft
• Publisher: Univ of California Press, 2024
• ISBN: 0520377915, 9780520377912
• Length: 426 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General