Casual and colloquial Hausa expressions and discourse particles used in everyday speech, not typically taught in textbooks. Front: the Hausa word or phrase. Back: English meaning.
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- Yaya dai
- Casual "what's up, how's it going"
- Wayyo
- Exclamation of distress or surprise, "oh no!"
- Allah wadai
- Exclamation of shock, roughly "God forbid, oh my"
- Ai haka ne
- "Well, that's how it is" (casual resigned agreement)
- Wallahi
- "I swear (by God)" used casually for emphasis
- Insha Allah
- "God willing," used casually when talking about future plans
- Alhamdulillah
- "Praise be to God," used casually as "I'm fine, all good" in response to a greeting
- Sannu kadan
- "Take it easy, sorry about that" (casual sympathy)
- Ba abinda
- "It's nothing" (casual dismissal)
- Ka daina!
- "Stop it!" (to a male, casual)
- Kai gaskiya!
- "Man, seriously!" (casual exclamation)
- Saurara
- "Listen up" (casual)
- Ka tsaya!
- "Stop! Wait!" (to a male, casual)
- Kadan kadan
- "Little by little, slowly" used casually to mean "take it easy"
- Ba yadda za a yi
- "There's no way, it can't be helped" (casual resignation)
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