Look at these two dogs. Which one is bigger?

/lʊk æt ðiːz tuː dɒɡz wɪtʃ wʌn ɪz ˈbɪɡər/

Matsakaici

Ka dubi waɗannan karnukan biyu. Wane ya fi girma?

Ma'ana da Amfani

'Look at...' tana nufin 'Ka duba...' — jawo hankali zuwa wani abu. 'Which one is bigger?' tambaya ce ta kwatantawa (comparison) — 'Wane ya fi girma?'. 'bigger' sifar kwatantawa ce ta 'big'. Ka ƙara -er ga gajerun siffofi: big→bigger, small→smaller, tall→taller.

Misalan Jimloli

Look at these two dogs. Which one is bigger? — The brown one.

Ka dubi waɗannan karnukan biyu. Wane ya fi girma? — Mai ruwan ƙasa.

Kwatanta dabbobi

Which city is bigger, Kano or Abuja?

Wane birni ya fi girma, Kano ko Abuja?

Kwatanta birane

Look at those two buildings. Which one is taller?

Ka dubi waɗancan gine-ginen biyu. Wane ya fi tsawo?

Kwatanta gine-gine

Kwatancen Hausa

A Hausa muna amfani da 'ya fi' don kwatantawa: 'Ya fi girma' (= bigger), 'Ya fi tsawo' (= taller). Turanci yana ƙara -er a ƙarshen sifa (big → bigger). Ga dogayen siffofi sai 'more' (more beautiful). A Hausa 'ya fi' ta isa ga kowane sifa.

Kuskuren da ake yi

Which one is more big?

Which one is bigger?

'big' gajeriyar sifa ce — ka ƙara -er (bigger). Ba 'more big' ba. 'more' na dogayen siffofi ne.

Which one is biger?

Which one is bigger?

'big' ya ƙare da CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant), don haka ka naɗe harafin ƙarshe: big → bigger.

Jarrabawa

Kana kwatanta tsawo biyu. Wace jimla ta fi daidai?

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