Overview of the Hausa Basic Course

The Hausa Basic Course is divided into 30 units, many of which are composed of dialogues, notes, and supplemental vocabulary. The course assumes the student has no prior knowledge of Hausa and is fully self-instructional. This means that while an instructor/native speaker would be helpful, it is not imperative to learn Hausa with this course. There are 15 CDs and a 419 page textbook or 1 DVD with all lessons on MP3 with the textbook in a PDF file format.

Unit 1: Greetings....Hello, good morning, how are you, ....

Unit 2: Any News?

Unit 3: Directions

Unit 4: Messages

Unit 5: Workers

Unit 6: Inquiries

Unit 7: More inquiries

Unit 8: We'll visit you

Unit 9: Going?

Unit 10: go to Market?

Unit 11: Not Going

Unit 12: Finding someone

Unit 13: Going after Something

Unit 14: You know?

Unit 15: Going away to study

Unit 16: Medicine: Expecting

Unit 17: Malingering?

Unit 18: Trying to collect

Unit 19: Tree-cutting

Unit 20: Let's go Somewhere

Unit 21: Let's go to the game

Unit 22: What color do you want?

Unit 23: Bikes for Tikes

Unit 24: Get it for me; Telling time...by the hour, time of day, and other terms for time

Unit 25: Around home

Unit 26: Chit Chat

Unit 27: Save your money

Unit 28: Foot in mouth

Unit 29: Orders Around Home

uNIT 30: Asking around

Appendix I Supplementary Conversations

1. At the office in the morning

2. At the office

3. About Town

4. At the market

5. Inspecting a School

6. A master and his servants

7. A call on an Emir

Hausa is the major language of the northern region of Nigeria. It is also used widely in commerce and trade in large areas of west Africa. Hausa is genetically related to such well-known languages as ancient hieroglyphic Egyptian, Assyro-Babylonian, Hebrew, and Arabic, as well as to others less familiar but also of importance, such as Amharic and Somali. The course teaches the basic phonology and language and provides a good basic vocabulary. Instruction is centered on basic sentences, notes, and drills. The recordings include the basic sentences and drills of the units, as well as the supplementary conversations that follow the units.