“I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” in Hausa (English × Hausa)

When to use it

Use it when calling a clinic or telling someone you must see the dentist.

“I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” · The sentence in English

In “I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” ‘need to’ expresses necessity and ‘an’ precedes the vowel.

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

need

verbneed · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · followed by "to" + verb

to

particleinfinitive marker before the verb

make

verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions

an

determinerindefinite article, used before a vowel sound

appointment

nounnoun

with

prepositionpreposition

the

determinerdefinite article

dentist

nounnoun

“Ina buƙatar yin alƙawari da likitan haƙori.” · The sentence in Hausa

In “Ina buƙatar yin alƙawari da likitan haƙori.” ‘alƙawari’ means appointment and also promise. ‘likitan haƙori’ (doctor of tooth) is a dentist, and you ‘do’ (yi) an appointment.

Ina

pronoun'I am' (continuous)

buƙatar

verbbuƙata · form: verbal noun + -r · 'need (of)'; ina buƙatar = I need

yin

verbyi · form: verbal noun + -n · yin alƙawari = making an appointment

alƙawari

noun'appointment, promise'

da

preposition'with'

likitan

nounlikita 'doctor' + linker -n

haƙori

noun'tooth'; likitan haƙori = dentist

What changes from one language to the other · English × Hausa

English ‘makes’ an appointment; Hausa ‘does’ one, and needs two words for dentist.

Example conversation