Karin Rubutu Kalma (Ginar Kalmomi): Word Building – Basic 3 Hausa Lesson Note (Second Term)

Subject: Hausa Language
Class: Primary 3
Topic: Karin Rubutu Kalma (Ginar Kalmomi) – Word Building
Duration: 35 minutes

Learning Objectives

Pupils will be able to:

• Build new words from basic letters
• Add letters to make different words
• Create word families

Ginar Kalmomi (Building Words)

Starting with Simple Letters

Single Letters: a, i, u, b, d, g, k, m, n

Building Two-Letter Words

• ba (give)
• da (with)
• ga (look/see)
• ka (you)
• na (my/I)

Adding Letters to Build Longer Words

From “ba”:

• ba + ba = baba (father)
• ba + ki = baki (mouth/black)
• ba + ya = baya (back/behind)

From “ma”:

• ma + ma = mama (mother)
• ma + ki = maki (place)
• ma + su = masu (those who have)

Word Families

Words starting with “ka”:

• ka (you)
• kare (dog)
• karatu (reading)
• kasuwa (market)

Words starting with “gi”:

• gida (house)
• gindi (bottom)
• girma (respect)

Exercises

Exercise 1: Build words by adding letters

1. ba + _____ = baba
2. ma + _____ = mama
3. gi + _____ = gida
4. ka + _____ = kare

Exercise 2: Make new words from these letters

Use: b, a, k, i

1. ba + ki = _______
2. ki + ba = _______

Use: g, i, d, a 3. gi + da = _______ 4. da + gi = _______

Exercise 3: Complete the word families

“ka” family:

1. ka_____ (market)
2. ka_____ (dog)
3. ka_____ (reading)

“ma” family:

1. ma_____ (mother)
2. ma_____ (place)
3. ma_____ (school)

Exercise 4: Build 3-letter words

1. b + a + ki = _______
2. g + i + da = _______
3. k + a + re = _______
4. w + a + sa = _______

Exercise 5: Create your own words

Using these letters: m, a, s, u, k, i, n Build 3 different words:

Class Work

Work in pairs. Take turns building words with letter cards. Your partner guesses the word you’re building.

Homework

Find letters in your name. Use those letters to build 5 new Hausa words. Write them neatly.

Teacher’s Note: Use letter blocks or cards for hands-on word building. Make it like a puzzle game!