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The correct information is found in the following segment from the text: Tuwo wani abinci ne da kusan kowa a ƙasar Hausa ke amfani da shi. (Tuwo is a food that nearly everyone in Hausaland eats.)

The word wani can be translated as the indefinite article (a, an), or as another. It must agree with the gender and number of the noun that it describes. The feminine form is wata, and the plural is wasu.

• kusan -- nearly, almost

The term ƙasar Hausa means Hausaland. This is a reference to the area of northern Nigeria and southern Niger that made up the Hausa kingdoms before the colonization of Africa.

The verb phrase yi amfani da literally means to make use of, but it is used here to mean to eat or to consume. Note that the verb yi is omitted, but it is implied here. This is why the noun amfani is used as a verb.

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This segment does talk about the popularity of tuwo in Hausaland (ƙasar Hausa), but it does not refer to its origin.

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This information is found in the following segment from the text: Ana yin tuwon da shinkafa, masara, dawa, gero, da kuma alkama. (Tuwo is made with rice, corn, sorghum, millet, and wheat.)

Tuwo is a type of food that can be made with various grains. The word tuwon followed by the name of a grain is how you describe the type of tuwo.

Examples:

• tuwon masara -- corn tuwo
• tuwon dawa -- sorghum tuwo

Note that gero refers specifically to bulrush millet, a type of millet, but it can refer to all types of millet. The word hatsi means grain, but in some dialects, it refers only to millet (in which case tsaba is the generic word for grain).

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This information is found in the second sentence of the text. Notice that there is a list of words that include masara and alkama.

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This information is found in the following segment from the text: Haka kuma ana cin tuwo da miya iri-iri. (Additionally, tuwo is eaten with various sauces.)

The transitional device haka kuma means and also or furthermore. Here, it is used simply to smooth the transition between sentences.

Note that the impersonal pronoun ana (one) is used to express something that is translated in the passive mood in English.

The word iri means type or seed. The plural iri-iri is used here to mean various types.

The word miya can means sauce or soup.

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This information is found in the third sentence of the text. Remember that iri-iri means of various types.

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The correct information is found in the following segment from the text: Akwai miyar kuka, miyar zogale, miyar gyaɗa, da dai sauransu da dama. (There is baobob sauce, moringa sauce, peanut sauce, and many others.)

The word kuka means baobob, which is a type of tree that is common in Hausaland. The baobob leaf (ganyen kuka) is used as an inexpensive sauce ingredient.

Moringa (zogale) is a plant, the leaves of which are a common sauce ingredient.

Groundnuts, or peanuts (gyaɗa), are a very common ingredient in sauces in Hausaland.

• da dama -- a good number, a lot

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This information is found in the fourth sentence of the text. Notice that each item in the list includes the word miyar.

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