See the tone, not just the spelling
Everyday Hausa doesn't write tone or vowel length. GoHausa can show both, so you know how a word really sounds.
gidagidāhouse: the a is long
Learn Hausa, ten minutes at a time
Short lessons built on real moments: greeting a shopkeeper, haggling at the market, telling a keke rider where to stop. Hear it, use it, learn why it works, then play it with friends.
600 lessons · 635 words · your first 20 lessons free
Tunga, a weekday morning. The shop owner looks up from his phone.
Sànnu!
Hello! (literally: gently, easy)
You
Yâuwā, sànnu.
Fine — hello to you.
Try it: this is the toggle from lessons
- Sannu: hello
- Ina kwana?: good morning
- Lafiya lau: very well
- Barka da zuwa: welcome
- Na gode: thank you
- Ina gajiya?: how’s the tiredness?
- Yauwa: fine, good
- Madalla: excellent
- Barka da yamma: good afternoon
- Sai an jima: see you later
- Sai gobe: see you tomorrow
- Sànnu
- Nā gōdè
- Lāfiyā lau
- Kāsuwā
- Nawa nḕ?
- Gidā
- Ruwā
- Àbinci
Every lesson does six things
You use the Hausa first and get the explanation after, because that's how it sticks. Each lesson takes about ten minutes, and you gain something even if you stop halfway.
- 1
Cold open
A real scene and one real line. No preamble.
- 2
Say it
The one thing to notice, in two sentences.
- 3
Swap it
A handful of variations. You produce them before any rule is explained.
- 4
Why it works
The grammar, after you can already do it.
- 5
Break it
One deliberate mistake, and what a native speaker would hear.
- 6
Bank it
New words, new patterns, and how much Hausa you can now handle.
Real situations, from day one
Every chapter is a moment you will actually meet in northern Nigeria. Pick one and step into it.
Gaisuwa
Greetings
Nothing starts until the greeting is done.
Nawa ne?
The market
Ask the price, push it down, pay.
Keke
Getting around
Tell the rider where to go and where to stop.
Abinci
Food
Order, eat as a guest, say it is delicious.
Jiki
Body and health
Say what hurts at the pharmacy and the clinic.
Aiki
Work and the phone
Call, text, arrange to meet, say you are busy.
How it works
- Step 1
Take a lesson
Ten minutes: a scene, a handful of examples, the why, and one mistake to avoid.
- Step 2
Hear and answer
Listen, tap any word to hear it, type and build sentences. Typos are forgiven; real mistakes get a hint.
- Step 3
Practise at the right time
Words come back just before you would forget them, so they stay.
Everything you need to sound right
Hear every word
Every word and sentence has audio: tap any word to hear it, and train your ear with listening exercises. It's a computer voice for now, always labelled; native recordings replace it lesson by lesson.
Ìnā kwānā?Good morning?
Hausa-aware answer checking
Typed kasa for ƙasā (country)? You still get it right, with a nudge about the hooked ƙ. Gave the singular where the plural belongs? You get a hint that says exactly that.
Practice that remembers for you
Every word you learn is scheduled to come back just before you would forget it. Words you know fade into the background; the tricky ones return until they stick.
A habit that sticks
Daily goals, streaks and freezes you earn by practising, never by paying.
- Mon: practised
- Tue: practised
- Wed: practised
- Thu: streak freeze used
- Fri: today, not yet practised
- Sat: upcoming
- Sun: upcoming
Learn together
Hausa sticks faster when you use it with people. Bring your friends along: playing is free, and duels ask about the words you’ve already learned.
Friends and quick duels
Add friends by username or send your invite link. Nudge them to keep a streak going, or challenge them to Fastest Finger: ten quick rounds on words you have both learned, live or whenever they’re free.
Kalmomi, the Hausa word game
A board game of Hausa words to play with a friend, a move at a time, plus a daily puzzle everyone shares. A word we haven’t checked yet goes to our word checkers, and its points come when it’s confirmed.
Circles
A private group for family, classmates or colleagues, joined with a code. A weekly board, a goal you reach together, and a feed of milestones and cheers.
Say it out loud
Each day your circle gets a short speaking prompt, answered with a voice note of up to 15 seconds. Only members of the circle can hear it. Notes are deleted after 30 days and never used to train anything.
For your team, school or NYSC batch
An organisation circle gives everyone in it the full course, with seats arranged with us, and a progress report for the person who runs it. Joining any circle is free; starting your own comes with a plan (units 1 to 20 stay free either way).
Talk to us about seatsA whole course, not a phrasebook
- levels, from first greeting to Ajami
- 10
- ten-minute lessons
- 600
- words, with every form you need
- 635
- example sentences
- 3,232
Start free. Unlock the rest when you’re ready.
The first 20 units are free for everyone, no card needed. A plan opens the whole course, and your progress carries straight on.
Free
Free/ 20 units
No card, no time limit.
- Units 1 to 20, with audio
- Practice and the word bank for those words
- Streaks and your daily goal
- Friends, duels, Kalmomi and joining circles
Monthly
Cancel anytime; access runs to the end of what you paid for.
- All 600 units, Levels I to X
- The full verb system, every tense and mood
- Practice and your word bank, across the whole course
- Duels on words from the whole course
- Start your own circles
- Every update included
Yearly
Best valueCosts less than paying monthly for a year.
- All 600 units, Levels I to X
- The full verb system, every tense and mood
- Practice and your word bank, across the whole course
- Duels on words from the whole course
- Start your own circles
- Every update included
Pay by card and your plan renews by itself; that’s the easiest way, and you can cancel anytime. Or, in naira, pay once for 1 or 12 months by card, bank transfer, USSD or OPay; paying once never renews.
Founding members: people who joined our waitlist early get a discount on their first months. Sign up with the email you used on the waitlist and confirm it; the discount is in your price automatically. Visit the waitlist
Start freeGood to know
Your first 20 units are free, with audio, practice and the word bank for those words. No card needed. After that, choose a monthly or a yearly plan; yearly costs less than paying monthly. Cancel anytime.
No. GoHausa starts from your very first greeting and builds up, ten minutes at a time, to real conversation.
Standard Hausa, as it’s written in books and heard on the radio across northern Nigeria.
Yes. Every word and sentence has audio: tap any word to hear it, and lessons include listening exercises. It’s a computer voice for now and always labelled as one; native recordings replace it lesson by lesson.
Lessons give you on-screen keys for the hooked letters. If you type a plain b, d or k instead, you still get it right, with a note about the hooked letter. Tone marks are never required.
Yes. Cancel anytime from Your plan and you keep everything until the end of what you paid for. You can switch between monthly and yearly there too; the switch starts when your current period ends. Your progress is always kept.
Yes, in naira. Pay once for 1 or 12 months by card, bank transfer, USSD or OPay; it doesn’t renew, and we email you before it ends. Or pay by card and let your plan renew by itself, which is the easiest way to keep going. Flutterwave takes every payment; we never see your card or bank details.
Yes, and it’s free. Pick a username, then add friends by their username or send your invite link. You can nudge a friend to keep their streak, or challenge them to Fastest Finger: ten quick rounds on words you have both learned, live if they’re online or in turns if they’re not. On the free plan, duels use words from units 1 to 20. Friends see your username and avatar, never your email.
A board game of Hausa words. Play a friend a move at a time, or try the daily puzzle everyone shares and see how you did among your friends. If you play a word we haven’t checked yet, it goes to our word checkers; it scores nothing for now and gets its points if it’s confirmed. It’s free.
Private groups for family, friends, classmates or colleagues. You join with a code or link, and inside there’s a weekly board, a goal you reach together, and a feed of milestones, cheers and a daily speaking prompt. Anyone can join a circle for free; starting one comes with a plan. Members see only each other’s usernames, avatars and progress on the board.
Yes. A voice note answering your circle’s daily prompt can be heard only by members of that circle. It’s stored privately, deleted after 30 days, and never used to train anything, including our computer voice. If members report a note, our staff listen to it to decide whether it stays.
Yes, with an organisation circle. We arrange a number of seats with you; everyone holding a seat gets the full course while they’re in the circle, and the person who runs it gets a progress report (usernames only, never emails). Contact us to set one up.
People who joined our waitlist early get a founding discount on their first months. Sign up here with the same email you used on the waitlist and confirm it: the discount appears in your plans automatically. Visit the waitlist