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DecodeForge · Hausa

DecodeForge wata bita ce ta karatu mai tsari ga manyan masu karatu waɗanda suke karatu ƙasa da matakinsu. Segwyn gwanin tsara-sauti da dukan ƙungiyar suna nuna maka wata dabara guda ta buɗe kalma. Aikin yana na sirri ne; yin kuskure ba gazawa ba ce ko kaɗan.

DecodeForge is a structured-literacy workshop for older readers who read below grade level. Segwyn the master decoder and the crew each show one decoding move. Practice is private; a slip is never a failure.

This home-language support is added alongside English — it never replaces it. Your English words don't go away.

Words

Each English word is shown with its Hausa meaning and an example. Tap 🔊 to hear it.

Segwyn Segment & blend — slides a word apart into its sounds and back together

Raba da haɗa sauti: kana raba kalma zuwa sautukanta, sannan ka sāke haɗa su (/s/–/o/–/l/ → “sun”).

“Raba kalmar zuwa sautukanta, sannan ka sāke haɗa sautukan — wannan shi ne buɗe kalma.”

“Slide the word apart into its sounds, then slide the sounds back together — that's decoding.”

  • sun rana

    Da safe rana takan fito.

  • map taswira

    Ina amfani da taswira don nemo hanya.

  • step taku

    Kowane taku yana kai ka gaba kaɗan.

Chip Syllable division — chips a big word into syllable chunks you can say

Rarraba baƙaƙe (syllable): kana yanka doguwar kalma zuwa guntayen ɓangarori (saututtuka) da za ka iya faɗa — kamar yadda muke rarraba sauti a Hausa.

“Doguwar kalma guntayen ɓangarori ne kawai jere — yanka ta, sannan ka faɗi kowane ɓangare.”

“A long word is just short chunks in a row — chip it, then say each chunk.”

  • rabbit zomo

    Zomo yana tsalle da sauri (rab-bit).

  • napkin ɗan yaɗi (napkin)

    Yi amfani da ɗan yaɗi ka share baki (nap-kin).

  • basket kwando

    Kwando cike yake da 'ya'yan itace (bas-ket).

Digby Digraphs — fuses two letters into ONE sound (the 'one-breath' trick)

Haɗaɗɗun baƙaƙe (digraph): baƙaƙe biyu suna yin sauti ƊAYA (dabarar ‘numfashi ɗaya’) — sh, ch, th kowanne sabon sauti ɗaya.

“Baƙaƙe biyu, numfashi ɗaya — sh, ch, th kowanne yana yin sabon sauti ɗaya.”

“Two letters, one breath — sh, ch, th each make a single new sound.”

  • ship jirgin ruwa

    Jirgin ruwa yana tafiya a teku.

  • chin haɓa

    Ya riƙe haɓarsa da hannu.

  • thin sirara

    Takarda tana da sirara sosai.

Blenda Consonant blends — smashes a cluster together so each sound still shows

Gamin baƙaƙe (blend): kana haɗa gungun baƙaƙe amma har yanzu ana jin kowane sauti — st-, bl-, cr-.

“A gamin baƙaƙe har yanzu kana jin kowane sauti — st-, bl-, cr- suna zamewa tare amma ba sa narkewa.”

“In a blend you still hear every sound — st-, bl-, cr- glide together but don't merge.”

  • stop tsaya

    Ka tsaya lokacin da fitila ta yi ja.

  • blue shuɗi

    Yau sararin sama shuɗi ne.

  • crab ƙaguwa

    Ƙaguwa tana tafiya a gefe.

Silent Ellie Silent / magic-e — stands silent at a word's end and makes the vowel say its name

e mai shiru / e mai sihiri: tana tsayawa shiru a ƙarshen kalma tana sa wasali ya faɗi sunansa — cap ya zama cape.

“Ina tsaye shiru a ƙarshe — amma ina sa wasali ya faɗi sunansa: cap ya zama cape.”

“I stay silent at the end — but I make the vowel say its own name: cap becomes cape.”

  • cape alkyabba (cape)

    Jarumi yana da alkyabba a kafaɗa.

  • bike keke

    Ina hawa keke na a farfajiya.

  • note takarda ƙaramar saƙo

    Ta rubuta ƙaramar takarda ga mamarta.

Sylva Vowel teams — pairs two vowels so the first does the talking

Ƙungiyar wasali (vowel team): wasali biyu suna tafiya tare — yawanci na farko ne yake magana (rain, seat, boat).

“Idan wasali biyu suna tafiya tare, yawanci na farko ne yake magana — rain, seat, boat.”

“When two vowels walk together, the first one usually does the talking — rain, seat, boat.”

  • rain ruwan sama

    Ruwan sama ya yi tsawon rana.

  • seat wurin zama

    Nemo wurin zama don ka zauna.

  • boat kwale-kwale

    Kwale-kwale yana shawagi a kan ruwa.

Prefa Prefixes — clips a meaning-unit onto the FRONT of a word

Gaba-mahaɗi (prefix): ɗan ma'ana da ake mannawa a GABAN kalma — “un-” yana nufin ba, “re-” yana nufin sāke.

“Gaba-mahaɗi yana zuwa gaba yana canja ma'ana — “un-” yana nufin ba, “re-” yana nufin sāke.”

“A prefix goes on the front and changes the meaning — 'un-' means not, 're-' means again.”

  • unhappy ba mai farin ciki ba

    Ba shi da farin ciki (un- = ba).

  • redo sāke yi

    Ka sāke yin aikin (re- = sāke).

  • preview dubi na farko

    Dubi na farko yana nuna farkon a gaba (pre- = kafin).

Rootley Roots / bases — holds the meaning core everything attaches to

Saiwa / tushe: tana riƙe da ainihin ma'anar da komai ke mannawa — nemo saiwa za ka buɗe dangin kalmomi gaba ɗaya.

“Ni ne ainihin ma'ana — nemo ni za ka buɗe dukan dangin kalmomi.”

“I'm the meaning core — find me and you can unlock a whole family of words.”

  • port (carry) port (saiwa: ɗauka)

    Saiwar “port” tana nufin ɗauka — tana cikin “transport”.

  • spect (look) spect (saiwa: kallo)

    Saiwar “spect” tana nufin kallo — tana cikin “inspect” da “spectator”.

  • dict (say) dict (saiwa: faɗa)

    Saiwar “dict” tana nufin faɗa — tana cikin “dictionary”.

Fixby Suffixes — tacks a meaning-unit onto the END and guards the spelling-change rule

Baya-mahaɗi (suffix): ɗan ma'ana da ake mannawa a ƘARSHE kuma yana kula da dokar canjin rubutu — happy + ness = happiness.

“Baya-mahaɗi yana zuwa ƙarshe — ka lura da yadda rubutu ke canjawa: happy + ness = happiness.”

“A suffix goes on the end — and watch the spelling change: happy + ness = happiness.”

  • kindness kirki

    Kirkinsa yana kai ga kowa (kind + ness).

  • helpful mai taimako

    Aboki nagari kullum mai taimako ne (help + ful).

  • running mai gudu

    Yara suna gudu a farfajiya (run + ning).

Fluenna Fluency — reads the same passage until it flows (repeated reading)

Ƙwarewar karatu (fluency): kana karanta rubutu ɗaya sau da sau har sai ya gudana — sau da sau, ba tsere ba.

“Karanta shi kuma, kuma — ƙwarewa tana da sauƙi da ji, ba tsere ba.”

“Read it again, and again — fluency is smooth and with feeling, never a race.”

  • smooth mai laushi / mai gudana

    Yanzu karatun yana da laushi.

  • expression bayyanawa (da ji)

    Tana karatu da ji.

Mapper Phoneme-grapheme mapping — maps each sound to its spelling tile

Daidaita sauti-baki (mapping): kowane sauti yana samun akwatin bakinsa — daidaita sautuka da baƙaƙe rubutu zai yi ma'ana.

“Kowane sauti yana samun akwati — daidaita sautuka da baƙaƙe rubutu zai yi ma'ana.”

“Every sound gets a tile — map the sounds to the letters and the spelling makes sense.”

  • fish kifi

    Kifi yana iyo a cikin ruwa (f-i-sh).

  • duck agwagwa

    Agwagwa tana iyo a tafki (d-u-ck).

A translanguaging-informed vocabulary + access support for multilingual learners — NEVER a claim to 'close the EL gap' or replace bilingual instruction. The home language is an asset. Written and checked by a person — not machine-translated.

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