Breakdown of Adadin ragowar yana da yawa.
da yawa
many
ya
he/it
ragowa
the remainder; balance
adadi
the amount; quantity
Questions & Answers about Adadin ragowar yana da yawa.
What does each word in Adadin ragowar yana da yawa do?
A natural learner-friendly breakdown is:
- adadin = the amount / the quantity / the number of
- ragowar = the leftovers / what remains / the remainder
- yana = it is / it has for a masculine singular subject in this kind of present-time structure
- da = literally with, but very often used in expressions of having
- yawa = much / many / a lot / abundance
So the whole sentence means that the amount of leftovers is large or there are a lot of leftovers, depending on how natural you want the English to sound.
Why is it adadin and not just adadi?
Because adadi changes to adadin when it is followed by another noun in an of relationship.
So:
- adadi = amount / quantity
- adadin ragowar = the amount of the leftovers
This final -n is very common in Hausa when a noun is linked to another noun after it.
Why is it ragowar and not ragowa?
This is another very common Hausa pattern. A noun often appears in a different form when it is definite or when it is used in a linked noun phrase.