Hujjar tana cikin wayar.

It follows a very common Hausa pattern:

• Hujjar = the subject noun
• tana = the feminine singular subject marker in the continuous/state form
• cikin wayar = the location phrase, meaning inside the phone / in the phone

So the sentence is basically:

subject + state marker + location

That is why it corresponds to English X is in Y.

Because hujja is treated as a feminine singular noun in Hausa.

In this pattern, Hausa uses different forms depending on gender and number:

• yana = masculine singular
• tana = feminine singular
• suna = plural

Since hujja is feminine, the sentence uses tana.

Yes, in this sentence it works very much like English is.

More literally, tana is a Hausa subject marker + aspect marker form, not a separate verb exactly like English to be. But in location or state sentences, it is often best understood as is:

• Hujjar tana cikin wayar = The evidence is in the phone

So even though tana belongs to a broader Hausa aspect system, here the natural English translation is simply is.

Cikin means inside, within, or in the interior of.

So:

• cikin wayar = inside the phone
• more naturally in English here: in the phone

It is stronger and more specific than just a very loose at or on. It points to something being within something else.

That is normal in sentences like this.

Learners often meet a cikin, which also means in / inside. But after forms like yana, tana, suna, Hausa very often says:

• yana cikin gida
• tana cikin mota
• suna cikin akwatin

So tana cikin wayar is a perfectly normal way to say it is in the phone.

This is a very common Hausa feature with many feminine nouns.

The basic dictionary forms are:

• hujja
• waya

But in connected or specific uses, feminine nouns often appear with a final -r:

• hujjar
• wayar

A learner-friendly way to think about it is that this -r often shows a linked/specific form of the noun. It is not exactly the same as English the, but it often appears in places where English would use a specific noun phrase.

So here:

• hujjar = a specific evidence/proof
• wayar = a specific phone

Hausa does not have a direct article system that matches English the and a/an.

Instead, Hausa often shows specificity through:

• context
• word order
• noun form
• markers like the -r/-n forms on nouns

So hujjar and wayar can give a more specific feel, but they are not a perfect one-word equivalent of English the.

That means the sentence can naturally be translated with the in English even though Hausa does not use a separate word for it.

A good learner pronunciation is roughly:

hoo-jjar

A few helpful points:

• hu sounds like hoo
• jj is held a bit longer than a single j
• the final r is light, often like a quick tap

So try something like:

hooj-jar

with a slightly lengthened j sound in the middle.

It can have a range of meanings depending on context, such as:

• evidence
• proof
• argument
• justification

So even if one translation is given to you, it is useful to remember that hujja is a flexible word. In this sentence, the exact English choice depends on the context, but the grammar of the sentence stays the same.