Hujjar tana cikin wayar.

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Breakdown of Hujjar tana cikin wayar.

• wayar: the phone
• ta: she/it
• hujja: the evidence; supporting argument

Questions & Answers about Hujjar tana cikin wayar.

What is the basic structure of 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.

Why is it tana and not yana?

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.

Does tana mean is here?

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