Jayayyar ta ƙare bayan sasanci.

after

Breakdown of Jayayyar ta ƙare bayan sasanci.

• ƙare: to end
• ta: she/it
• sasanci: the settlement; mediation

Questions & Answers about Jayayyar ta ƙare bayan sasanci.

Why is there a ta in the sentence if jayayyar is already the subject?

Because Hausa normally uses a subject marker before the verb even when the subject noun is stated openly.

So Jayayyar ta ƙare is literally something like The dispute, it ended. That may feel repetitive to an English speaker, but in Hausa it is a normal sentence pattern.

Why is it jayayyar and not just jayayya?

Jayayya is the basic form of the noun. Jayayyar is its determinate or linked form, which often gives the sense of the dispute or that specific dispute.

For feminine nouns, this linked ending is often -r. So:

jayayya → jayayyar

This helps show that the speaker is talking about a particular, identifiable dispute, not just any dispute in general.

Is jayayya really feminine, even though it does not refer to a female person?

Yes. In Hausa, grammatical gender is not the same as biological sex.

A noun can be grammatically feminine or masculine even if it names a thing, idea, or event. Jayayya is treated as a feminine noun, so it takes feminine agreement.

That is why you get jayayyar and the subject marker ta.

What exactly does ta mean here?