Za a warware ƙorafi sai dai idan jayayyar ta ci gaba.

A complaint will be resolved unless the dispute continues.

Breakdown of Za a warware ƙorafi sai dai idan jayayyar ta ci gaba.

• idan: if
• ci gaba: to continue
• sai dai: however
• za: will

Questions & Answers about Za a warware ƙorafi sai dai idan jayayyar ta ci gaba.

What does za a mean in this sentence?

Za marks a future or expected action. When it is followed by a, the meaning becomes impersonal: the doer is not named.

So za a warware can mean:

• it will be resolved
• they will resolve it
• people will resolve it

In English, this often sounds most natural as a passive, even though Hausa is using an impersonal construction.

Why is a used instead of a normal subject like ya or ta?

Because the sentence does not say who will do the resolving.

Hausa uses a as an impersonal subject pronoun when the agent is unknown, unimportant, or deliberately left unstated.

So:

• za a warware ƙorafi = the complaint will be resolved
• not he/she will resolve the complaint

This is a very common pattern in Hausa.

What does warware mean exactly?