Sabis ɗin amintacce ne.

The service is trustworthy.

Breakdown of Sabis ɗin amintacce ne.

• ne: to be
• amintacce: trustworthy; secure
• sabis: the service

Questions & Answers about Sabis ɗin amintacce ne.

What does ɗin mean in sabis ɗin?

ɗin is a postposed determiner. In many contexts, it works a lot like English the, especially when you mean a specific, already identifiable thing.

So sabis ɗin means something like:

• the service
• that service
• the service we’re talking about

A useful thing to remember is that Hausa does not match English article usage exactly. ɗin often points to something definite or already known from context.

Why is ne at the end? Is that the Hausa word for is?

In this kind of sentence, ne helps link the subject with its description, so it often corresponds to English is in translation.

So:

• Sabis ɗin = the service
• amintacce = secure / trustworthy / reliable
• ne = sentence-final marker used in this type of statement

But ne is not exactly the same as an English verb to be in every situation. Hausa handles be-type sentences differently from English, and ne/ce is part of that system.

Why is it ne and not ce?

Hausa often uses:

• ne with masculine or non-feminine subjects
• with feminine singular subjects