Yaushe taron zai fara?

the meeting

Breakdown of Yaushe taron zai fara?

• fara: to start
• zai: will
• yaushe: when?

Questions & Answers about Yaushe taron zai fara?

What does each word in Yaushe taron zai fara? mean?

A simple breakdown is:

• Yaushe = when
• taron = the meeting / meeting
• zai = will (more literally, a future marker agreeing with it/he)
• fara = start / begin

A very literal gloss would be When meeting it-will start?
Natural English is When will the meeting start?

Why is zai there if taron already tells us what the subject is?

In Hausa, it is normal to have the noun subject and also a subject/agreement marker before the verb.

So the pattern here is roughly:

taron + zai + fara
the meeting + it will + start

English does not do this, so it can feel repetitive at first. But in Hausa, it is standard grammar.

Why is it zai, not za ta or za su?