Na saya silifa duk da tsadarta.

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Breakdown of Na saya silifa duk da tsadarta.

• saya: to buy
• tsada: the expensiveness
• duk da: despite

Questions & Answers about Na saya silifa duk da tsadarta.

What does Na mean here?

Na is the 1st person singular subject marker in the completed/perfective form, so here it means I in the sense of I did / I have done.

So:

• Na saya = I bought

In Hausa, little words like na, ka, ya, ta, mun, kun, sun often show who did the action and sometimes also the aspect of the verb.

What does saya mean?

saya means to buy.

In this sentence:

• Na saya silifa = I bought slippers / I bought the slippers

So the basic structure is:

• Na = I
• saya = bought
• silifa = slippers

Why is the word order Na saya silifa and not something like Na silifa saya?