Zan mayar da silifar.

I will return the slippers.

Breakdown of Zan mayar da silifar.

• ni: I
• silifa: the slippers
• mayar: to return; put back

Questions & Answers about Zan mayar da silifar.

What does zan mean in this sentence?

Zan means I will or I am going to.

It is the normal Hausa future form for I. So in Zan mayar da silifar, the sentence starts by telling you that the action is in the future.

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Is zan made up of smaller parts?

Yes. Zan is historically a combination of the future marker za and the pronoun for I.

So learners often think of it like this:

• za = future marker
• ni = I

But in normal Hausa, this comes together as zan before a verb.

So:

• zan tafi = I will go
• zan mayar da silifar = I will return the slipper

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