Wannan samfurin na jabu ne.

to be

Breakdown of Wannan samfurin na jabu ne.

• na: of
• wannan: this
• samfur: the model; sample

Questions & Answers about Wannan samfurin na jabu ne.

What is a word-for-word breakdown of Wannan samfurin na jabu ne?

A helpful rough breakdown is:

• wannan = this / this one
• samfurin = product / sample / model, in a linking form
• na = of / belonging to / characterized by
• jabu = forgery / fake / counterfeit
• ne = the particle used in this kind of is / it is sentence

So the structure is very close to This is a counterfeit product or This is a product of forgery, even if the natural English meaning is shown as This product is fake.

Why is it samfurin and not just samfuri?

Because samfuri changes to samfurin when it links to a following descriptive phrase.

This is a very common Hausa pattern. A noun often takes a linking ending, often -n or -r, before something that further describes it or is connected to it.

So here:

• samfuri = product
• samfurin na jabu = counterfeit product / product of forgery

That -n is not random; it is doing grammatical work.

What does na jabu mean exactly?