Wannan batu yana da muhimmanci.

A helpful word-by-word breakdown is:

• Wannan = this
• batu = matter, issue, topic, point
• yana da = literally it has / he has
• muhimmanci = importance, significance

So the sentence is literally something like:

• This matter has importance

That is why the natural English meaning is This matter/topic is important.

Because Hausa often expresses qualities with a have + noun structure.

So instead of saying:

• This matter is important

Hausa very naturally says:

• This matter has importance

That is exactly what yana da muhimmanci is doing.

This is a very common Hausa pattern. English prefers an adjective like important, but Hausa often uses a noun like importance after da.

Yana is the subject marker that agrees with batu.

In this sentence, batu is treated as masculine singular, so Hausa uses:

• yana

You can think of it here as meaning:

• it in it has importance

So the structure is roughly:

• Wannan batu = this matter
• yana da = it has
• muhimmanci = importance

Because batu is grammatically masculine in Hausa.

In Hausa, singular nouns often belong to either a masculine or feminine class, and that affects words like yana / tana.

• yana = used with masculine singular nouns
• tana = used with feminine singular nouns

So with batu, you say:

• Wannan batu yana da muhimmanci

If the noun were feminine, you would normally use tana da instead.

Yes. In this kind of sentence, da is part of the possession structure.

For example:

• Ina da littafi = I have a book
• Yana da muhimmanci = literally It has importance

So yes, da is connected with the idea of having. In this sentence, that possession idea is used idiomatically to express a quality.

In this sentence, muhimmanci is a noun.

It means:

• importance
• significance

That is why the sentence literally means has importance, not is important word-for-word.

This is an important thing for English speakers to notice: Hausa does not always use the same kind of word that English uses. English uses the adjective important, but Hausa here uses the noun muhimmanci.

No, not in normal standard Hausa.

You need the full structure:

• Wannan batu yana da muhimmanci

The yana is not optional here. It carries the agreement with the subject and helps make the sentence grammatical.

So for a learner, it is best to remember the whole chunk:

• yana da muhimmanci = is important / literally has importance

Because this sentence already has a complete verbal-style predicate:

• yana da muhimmanci

In Hausa, ne/ce often appears in equational or identificational sentences, but here the sentence is built with yana da, so you do not add ne/ce at the end.

So:

• Wannan batu yana da muhimmanci = correct

Do not try to turn it into:

• Wannan batu yana da muhimmanci ne for this basic meaning

Wannan normally means this.

So:

• wannan batu = this matter / this topic

If you want that, Hausa commonly uses:

• wancan = that

Examples:

• wannan batu = this matter
• wancan batu = that matter

Yes. Batu is fairly flexible, and the best English translation depends on context.

It can mean things like:

• matter
• issue
• topic
• subject
• point

So the sentence could be understood as:

• This issue is important
• This topic is important
• This matter is important

All of those can fit, depending on what people are talking about.

A natural plural version is:

• Wadannan batutuwa suna da muhimmanci.

Breakdown:

• Wadannan = these
• batutuwa = topics / matters / issues
• suna da = they have
• muhimmanci = importance

So this means:

• These topics are important

Notice the changes:

• wannan → wadannan
• batu → batutuwa
• yana → suna

A simple English-friendly approximation is:

• WAHN-nahn BAH-too YAH-nah dah moo-him-MAHN-chee

A few notes:

• wannan has two clear syllables: wan-nan
• batu = ba-tu
• yana starts with a y sound like yes
• muhimmanci ends with a ch sound: -chi

Also, Hausa writing usually does not mark tone in everyday text, so learners normally focus first on the consonants, vowels, and sentence pattern.

Yes, there can be other ways, but Wannan batu yana da muhimmanci is a very natural and useful sentence to learn.

One reason it is a good form to remember is that the pattern works with many nouns and ideas:

• yana da amfani = it is useful / literally it has usefulness
• yana da wahala = it is difficult / literally it has difficulty

So even if other phrasings exist, this one teaches you a very productive Hausa pattern.