Kowane memba yana da kati.

Kowane means every or each.

In Kowane memba yana da kati, it shows that the statement applies to each individual member one by one:

• kowane memba = every member / each member

It is singular in form, even though the idea refers to all members in a group. That is why the rest of the sentence also behaves grammatically like it has a singular subject.

Because kowane memba is grammatically singular.

Even though every member refers to many people in real life, Hausa treats kowane memba as each single member. So the verb phrase agrees with a singular subject:

• yana da = he is with / he has
• suna da = they are with / they have

So:

• Kowane memba yana da kati = Every member has a card
• Membobi suna da kati = Members have a card / The members have cards

Literally, yana da means something like he is with.

In Hausa, possession is often expressed with da, which basically means with. So:

• yana da kati literally = he is with a card
• natural English = he has a card

This is a very common Hausa pattern for saying that someone has something.

In this sentence, yana is the masculine singular subject marker.

So strictly speaking:

• yana da = he has
• tana da = she has

Because memba is being treated as masculine here, yana da is used.

If you were talking about a feminine singular noun, you would normally use tana da instead. For example:

• Kowace mace tana da kati = Every woman has a card

Hausa does not use articles the same way English does.

In English, you say:

• a card

In Hausa, the noun can appear without a separate word for a/an:

• kati

So yana da kati naturally means has a card.

This is very normal in Hausa. You do not need to add a separate article.

Memba means member.

It is a borrowed word, ultimately from English. Hausa uses many loanwords, especially for modern institutions, organizations, politics, technology, and administration.

So:

• memba = member
• kati = card

Even though these are borrowed words, they are used as normal Hausa vocabulary in sentences like this one.

Because the normal Hausa sentence pattern here is:

• subject + marker + rest of predicate

So the structure is:

• Kowane memba = subject
• yana da = verbal/predicative part
• kati = object/complement of possession

A rough word-for-word breakdown is:

• Kowane memba = every member
• yana da = has
• kati = card

So the order is very natural for Hausa.

Yes. Kowane is the form normally used with masculine singular nouns. For feminine singular nouns, you normally use kowace.

For example:

• Kowane memba yana da kati = Every member has a card
• Kowace mace tana da kati = Every woman has a card

So both the every word and the subject marker often change to match gender:

• masculine: kowane ... yana
• feminine: kowace ... tana

Here kati is singular: a card.

So the sentence means that each member has one card, or at least a card individually.

If you wanted to make cards explicitly plural, Hausa would usually show that in a different way depending on the noun and context. But in this sentence, the simple reading is singular:

• kati = a card

Usually the most natural meaning is Each member has a card, not the card.

Without extra context, kati is understood as an indefinite noun here. If you wanted a clearly definite meaning like the card, Hausa would normally use more context or another structure to make that clearer.

So for a learner, the safest translation is:

• Kowane memba yana da kati = Every member has a card

A simple learner-friendly approximation is:

• ko-WA-ne MEM-ba YA-na da KA-ti

Stress guides like this are only rough, but they can help at first.

A few tips:

• kw in kowane is pronounced together
• e and a are usually clearly pronounced
• yana sounds like YA-na
• kati sounds like KA-ti

Try saying it smoothly in chunks:

• Kowane memba / yana da kati

A useful breakdown is:

• Kowane = every/each
• memba = member
• yana da = has / is with
• kati = card

So the full sentence is:

• Kowane memba yana da kati = Every member has a card

Very literally, you can think of it as:

• Every member is with a card

That literal idea helps explain why da is used for possession in Hausa.