Muna da bege.

We have hope.

Breakdown of Muna da bege.

• da: to have
• mu: we
• bege: the hope

Questions & Answers about Muna da bege.

What does each word in Muna da bege do?

A simple breakdown is:

• muna = the we form used for a present/imperfective situation
• da = with / have
• bege = hope

So the sentence is literally something like we are with hope, and that is why it is translated as we have hope.

Why isn’t there a separate Hausa verb meaning to have here?

Because Hausa very often expresses possession with da instead of using a separate verb like English have.

A very common pattern is:

subject form + da + noun

For example:

• Ina da littafi. = I have a book.
• Muna da bege. = We have hope.

So this structure is completely normal Hausa.

Does muna mean only we?