Fasaha tana da muhimmanci.

to have

Breakdown of Fasaha tana da muhimmanci.

• muhimmanci: the importance
• ta: she/it
• fasaha: technology

Questions & Answers about Fasaha tana da muhimmanci.

What does each word in Fasaha tana da muhimmanci do?

A simple breakdown is:

• Fasaha = technology, skill, craft, or art/technique, depending on context
• tana = a marker that agrees with the subject and helps form the sentence
• da = literally with / having
• muhimmanci = importance

So the structure is very close to:

• Technology has importance
• therefore: Technology is important

This is a very common Hausa way to express qualities.

Why is it tana here?

Tana agrees with the noun fasaha.

In Hausa, nouns belong to agreement classes, and words like this often use subject markers that match the noun. For fasaha, the matching form here is ta-, so you get tana.

You can think of tana as part of the verbal structure of the sentence, somewhat like the sentence’s built-in is/has framework, but it does not match English exactly.

Is tana the same as English is?