Questions & Answers about Jarrabawar neman aiki za ta fara yanzu.
A rough breakdown is:
- jarrabawar = the exam/test of ...
- neman aiki = seeking work / job seeking
- za ta = it will (for a singular feminine noun)
- fara = begin / start
- yanzu = now
So the whole sentence literally comes out close to:
- The job-seeking exam will begin now
- or more naturally, The employment test will start now
Because Hausa often links one noun to what follows by adding -n or -r.
Here:
- jarrabawa = exam/test
- jarrabawar = exam/test of ...
So jarrabawar neman aiki means something like the exam of job-seeking or the employment test.
This -r is a very common linker in Hausa, especially after certain noun forms, including many feminine nouns ending in -a.
nema means .In this phrase, it appears as , which is the linked form used before its object.