Tana da gogewa.

A simple breakdown is:

• tana = she in this sentence
• da = with / have
• gogewa = experience

So the whole sentence means She has experience. Very naturally, it can also mean She is experienced.

Hausa often expresses possession with da, which basically means with.

So Tana da gogewa is structurally closer to She is with experience than to English She has experience. But in normal English, the best translation is simply She has experience.

This is a very common Hausa pattern:

• Yana da mota = He has a car
• Ina da lokaci = I have time
• Tana da gogewa = She has experience

Because tana is the subject form used in this kind of sentence, while ita is the independent pronoun.

A useful rough distinction is:

• tana = used inside a normal clause like she has... / she is...
• ita = used for emphasis, contrast, or standing alone, like she / her

So in a basic sentence like Tana da gogewa, tana is the right choice.

Because Hausa uses different subject pronoun forms in different grammatical environments.

For example:

• ta often appears in completed-action sentences, such as Ta tafi = She went / She has gone
• tana is used in patterns like tana da... and also in some present/progressive-type sentences

So for she has experience, the normal form is tana da gogewa, not ta da gogewa.

It can mean either, depending on how natural English would express it in context.

• She has experience is the more direct translation
• She is experienced is often the smoother English equivalent

So if you are translating into English, both can be right.

Because Hausa does not use articles the same way English does.

In this sentence, gogewa is a bare noun, and that is completely normal. English needs something like experience on its own too, because it is usually uncountable here:

• She has experience ✔
• She has an experience ✘ in this meaning

So the Hausa structure is quite natural.

Yes. In normal English, you would usually translate it with the simple present: She has experience.

Even though tana can appear in other present/progressive-looking patterns, in tana da + noun, you should understand it as a present-state possession pattern, not as English is having.

So:

• Tana da gogewa = She has experience
• not usually She is having experience

Yes, and that is a very important thing to notice.

For example:

• Tana aiki = She is working
• Tana magana = She is speaking

But when tana is followed by da + noun, it often gives a possession or has meaning:

• Tana da mota = She has a car
• Tana da gogewa = She has experience

So the word that comes after tana helps you understand the structure.

You keep da gogewa and change the subject part:

• Ina da gogewa = I have experience
• Kana da gogewa = You have experience (masculine singular)
• Kina da gogewa = You have experience (feminine singular)
• Yana da gogewa = He has experience
• Tana da gogewa = She has experience
• Muna da gogewa = We have experience
• Kuna da gogewa = You have experience (plural)
• Suna da gogewa = They have experience

You say:

Ba ta da gogewa.

This means She does not have experience or She is inexperienced.

This negative pattern is very common with da possession:

• Ina da gogewa = I have experience

• Ba ni da gogewa = I do not have experience

• Tana da gogewa = She has experience
• Ba ta da gogewa = She does not have experience

A simple way is just to use question intonation:

Tana da gogewa? = Does she have experience?

You can also add Shin at the beginning to make the question more explicit:

Shin tana da gogewa?

Both are natural ways to ask it.