Ita abin koyi ce ga yara.

Here, ita means she.

It is the independent 3rd-person singular feminine pronoun. In other contexts, ita can also mean her, but in this sentence it is the subject, so she is the natural translation.

Abin koyi is a fixed expression meaning role model, example, or someone/something worth imitating.

A helpful literal sense is:

• abin = a thing / something
• koyi = imitation / learning by copying

So the phrase gives the idea of something to imitate or someone others can look up to.

More or less, yes.

In this kind of Hausa sentence, ce functions as a copular or identificational particle, doing the job that English is does in She is a role model.

So:

• Ita abin koyi ce = She is a role model

A useful point for learners: Hausa does not always use a normal verb in the same way English uses to be.

Because the subject is feminine singular: ita = she.

In Hausa, the copular particle often shows this distinction:

• ce for feminine singular
• ne in many masculine or non-feminine contexts

So if you changed the subject to shi (he), you would typically get:

• Shi abin koyi ne ga yara.
  He is a role model for children.

That is a normal Hausa pattern in nominal sentences.

The structure here is basically:

• Ita — subject
• abin koyi — predicate noun phrase
• ce — copular particle
• ga yara — for children

So Hausa commonly says:

• Ita abin koyi ce ga yara.

English puts is earlier, but Hausa often places ce/ne after the predicate.

You may also hear:

• Ita ce abin koyi ga yara.

That version puts stronger identification or focus on she.

Here, ga yara means for children.

• ga can have several meanings depending on context, including to, for, at, or with reference to
• yara means children

In this sentence, the best sense is:

• She is a role model for children
• or She is an example to children

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

In English, you must usually choose a, an, or the. In Hausa, a noun phrase like abin koyi can stand without any separate word for a or the, and the context tells you how to understand it.

So abin koyi here can naturally be translated as a role model.

It is plural: children.

So:

• yara = children

That is why ga yara means for children, not for a child.

Normally, yes.

Ita abin koyi ce ga yara is understood as a present-time or general statement:

• She is a role model for children
• She serves as a role model for children

It can also sound like a general truth, not just something happening right now.

If you wanted to say was or will be, Hausa would usually use a different structure.

Not in this sentence.

Although ita can sometimes correspond to her, here it is the subject of the sentence, so it means she.

A simple way to see it is:

• Ita = the person being talked about
• abin koyi ce = is a role model

So the whole sentence is clearly built around she, not her.