Akwai tarayya tsakanin ƙasashe.

the country

Breakdown of Akwai tarayya tsakanin ƙasashe.

• tsakanin: between
• akwai: there is/are
• tarayya: the union; association

Questions & Answers about Akwai tarayya tsakanin ƙasashe.

What does akwai do in this sentence?

Akwai is an existential word. It is used to say that something exists or that there is / there are something.

So in this sentence, akwai tarayya... means something like there is cooperation... or more literally cooperation exists....

It is very common in Hausa when introducing the existence or presence of something.

Does akwai mean both there is and there are?

Yes. Akwai does not change for singular and plural the way English does.

• Akwai littafi. = There is a book.
• Akwai littattafai. = There are books.

So in Akwai tarayya tsakanin ƙasashe, the number is understood from the noun that follows, not from akwai itself.

What exactly does tarayya mean here?