Akwai tarayya tsakanin ƙasashe.

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.

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.

Tarayya is a noun with a fairly broad meaning. Depending on context, it can mean things like:

• association
• partnership
• fellowship
• cooperation
• union

In this sentence, it is best understood as cooperation, association, or unity/relations among countries.

Because it is an abstract noun, it does not need an English-style article to sound complete.

Tsakanin means between, among, or in the midst of, depending on context.

With a plural noun like ƙasashe (countries), English often prefers among:

• tsakanin ƙasashe = among countries

But Hausa can still use tsakanin in situations where English would choose either between or among. So do not force a strict English distinction onto it.

The singular is ƙasa, which can mean country, land, or earth/ground depending on context.

Its plural here is ƙasashe = countries.

A useful thing to remember is that Hausa plurals are not always formed in one simple, predictable way. Many nouns have plural patterns you need to learn individually. So it is good to memorize:

• ƙasa = country
• ƙasashe = countries

Hausa does not use articles the same way English does. There is no direct everyday equivalent that always matches English a/an/the.

So a bare noun like tarayya can be perfectly natural. The meaning is understood from context.

In this sentence, tarayya is just presented as a concept or state: cooperation exists among countries. English needs an article or slightly different phrasing, but Hausa does not.

Because the sentence is built as an existential statement:

• Akwai
  • thing that exists + extra information

So the structure is roughly:

• Akwai = there is / there exists
• tarayya = cooperation
• tsakanin ƙasashe = among countries

A very literal way to understand it is:

• There exists cooperation among countries.

That is why akwai comes first.

Yes, it is grammatically singular, but more importantly it is an abstract noun. Abstract nouns often behave like mass nouns in English too:

• cooperation
• peace
• friendship

You usually do not count them unless you mean different kinds or instances. So tarayya here simply means the general idea or state of cooperation, not cooperations.

Yes, it is important. ƙ is different from ordinary k in Hausa spelling.

• k = a regular k sound
• ƙ = a stronger, glottalized/ejective k sound

English does not really have an exact everyday equivalent, so learners often start by just noticing that it is a separate consonant and trying to make it firmer than a normal k.

So ƙasashe should not be read exactly like a plain kasashe.

Even if people sometimes omit the hook in casual typing, in correct Hausa spelling the difference matters.

Yes, a tsakanin is also a very common expression.

So you may hear both:

• tsakanin ƙasashe
• a tsakanin ƙasashe

Both can mean among countries. In many contexts the difference is small, and both are natural. For a learner, the important thing is to recognize that both forms are used to express the same basic idea of something happening between/among people or things.