Wannan sashe yana da muhimmanci.

to have

Breakdown of Wannan sashe yana da muhimmanci.

• muhimmanci: the importance
• wannan: this
• ya: he/it

Questions & Answers about Wannan sashe yana da muhimmanci.

Why is yana da used here instead of a simple word for is?

In Hausa, a very common way to say that something is a certain quality is to use a structure that is literally more like has.

So:

• yana da muhimmanci literally = it has importance
• natural English meaning = it is important

This is normal Hausa grammar. So even though the English translation uses is, the Hausa sentence uses yana da + noun.

A useful pattern to remember is:

• X yana da Y = X has Y / X is Y-like in quality

Here, muhimmanci means importance, so the whole phrase means that the section possesses importance.

Is muhimmanci an adjective, or is it a noun?

Muhimmanci is basically a noun, meaning importance.

That is why the Hausa structure looks different from English:

• English: important (adjective)
• Hausa: da muhimmanci = with importance / having importance

So in this sentence, Hausa is not using a plain adjective in the same way English does. Instead, it uses da + abstract noun.

This is a very common Hausa pattern, and you will see it with other ideas too.

Why is it yana and not tana?