Kamfanin yana ƙera takalma.

the shoe

Breakdown of Kamfanin yana ƙera takalma.

• ya: he/it
• kamfani: the company
• ƙera: to manufacture; make

Questions & Answers about Kamfanin yana ƙera takalma.

Why does kamfani become kamfanin here?

Kamfani is the basic dictionary form meaning company. In this sentence, kamfanin is the form used for the company.

That final -n is very common with masculine nouns in Hausa. Learners often first meet it as a kind of definite form. So:

• kamfani = company
• kamfanin = the company

You will also see this -n form in other grammar patterns, so it is worth getting used to early.

Why is yana there if kamfanin already tells us the subject?

Because Hausa normally uses a subject/agreement + tense-aspect marker before the verb, even when the full noun subject is already stated.

So the sentence structure is not just:

• Kamfanin ƙera takalma

but rather:

• Kamfanin yana ƙera takalma

Here, yana helps mark:

• who the subject agrees with
• that the clause is in the imperfective/present-type pattern

So although English would not repeat the subject this way, Hausa regularly does.

What does yana mean in this sentence?

Yana is best understood here as a marker meaning something like:

• it is ...-ing