Breakdown of Akwai fartanya da magirbi, saboda haka girbi zai fara.
da
and
fara
to start
saboda haka
so
za
will
Questions & Answers about Akwai fartanya da magirbi, saboda haka girbi zai fara.
What does akwai mean here?
Akwai is the common Hausa way to say there is or there are. It introduces the existence or presence of something.
So Akwai fartanya da magirbi means that those items are present or available.
It is not a normal English-style verb to be. Think of it as an existential word: there exists / there are.
Why is akwai used even though there are two things?
Because akwai does not change for singular vs. plural the way English does.
So Hausa can say:
- Akwai littafi = there is a book
- Akwai littattafai = there are books
In your sentence, even though fartanya and magirbi are two items, akwai stays the same.
What is da doing between fartanya and magirbi?
Here da means and. It is simply joining two nouns.
So:
- fartanya da magirbi = a hoe and a sickle/tool
A learner should know that da can also mean with, and it appears in other structures too, so its exact meaning depends on context. In this sentence, it is just a coordinator meaning and.