Lambun ya jike, saboda haka tsiron zai bunƙasa.

The garden became wet, so the seedling will flourish.

Breakdown of Lambun ya jike, saboda haka tsiron zai bunƙasa.

• lambu: the garden
• saboda haka: so
• za: will
• ya: he/it

Questions & Answers about Lambun ya jike, saboda haka tsiron zai bunƙasa.

Why are lambun and tsiron ending in -n instead of just lambu and tsiro?

In Hausa, a noun often takes a final -n or -r when it is specific or already identified in context. A good beginner-level way to read these is:

• lambun = the garden
• tsiron = the plant / the seedling

So the -n here helps make the nouns feel definite or specific. You will also see this ending in other constructions, so it is doing more than one job in Hausa grammar, but here that is the most helpful way to understand it.

Why is ya still there after lambun? Isn’t lambun already the subject?

Yes, lambun is already the subject, but Hausa normally still uses a subject marker before the verb.

So the structure is:

• Lambun = the garden
• ya = masculine singular subject marker
• jike = got wet / is wet

This is very normal Hausa. English usually would not repeat the subject that way, but Hausa does. The same thing happens in the second clause:

• tsiron = the plant
• zai = it will
• bunƙasa = flourish / thrive

Why does Hausa use ya and zai for a garden and a plant? They are not male.