Ciyawar ta bushe, saboda haka za mu tono ta.

Ciyawa means grass or weeds.
Ciyawar means the grass / the weeds.

The ending -r is a very common Hausa way of marking a noun as definite, especially with feminine nouns. So:

• ciyawa = grass
• ciyawar = the grass

That is why the sentence starts with Ciyawar rather than just Ciyawa.

Here, ta is the 3rd person feminine singular subject marker. It agrees with ciyawar, which is treated as feminine singular.

So:

• Ciyawar = the grass
• ta = it/she (feminine singular subject marker)
• bushe = dry up, become dry

Together, Ciyawar ta bushe means something like The grass has dried up or The grass dried up.

In Hausa, this kind of subject marker is very normal, even when the noun is already stated.

The last ta is different from the earlier ta.

• In Ciyawar ta bushe, ta is a subject marker: it dried up.
• In za mu tono ta, ta is an object pronoun: we will dig it up.

So the sentence uses ta twice, but with different grammatical jobs:

1. ta = subject of bushe
2. ta = object of tono

Both refer back to ciyawar.

Bushe means to dry, to become dry, or to dry up.

In this sentence, ta bushe means:

• it dried up
• it has dried up
• sometimes in context, it is dry

A native English speaker should notice that Hausa often uses one form where English might choose between dried, has dried up, or is dry, depending on context.

Saboda haka is a very common expression meaning:

• so
• therefore
• for that reason
• because of that

It connects the first clause to the result in the second clause.

So the structure is:

• Ciyawar ta bushe = the grass has dried up
• saboda haka = so / therefore
• za mu tono ta = we will dig it up

Not exactly.

• because usually introduces a reason
• so / therefore usually introduces a result

In this sentence, saboda haka introduces the result:
The grass has dried up, so we will dig it up.

Even though saboda on its own is related to because / because of, the full phrase saboda haka is best understood here as so / therefore / for that reason.

Za mu means we will.

It is made of:

• za = future marker
• mu = we

So:

• za mu tafi = we will go
• za mu ci = we will eat
• za mu tono ta = we will dig it up

This is one of the most useful future patterns in Hausa.

Tono means to dig, dig up, or dig out.

In this context, since the sentence is talking about dried grass or weeds, tono ta most naturally means:

• dig it up
• uproot it
• possibly remove it by digging

The exact English translation can vary slightly depending on the situation, but the core idea is digging the grass/weeds out of the ground.

Because once the noun has already been mentioned, Hausa often uses a pronoun instead of repeating it.

So instead of saying something like:

• za mu tono ciyawar

the sentence says:

• za mu tono ta

This is very natural and works like English it. It avoids unnecessary repetition.

Both are possible in many contexts, but the pronoun is smoother once the referent is already clear.

Yes, it is very normal.

The pattern is:

1. noun
2. subject marker
3. verb
4. connector
5. future marker + subject pronoun
6. verb
7. object pronoun

So:

• Ciyawar = the grass
• ta = it
• bushe = dried up
• saboda haka = therefore
• za mu = we will
• tono = dig up
• ta = it

This kind of structure is very common in Hausa.

Sometimes, yes. Depending on context, ta bushe can be understood as:

• it dried up
• it has dried up
• it is dry

Hausa does not always match English tense choices one-for-one. In a sentence like this, English often chooses has dried up because it sounds natural before the result clause so we will dig it up.

You mainly learn it as part of the noun. In Hausa, nouns have grammatical gender, and that affects agreement.

Because ciyawa is feminine, it takes feminine agreement:

• ta as the subject marker
• ta as the object pronoun

If it were a masculine noun, you would expect masculine agreement forms instead.

For learners, the practical approach is:

• learn the noun together with its gender
• watch which agreement markers appear with it

A helpful rough breakdown is:

• Ciyawar = the grass
• ta = it
• bushe = dried up
• saboda haka = because of that / therefore / so
• za mu = we will
• tono = dig up
• ta = it

So a very literal gloss would be something like:

The grass, it dried up; because of that, we will dig it up.

That is not the most natural English wording, but it shows how the Hausa sentence is built.