Mun kalli bidiyo.

we

Breakdown of Mun kalli bidiyo.

• kallo: to watch
• bidiyo: the video

Questions & Answers about Mun kalli bidiyo.

What does mun mean?

Mun is the subject marker for we in the completive/perfective aspect. In this sentence, it gives the idea of we watched or we have watched.

So:

• mun = we
  • completed action

It is not just a plain standalone pronoun like English we; it already carries aspect information too.

Is this definitely past tense?

Usually, yes, this will be translated as a past action: we watched a video.

But more exactly, mun shows that the action is completed, not simply that it is in the past. Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• we watched a video
• we have watched a video

So Hausa is working with aspect here more than English-style tense.

What does kalli mean exactly?

Kalli means watched, looked at, or viewed, depending on context.

With bidiyo (video), the most natural English translation is watched:

• Mun kalli bidiyo. = We watched a video.

If the object were something else, kalli could also be understood as .