Yara za su ci abinci da rana.

the food

Breakdown of Yara za su ci abinci da rana.

• rana: the day
• yaro: the child
• ci: to eat

Questions & Answers about Yara za su ci abinci da rana.

What does za indicate, and how is it used here?

za is the future‐tense marker in Hausa. It precedes the subject pronoun to form a simple future construction. In this sentence, za + su gives za su, meaning “they will.”

Why is su used after za, and what does it mean?

su is the third‐person plural subject pronoun “they.” In Hausa, personal pronouns follow tense‐aspect markers like za, so za su literally means “will they” (i.e. “they will”).

Why is the verb ci in this basic form, and not cin or something else?

After a tense marker (za) plus pronoun (su), the verb takes its bare stem form—in this case ci (“eat”). The form cin appears in other contexts (for example, when the verb is nominalized), but not immediately after za su.

Why is there no word for “the” or “a” before abinci?

Hausa has no articles like English “the” or “a.” abinci simply means “food” or “a meal,” and context tells you whether it’s definite or indefinite.

What does da rana mean, and why is it placed at the end?

means “during the day” or “in the daytime.” Time‐of‐day phrases often follow the main verb and object in Hausa, so it naturally comes at the end here.