Kullum muna buƙata barci sosai.

to be

Breakdown of Kullum muna buƙata barci sosai.

• sosai: very
• kullum: always
• barci: the sleep

Questions & Answers about Kullum muna buƙata barci sosai.

Does kullum mean always or every day, and how is it used?

Kullum literally comes from a word meaning every day, so its core sense is every day / all the time / always.

In practice, it can be translated as:

• every day – when you’re thinking about days specifically
• always – when you mean “habitually, all the time”

Examples:

• Kullum muna buƙata barci sosai.
  We always / every day need a lot of sleep.
• Yana zuwa wurin aiki kullum.
  He goes to work every day.

Position-wise, kullum is very often placed at the beginning of the sentence, as in the example, but it can also come later for emphasis (see another question below on word order).

What exactly does muna mean in this sentence?

Muna is a combination of:

• mu = we (subject pronoun)
• na = an aspect marker used here for present / ongoing / habitual actions

So muna roughly corresponds to “we are (doing something)” or “we (usually) do”, depending on context.

Some other forms:

• ina = I am / I (usually) do
• kana / kina = you (m.) are / you (f.) are
• yana / tana = he is / she is
• suna = they are

So: