Da dare sanyi ya fi zafi a gidanmu.

the house

Breakdown of Da dare sanyi ya fi zafi a gidanmu.

• a: at
• da: during
• dare: the night

Questions & Answers about Da dare sanyi ya fi zafi a gidanmu.

What does da dare literally mean, and why is da used here?

Da dare is a fixed time expression that means “at night”.

• dare on its own means “night”.
• Adding da in front (da dare) turns it into an adverbial time phrase: “at night / in the night.”

Here da is not “and”; it’s part of a common pattern for times of day:

• da safe – in the morning
• da rana – in the afternoon / daytime
• da yamma – in the evening
• da dare – at night

So da dare as a whole functions like an English time adverb: “at night”.

Why does the sentence start with da dare? Can I move it somewhere else?