Questions & Answers about A gida muna da kujeru biyar a falo.
What is the basic word-by-word breakdown of A gida muna da kujeru biyar a falo?
Here is a simple breakdown:
- A – in / at (locative preposition)
- gida – home / house
- muna – we are (progressive/continuous form of mu we
- na aspect marker)
- da – with, but with muna it means have (literally we are with…)
- kujeru – chairs (plural of kujera chair)
- biyar – five
- a – in / at again
- falo – living room / sitting room
Natural English: At home we have five chairs in the living room.
Why is muna da used to mean we have? Literally it looks like we are with.
In Hausa, possession is often expressed with a structure that literally means to be with:
- muna da kujeru biyar – literally we are with five chairs → idiomatically we have five chairs.
Pattern with other persons:
- ina da – I have
- kana da (m.) / kina da (f.) – you have
- yana da (m.) / tana da (f.) – he/she has