Dalibi yana karatu a ɗaki.

to be

Breakdown of Dalibi yana karatu a ɗaki.

• karatu: to study
• a: in
• ɗaki: the room

Questions & Answers about Dalibi yana karatu a ɗaki.

What does each word in Dalibi yana karatu a ɗaki correspond to in English?

Word by word, you can think of it roughly like this:

• Dalibi – student (singular)
• yana – he is / is (doing) (3rd person masculine singular + continuous aspect)
• karatu – reading / studying (the activity of reading/study)
• a – in / at
• ɗaki – room

So structurally it’s something like “Student he-is study in room.”
Natural English: “The student is studying in the room” or “A student is studying in the room.”

What exactly is yana? Is it the same as English “is”?