Yara goma suna cikin ɗaki yanzu.

to be

Breakdown of Yara goma suna cikin ɗaki yanzu.

• yanzu: now
• yaro: the child
• ɗaki: the room

Questions & Answers about Yara goma suna cikin ɗaki yanzu.

What does each word in Yara goma suna cikin ɗaki yanzu correspond to in English?

Here is a word‑by‑word breakdown:

• yara – children (plural of yaro “child”)
• goma – ten
• suna – they are (3rd person plural + a marker that often corresponds to English be in “are/are being”)
• cikin – in / inside (literally “inside of”)
• ɗaki – room
• yanzu – now

A very literal rendering would be:

Children ten they‑are inside room now.

Natural English: Ten children are in the room now.

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Why does Hausa say yara goma (“children ten”) instead of putting the number first like English (“ten children”)?

In Hausa, the normal order is:

noun + number

So you say:

• yara goma – children ten → ten children
• motoci biyu – cars two → two cars
• gidaje uku – houses three → three houses

Putting the number first (e.g. goma yara) is not the normal Hausa pattern and would sound wrong.

So whenever you count things, think: “say the noun, then the number.”

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What is the difference between yaro and yara, and how would I say other numbers of children?