Mu saurari malami da kyau.

the teacher

Breakdown of Mu saurari malami da kyau.

• mu: we
• da kyau: well
• saurari: to listen

Questions & Answers about Mu saurari malami da kyau.

What does Mu mean here? Is it just the pronoun we?

Mu is the 1st person plural pronoun, meaning we, but in this position it has a special function.

When Mu comes directly before a bare verb like this, it usually makes a "let’s ..." meaning, called the cohortative. So:

• Mu saurari malami da kyau.
  → Let’s listen to the teacher carefully / well.

If you wanted a simple statement we listen / we are listening, you would normally use something like:

• Muna sauraron malami da kyau.
  → We are listening to the teacher carefully.

So here, Mu is best understood as let’s (we), not just plain we.

What exactly does saurari mean? Is that the basic verb form for "to listen"?