Waƙa tana daɗi sosai.

to be

Breakdown of Waƙa tana daɗi sosai.

• sosai: very
• waƙa: the song
• daɗi: pleasant

Questions & Answers about Waƙa tana daɗi sosai.

What does each word in Waƙa tana daɗi sosai literally mean?

Word-by-word:

• Waƙa – song (can also mean music in general, depending on context)
• tana – she/it is (doing); literally ta (she/it) + na (continuous/progressive marker)
• daɗi – sweetness, pleasure, enjoyment; in this context: is enjoyable / is nice / is pleasant
• sosai – very, really, a lot

So a very literal gloss would be:
Song it-is-enjoyable very.
Natural English: “The song is very enjoyable / The music is really nice.”

Why is tana used here instead of a word that just means “is”?

Hausa often uses a verb-like construction for describing states, rather than a separate “to be” verb like English.

• tana = ta (3rd person feminine singular pronoun: she/it) + na (progressive/continuous marker)

For many stative ideas (like to be sweet, to be nice, to be enjoyable), Hausa uses this subject pronoun + na pattern:

• Waƙa tana daɗi. – The song is (currently) enjoyable.
• Abinci yana daɗi. – The food is tasty.

There is also a copula ce/ne, but it’s used in different structures (e.g., for equating things: This is a song, She is a teacher), not in this kind of “is nice / is tasty / is enjoyable” description.