Questions & Answers about Ku saurari ra'ayi na.
Word by word:
- Ku – you (plural), used for:
- more than one person, or
- polite/formal you (even to one person, in some contexts)
- saurari – listen to / pay attention to (a verb that takes an object)
- ra'ayi – opinion, view, idea
- na – my (possessive pronoun)
So the literal structure is: You (pl) listen-to opinion my.
Natural English: Listen to my opinion.
Ku is the 2nd person plural subject pronoun used in imperatives. It usually implies:
- You all / you guys (speaking to several people), or
- Polite / respectful you when addressing one person formally (e.g. a stranger, elder, or someone you respect), depending on context and dialect.
So Ku saurari ra'ayi na. is either:
- You all, listen to my opinion, or
- (Polite) Please listen to my opinion, said respectfully to one person or a group.
For one person, Hausa distinguishes masculine and feminine: