Yaro yana riƙe da kofi na shayi a hannu.

The boy is holding a cup of tea in his hand.

Breakdown of Yaro yana riƙe da kofi na shayi a hannu.

• ne: to be
• na: of
• a: in
• shayi: the tea

Questions & Answers about Yaro yana riƙe da kofi na shayi a hannu.

Can you break down Yaro yana riƙe da kofi na shayi a hannu word by word?

Here is a word-by-word breakdown:

• yaro – boy (a young male person)
• yana – he is / is (3rd person masculine singular in the progressive aspect)
• riƙe – holding / to hold
• da – with
• kofi – cup / mug
• na – of (a linker that means of here)
• shayi – tea
• a – in / at / on (general preposition for location)
• hannu – hand (can also mean arm in some contexts)

So a very literal rendering is:

Boy he-is holding with cup of tea in hand.
Natural English: The boy is holding a cup of tea in his hand.

In English we say a boy or the boy. Why does Hausa just say yaro without a or the?