Yara suna zaune a ƙasa a cikin ɗaki.

The children are sitting on the floor inside the room.

Breakdown of Yara suna zaune a ƙasa a cikin ɗaki.

• ne: to be
• zauna: to sit
• yaro: the child
• ɗaki: the room

Questions & Answers about Yara suna zaune a ƙasa a cikin ɗaki.

What does each word in “Yara suna zaune a ƙasa a cikin ɗaki” literally correspond to in English?

Word by word:

• Yara – children
• suna – they are (progressive/continuous marker for “they”)
• zaune – sitting / seated
• a – at / on / in (general location preposition)
• ƙasa – ground / floor
• a – at / in (again, for another location phrase)
• cikin – inside / in the middle of
• ɗaki – room

So the whole sentence is literally:
“Children they-are seated on ground in inside room.” → “The children are sitting on the floor in the room.”

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Why do we need suna before zaune? Why not just say “Yara zaune a ƙasa”?