Questions & Answers about Kar ka bar yara a waje da dare.
Here is a simple word‑for‑word breakdown:
- Kar – negative command marker: don’t / do not (short form of kada)
- ka – you (2nd person singular, masculine, subject pronoun in a command)
- bar – leave / let / abandon
- yara – children
- a – preposition, here in / at / on, used for locations
- waje – outside, literally outside / outdoors / outside place
- da – here functions like in / at (a time) when used with time words
- dare – night
So the overall sense is: Don’t you leave children outside at night.
Kar ka is a way to give a negative command to a man (singular):
- Kar – negative imperative particle: don’t
- ka – masculine you (singular), subject pronoun used with commands
So Kar ka… = Don’t (you)… when speaking to one man.
You often see it written as one word: Karka bar yara a waje da dare.
Both Kar ka and Karka are understood the same way in speech.