Na saya mai a kasuwa yau.

today

Breakdown of Na saya mai a kasuwa yau.

• kasuwa: the market
• a: at
• saya: to buy

Questions & Answers about Na saya mai a kasuwa yau.

What does each word in Na saya mai a kasuwa yau literally mean?

Word-by-word:

• Na – first person singular subject + perfective aspect: roughly “I (did)”.
• saya – “buy” (verb).
• mai – “oil” (here it is a noun, usually cooking oil).
• a – locative preposition: “in/at”.
• kasuwa – “market”.
• yau – “today”.

So the structure is: I + buy + oil + at + market + today.

Does na mean “I”, “have”, or “my” here?