Akwati guda ɗaya yana a ƙarƙashin gadon.

One suitcase is under the bed.

Breakdown of Akwati guda ɗaya yana a ƙarƙashin gadon.

• ne: to be
• gado: the bed
• a ƙarƙashin: under
• akwati: the suitcase

Questions & Answers about Akwati guda ɗaya yana a ƙarƙashin gadon.

What does each word in Akwati guda ɗaya yana a ƙarƙashin gadon. literally do in the sentence?

Word‑by‑word:

• akwati – box (a masculine singular noun)
• guda – a counting/classifier word, roughly one piece / one item
• ɗaya – the number one
• yana – he/it is (3rd person masculine singular form of the verb na “to be (in a place / in a state)” in the continuous/locative pattern)
• a – preposition meaning in / at / on (here: at / in the location of)
• ƙarƙashin – under / beneath (literally “the underside of …”; from ƙarƙashi
  • a linker -n)
• gado – bed
• -n (in gadon) – a suffix that often marks “of / the” or connects nouns; here it helps give gadon the sense of the bed in this phrase.

So a very literal structure is something like:
Box one‑piece one it‑is at underside‑of the‑bed.

Is there any word in this sentence that corresponds to English there in “There is one box under the bed”?

No. Hausa does not normally use a dummy subject like English there.

Instead, Hausa simply uses:

[subject] + [appropriate “be” form] + [place]

So:

• Akwati guda ɗaya yana a ƙarƙashin gadon.=