Na ji kira daga Musa ta waya.

Musa

Breakdown of Na ji kira daga Musa ta waya.

• daga: from
• waya: the phone
• ji: to hear

Questions & Answers about Na ji kira daga Musa ta waya.

What are the individual words in Na ji kira daga Musa ta waya, and what is the very literal meaning?

Word by word:

• Na – I (first person singular subject in the perfective aspect: “I did …”)
• ji – hear, feel, sense (here: “heard/got”)
• kira – call, calling (here: a call as a noun, especially a phone call)
• daga – from
• Musa – the name Musa
• ta – by, via, through (instrumental preposition here)
• waya – telephone (also literally wire)

Very literal: “I heard a call from Musa by phone.”
Natural English: “I got a phone call from Musa.”

What exactly does Na mean here, and how is it different from ni?