Bambanci tsakanin talaka da attajiri ba ya rage ƙimar mutum.

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Breakdown of Bambanci tsakanin talaka da attajiri ba ya rage ƙimar mutum.

• ba … ba: not
• mutum: the person
• talaka: the poor person

Questions & Answers about Bambanci tsakanin talaka da attajiri ba ya rage ƙimar mutum.

Can you break the sentence down word-for-word and explain what each part means?

Bambanci tsakanin talaka da attajiri ba ya rage ƙimar mutum.

• bambanci – difference, distinction
• tsakanin – between, among
• talaka – a poor person / the poor (as a social group)
• da – and, with (here: and)
• attajiri – a rich person, a wealthy person
• ba … ya … – negative marker ba
  • 3rd person singular subject pronoun ya (he/it); together ba ya = he/it does not (do X)
• rage – to reduce, lessen, diminish
• ƙimar – ƙima (value, worth) + -r (linker showing possession or connection) = the value of …
• mutum – person, human being, a person

Very literally:
Difference between poor-person and rich-person not it reduces value-of person.
= The difference between poor and rich does not reduce a person’s value.

Why is there a ya in ba ya rage, even though we already have bambanci as the subject?