Questions & Answers about Kowa yana da ƙima a al'umma.
What does each word in Kowa yana da ƙima a al'umma literally mean?
Breakdown of the sentence:
- kowa – everyone, everybody, each person
- yana – he is / it is (masculine, singular)
- da – with (but together with yana it is used to express have)
- ƙima – value, worth, importance, dignity
- a – in, at, on (general location preposition)
- al'umma – society, community, the people, the public
So the very literal sense is:
“Everyone, he-is-with value in society.” → Everyone has value in society.
Why does yana da mean “has”? It looks like “is with”.