Budurwa ta nuna soyayya ga ƙanwarta, ba ta nuna kishi ba.

to show

Breakdown of Budurwa ta nuna soyayya ga ƙanwarta, ba ta nuna kishi ba.

• ba … ba: not
• ta: she
• ƙanwa: the younger sister

Questions & Answers about Budurwa ta nuna soyayya ga ƙanwarta, ba ta nuna kishi ba.

1. In this sentence, how should I translate Budurwa? Does it just mean any girl?

Budurwa literally refers to a young unmarried woman, often with the implication of virgin / girl of marriageable age.

Depending on context, you might translate it as:

• a young woman
• a maiden
• sometimes a fiancée / bride-to-be in other contexts

It is not the general word for “child” or “girl” (that would usually be yarinya). So here it specifically suggests a young woman, not just any female child.

2. What does ta mean in Budurwa ta nuna soyayya … and why is it ta, not something else?

Ta here is the 3rd person singular feminine subject pronoun: she.

• Budurwa = young woman (a feminine noun)
• ta = she
• nuna = show

So Budurwa ta nuna… literally: The young woman, she showed…

Hausa verbs typically need an explicit subject pronoun, even when there is already a noun subject. The pronoun agrees with the gender and number of the subject:

• yaro ya nuna = the boy, he showed
• budurwa ta nuna = the young woman, she showed

3. What tense or aspect is expressed by ta nuna in this sentence?