Ƙauyawa suna zaune a ƙauye.

to be

Breakdown of Ƙauyawa suna zaune a ƙauye.

• a: in
• zauna: to live
• ƙauye: the village

Questions & Answers about Ƙauyawa suna zaune a ƙauye.

What are the main words in Ƙauyawa suna zaune a ƙauye and what does each one do in the sentence?

The sentence can be broken down like this:

• Ƙauyawa – a noun meaning “villagers / rural people / country people.” It is the subject (the doers).
• suna – a third-person plural auxiliary verb meaning roughly “they are” in progressive/habitual tense.
• zaune – the stative / adjectival form of the verb zauna (“to sit, to live, to reside”). With suna, it gives the meaning “are sitting / are living / are residing.”
• a – a preposition meaning “in / at / on” depending on context. Here it means “in.”
• ƙauye – a noun meaning “village” or sometimes more generally “the countryside / rural area.” Here it’s “in the village / in the countryside.”

So the structure is:

Subject (Ƙauyawa) + AUX (suna) + state (zaune) + preposition (a) + location (ƙauye).

Is Ƙauyawa singular or plural, and what is the singular form?

Ƙauyawa is plural. It refers to villagers / rural people (more than one person).

The corresponding singular form is:

• Baƙauye – “a villager / a country person / a rural person.”

So:

• Baƙauye yana zaune a ƙauye. – “The villager lives in the village.”
• Ƙauyawa suna zaune a ƙauye. – “The villagers live in the village.”